Niger vs Vatican: Total dependency ratio

Niger

98.2%

in 2023

Vatican

103.7%

in 2023

Niger rank

3rd

Vatican rank

2nd

Total dependency ratio over time

Vatican currently reports 103.7% against 98.2% in Niger, a difference of 5.5%.

That makes Vatican's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 3rd and Vatican ranks 2nd 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).