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Dependency ratios

Afghanistan — 13 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
2013 total dependency ratio: 96 % youth dependency ratio: 91.4 % elderly dependency ratio: 4.6 % potential support ratio: 21.7 (2013)
2014 total dependency ratio: 93.1 % youth dependency ratio: 88.4 % elderly dependency ratio: 4.6 % potential support ratio: 21.5 (2014 est.)
2015 total dependency ratio: 87% | youth dependency ratio: 82.3% | elderly dependency ratio: 4.6% | potential support ratio: 21.7% (2015 est.)
2016 total dependency ratio: 87% | youth dependency ratio: 82.3% | elderly dependency ratio: 4.6% | potential support ratio: 21.7% (2015 est.)
2017 total dependency ratio: 88.8 | youth dependency ratio: 84.1 | elderly dependency ratio: 4.7 | potential support ratio: 21.2 (2015 est.)
2018 total dependency ratio: 88.8 (2015 est.) | youth dependency ratio: 84.1 (2015 est.) | elderly dependency ratio: 4.7 (2015 est.) | potential support ratio: 21.2 (2015 est.)
2019 total dependency ratio: 88.8 (2015 est.) | youth dependency ratio: 84.1 (2015 est.) | elderly dependency ratio: 4.7 (2015 est.) | potential support ratio: 21.2 (2015 est.)
2020 total dependency ratio: 88.8 | youth dependency ratio: 75.3 | elderly dependency ratio: 4.8 | potential support ratio: 21 (2020 est.)
2021 total dependency ratio: 88.8 youth dependency ratio: 75.3 elderly dependency ratio: 4.8 potential support ratio: 21 (2020 est.)
2022 total dependency ratio: 84.6 youth dependency ratio: 80.2 elderly dependency ratio: 4.8 potential support ratio: 22.5 (2021 est.)
2023 total dependency ratio: 84.6 youth dependency ratio: 80.2 elderly dependency ratio: 4.8 potential support ratio: 22.5 (2021 est.)
2024 total dependency ratio: 84.6 youth dependency ratio: 80.2 elderly dependency ratio: 4.8 potential support ratio: 22.5 (2021 est.)
2025 total dependency ratio: 82.2 (2025 est.) youth dependency ratio: 77 (2025 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 5.2 (2025 est.) potential support ratio: 19 (2025 est.)