Niger vs Somalia: Total dependency ratio

Niger

98.2%

in 2023

Somalia

97.0%

in 2023

Niger rank

3rd

Somalia rank

4th

Total dependency ratio over time

Niger currently reports 98.2% against 97.0% in Somalia, a difference of 1.1%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 3rd and Somalia ranks 4th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total dependency ratio
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).