ARCHIVE // NA // TIME-SERIES

Dependency ratios

Namibia — 13 years of data

Back to Country Profile
Historical Values
Year Value
2013 total dependency ratio: 65.5 % youth dependency ratio: 59.6 % elderly dependency ratio: 5.9 % potential support ratio: 17 (2013)
2014 total dependency ratio: 64.2 % youth dependency ratio: 58.3 % elderly dependency ratio: 5.9 % potential support ratio: 17 (2014 est.)
2015 total dependency ratio: 67.3% | youth dependency ratio: 61.4% | elderly dependency ratio: 5.9% | potential support ratio: 17% (2015 est.)
2016 total dependency ratio: 67.3% | youth dependency ratio: 61.4% | elderly dependency ratio: 5.9% | potential support ratio: 17% (2015 est.)
2017 total dependency ratio: 68.1 | youth dependency ratio: 62.2 | elderly dependency ratio: 5.8 | potential support ratio: 17.1 (2015 est.)
2018 total dependency ratio: 68.1 (2015 est.) | youth dependency ratio: 62.2 (2015 est.) | elderly dependency ratio: 5.8 (2015 est.) | potential support ratio: 17.1 (2015 est.)
2019 total dependency ratio: 68.1 (2015 est.) | youth dependency ratio: 62.2 (2015 est.) | elderly dependency ratio: 5.8 (2015 est.) | potential support ratio: 17.1 (2015 est.)
2020 total dependency ratio: 67.9 | youth dependency ratio: 61.8 | elderly dependency ratio: 6 | potential support ratio: 16.6 (2020 est.)
2021 total dependency ratio: 67.9 youth dependency ratio: 61.8 elderly dependency ratio: 6 potential support ratio: 16.6 (2020 est.)
2022 total dependency ratio: 67.3 youth dependency ratio: 60.6 elderly dependency ratio: 6.7 potential support ratio: 14.8 (2021 est.)
2023 total dependency ratio: 67.3 youth dependency ratio: 60.6 elderly dependency ratio: 6.7 potential support ratio: 14.8 (2021 est.)
2024 total dependency ratio: 67.3 youth dependency ratio: 60.6 elderly dependency ratio: 6.7 potential support ratio: 14.8 (2021 est.)
2025 total dependency ratio: 60.5 (2025 est.) youth dependency ratio: 54 (2025 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 6.5 (2025 est.) potential support ratio: 15.5 (2025 est.)