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Rwanda vs Sierra Leone: Total dependency ratio

Rwanda
71.1%
in 2023
Sierra Leone
71.6%
in 2023
Rwanda rank
45th
Sierra Leone rank
44th

Total dependency ratio over time

  • Rwanda
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 71.6% against 71.1% in Rwanda, a difference of 0.5%.

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

Rwanda ranks 45th and Sierra Leone ranks 44th of 236 countries.

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About this data

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