Libya's Age Dependency Ratio: Young

THE AGE DEPENDENCY RATIO FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (%)

The young-age dependency ratio is the ratio of younger dependents (who are generally economically inactive and younger than 15 years old), compared to the number of people of working age (15-64-year-olds).

A high dependency ratio means those of working age, and the overall economy, face a greater burden in supporting the aging population.

Libya's age dependency ratio for young people was: 39.5%, reported in 2025 (most recent observation). This is a lower value against a global average of 42.3%. A lower ratio indicates less financial stress on working people and greater political stability.

Libya's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: World Bank, Washington D.C.


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  Age Dependency Ratio: Young
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Central African Republic 80.3 84.8 87.0 88.0 99.1 93.0 63.0
Niger 91.8 91.8 93.8 102.4 90.4 83.4 57.0
Congo, Dem. Rep 83.6 84.1 88.9 90.6 90.2 86.9 63.0
Chad 94.0 95.3 100.7 99.5 88.5 86.6 63.9
Mali 83.5 94.6 92.9 94.2 88.3 82.1 61.4
Angola 84.3 86.0 88.2 86.6 83.2 78.4 59.8
Mozambique 87.6 89.0 86.2 88.8 83.2 77.6 55.4
Burundi 88.4 100.5 97.8 85.7 82.3 70.6 54.6
Uganda 97.4 99.0 105.7 101.9 78.9 72.3 48.0
Mauritania 89.8 88.1 83.9 83.4 78.0 72.7 54.9
Tanzania 94.5 91.4 84.6 87.4 77.5 73.7 57.2
Afghanistan 89.6 95.2 104.8 98.5 77.4 71.7 51.3
Benin 89.5 91.8 88.4 82.8 74.2 68.9 53.3
Burkina Faso 86.4 94.6 92.2 88.1 73.3 63.9 46.5
Cameroon 86.4 92.0 86.7 82.0 73.3 68.6 52.7
Yemen, Rep. 99.3 110.8 101.8 81.0 72.7 69.8 48.8
Guinea 79.3 82.4 87.8 85.8 72.4 67.1 47.8
Nigeria 85.4 88.0 82.2 84.5 71.8 64.7 47.8
Zambia 104.5 99.3 96.8 89.1 71.8 66.0 50.6
Zimbabwe 101.7 94.7 76.5 79.9 71.7 63.0 50.7
Sudan 92.4 90.5 89.5 84.5 71.3 67.8 50.1
Cote d'Ivoire 93.4 96.0 89.3 82.0 71.1 65.1 54.8
Congo, Rep. 89.8 84.2 78.0 71.2 70.1 63.9 53.8
Malawi 88.0 89.5 91.4 92.1 70.0 63.3 47.1
Gambia 83.7 90.8 93.4 84.2 69.6 61.7 43.0
Togo 90.7 87.0 78.1 74.7 68.0 63.7 52.9
Liberia 83.0 83.4 79.9 80.3 67.9 61.9 47.0
Madagascar 94.7 89.7 87.8 82.6 67.6 64.1 49.4
Ethiopia 91.0 90.5 96.2 88.7 66.9 64.0 46.5
Guinea-Bissau 89.7 92.8 86.3 80.0 65.6 59.3 44.6
Senegal 91.1 92.5 83.2 79.4 64.4 59.6 46.5
Sierra Leone 77.7 80.8 83.3 80.7 63.7 58.4 42.6
Comoros 96.3 95.9 96.3 76.8 62.8 58.7 47.0
Rwanda 92.2 100.5 90.3 77.3 62.8 58.6 45.5
Namibia 94.5 78.0 75.0 61.6 61.5 56.6 42.0
Pakistan 81.1 83.9 81.3 69.1 61.0 55.9 44.6
Gabon 73.7 81.8 75.2 63.9 60.8 56.7 47.0
Kenya 111.0 101.1 89.1 80.4 59.7 54.8 42.6
Tajikistan 81.4 82.8 78.1 61.4 59.7 53.8 42.7
Ghana 90.2 86.8 77.4 68.0 58.3 53.4 44.0
Lesotho 77.8 81.0 70.9 61.7 55.0 48.9 37.5
Eswatini 100.8 95.6 80.7 66.6 52.7 48.2 36.2
Papua New Guinea 79.0 75.6 69.5 62.7 52.4 48.8 39.2
Kyrgyzstan 66.9 65.1 59.2 46.3 51.4 46.6 38.4
Mongolia 84.8 75.4 57.3 40.9 50.1 41.5 36.3
Botswana 90.4 87.4 65.9 54.5 50.0 47.9 34.2
Egypt 75.2 74.2 62.6 54.5 50.0 44.3 37.6
Uzbekistan 74.3 70.4 62.6 43.7 50.0 51.2 42.4
Turkmenistan 75.8 74.7 63.6 46.0 48.8 43.4 34.6
Guatemala 88.0 88.7 83.6 69.1 48.5 42.8 31.4
Haiti 75.4 77.1 72.3 60.6 47.8 43.8 34.3
Algeria 92.4 76.6 54.4 40.6 47.3 41.1 33.4
Kazakhstan 55.1 50.7 42.1 37.2 47.1 44.4 40.1
Honduras 95.5 91.0 79.9 64.7 46.4 43.3 32.9
Jordan 104.1 85.4 70.0 59.4 46.4 41.0 35.0
Cambodia 78.3 82.0 77.9 52.9 46.0 43.3 34.5
Laos 83.4 83.3 80.9 60.6 45.7 42.1 31.2
Bolivia 75.1 72.5 67.1 57.3 45.4 42.3 33.9
Israel 56.4 52.6 45.7 45.0 45.2 42.3 38.7
Guyana 79.1 62.4 61.4 51.0 45.1 42.6 33.4
Paraguay 76.9 75.9 68.4 52.1 43.7 41.2 32.4
Nepal 73.4 75.8 74.1 60.7 42.9 38.8 28.1
Nicaragua 94.6 90.1 71.8 55.7 42.9 39.0 30.2
Bangladesh 86.6 79.4 63.0 55.2 42.1 39.7 29.0
Philippines 83.5 75.6 67.8 58.3 40.4 34.4 28.3
Lebanon 69.0 62.0 50.7 39.0 40.0 34.7 31.5
Dominican Republic 80.3 68.0 58.5 48.2 39.9 36.9 29.7
Libya 95.6 75.1 49.6 45.3 39.5 34.5 30.4
South Africa 74.0 64.7 57.8 45.0 38.2 37.5 32.0
Suriname 74.8 63.0 52.7 47.5 38.1 36.1 30.6
Morocco 83.5 70.8 55.2 44.5 38.0 34.7 29.1
Panama 73.7 60.5 51.7 45.2 37.3 34.3 29.2
Cabo Verde 100.5 92.2 78.3 51.2 36.2 29.2 23.0
El Salvador 83.2 75.3 63.7 52.2 36.2 32.6 25.1
Mexico 89.4 68.7 56.6 46.4 35.8 32.5 26.7
Indonesia 72.7 59.7 48.0 42.2 35.5 32.7 29.2
Ecuador 78.6 67.2 59.1 49.9 35.4 31.5 25.9
India 70.7 67.2 59.2 49.2 35.4 32.4 26.3
Tunisia 77.2 64.7 46.9 34.9 35.4 30.4 26.8
Peru 80.0 69.2 56.9 46.1 35.3 32.8 27.2
Myanmar 69.3 61.0 50.3 42.5 35.2 33.6 28.4
Vietnam 74.1 68.6 50.4 35.4 33.8 29.2 26.9
Oman 94.4 80.2 60.1 40.1 33.3 31.1 27.2
Sri Lanka 61.6 52.6 40.4 37.9 33.0 30.8 27.8
Georgia 38.7 38.9 34.4 27.4 32.3 29.0 26.9
Saudi Arabia 82.0 78.1 64.4 39.5 32.2 30.9 28.0
Argentina 49.3 49.9 45.3 40.2 31.7 26.6 24.0
Moldova 40.9 43.4 35.4 24.4 30.7 27.1 27.1
Türkiye 71.7 60.2 47.2 38.7 30.7 27.2 23.7
Azerbaijan 57.1 54.4 47.3 31.1 30.4 26.3 25.2
Malaysia 68.2 62.9 55.2 41.6 30.2 26.6 24.1
Brunei 65.5 54.6 45.3 35.6 28.6 26.7 23.9
Colombia 71.5 59.6 51.6 41.2 28.6 27.4 22.4
Armenia 47.5 46.9 40.7 27.6 28.5 26.6 23.8
Brazil 66.2 58.8 46.0 36.0 28.0 26.3 23.3
Bhutan 78.3 79.0 67.0 44.9 27.9 24.0 21.1
New Zealand 43.1 35.4 34.8 31.5 27.7 26.4 25.1
Australia 38.8 32.9 31.0 28.3 27.5 26.7 26.0
Ireland 51.6 44.0 32.5 31.2 27.5 24.7 26.9
Uruguay 43.3 40.7 38.9 35.1 27.2 23.8 21.7
Sweden 30.6 27.9 28.7 25.5 26.8 24.5 24.0
United Kingdom 32.8 29.5 29.1 26.9 26.8 24.9 25.0
Costa Rica 63.9 60.4 49.2 36.7 26.6 23.3 20.3
France 35.1 30.6 29.1 28.6 26.5 25.0 27.4
United States 33.7 32.6 31.8 29.2 26.5 25.7 26.1
Iceland 43.9 38.7 35.7 31.3 26.3 25.4 21.8
Russia 31.8 34.2 25.9 21.0 26.1 23.0 25.9
North Macedonia 45.9 40.7 35.0 28.0 25.5 23.2 22.0
Albania 61.9 52.8 47.0 32.2 25.2 23.0 17.5
Trinidad and Tobago 56.2 54.4 37.6 27.6 25.1 23.5 21.7
Jamaica 75.4 62.8 54.8 40.2 25.0 22.9 18.3
Bahamas, The 58.3 43.9 42.5 34.5 24.9 23.2 22.4
Belgium 31.0 27.1 26.8 25.7 24.8 23.0 23.9
Denmark 32.2 25.3 27.7 27.5 24.6 24.9 24.2
Norway 35.1 29.3 30.9 28.4 24.5 23.1 23.4
Latvia 30.8 32.1 26.2 21.0 24.3 21.9 22.0
Estonia 32.9 33.7 26.2 22.6 24.2 21.9 22.9
Romania 42.8 35.2 27.4 23.0 24.2 23.3 25.0
Belarus 34.5 34.8 27.4 20.9 24.1 20.0 21.3
Chile 53.8 46.4 41.2 31.5 24.0 21.1 18.6
Slovak Republic 41.1 39.1 28.5 21.4 23.8 22.7 23.1
Bahrain 56.5 52.2 43.8 26.3 23.7 22.5 23.0
Czechia 37.1 32.4 23.6 20.5 23.7 22.1 24.8
Cyprus 39.3 37.9 32.9 23.7 23.3 23.0 20.2
Finland 30.0 28.7 27.1 25.0 23.3 21.1 22.4
Netherlands 33.8 26.7 27.7 26.2 23.3 23.7 23.1
Canada 33.6 30.4 28.1 23.9 23.1 22.8 22.1
Luxembourg 27.8 25.1 28.3 25.8 23.0 23.1 22.2
Switzerland 29.7 25.0 25.8 22.3 23.0 22.9 23.1
Slovenia 35.0 30.3 22.7 20.3 22.9 21.5 24.8
Kuwait 66.3 58.0 42.5 30.6 22.8 21.7 23.3
Bulgaria 33.5 30.5 23.1 19.7 22.7 22.4 24.3
Serbia 29.9 27.8 24.3 21.2 22.7 22.5 22.7
Lithuania 35.6 33.9 30.1 22.1 22.4 21.0 18.9
Hungary 33.9 30.5 24.7 21.4 22.3 22.0 23.6
Poland 37.0 38.5 28.5 21.1 22.3 20.1 20.3
Germany 28.0 23.3 23.1 20.8 22.2 22.8 23.2
China 60.7 43.7 35.9 25.4 22.1 17.5 16.8
Croatia 31.3 28.9 25.2 22.9 21.9 21.1 22.5
Austria 31.8 25.9 25.2 22.0 21.8 21.7 21.5
Thailand 66.7 45.3 35.1 28.3 20.7 19.0 19.5
Greece 36.6 29.0 23.6 22.1 20.5 18.8 22.9
Mauritius 54.1 45.9 37.5 29.4 20.4 19.8 18.3
Portugal 41.2 31.0 24.3 22.9 20.4 21.0 25.2
Ukraine 32.1 32.6 26.0 19.9 20.3 17.2 16.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.6 35.7 28.7 22.5 20.0 20.0 21.5
Malta 35.1 35.3 29.1 21.8 19.4 18.5 15.9
United Arab Emirates 38.4 42.6 26.8 20.7 19.4 19.6 22.8
Spain 41.4 29.7 21.6 21.9 19.2 17.8 21.9
Japan 34.7 25.8 21.1 21.0 19.1 17.8 21.9
Italy 34.5 24.0 21.1 21.4 18.4 17.5 20.8
Qatar 43.7 37.5 31.2 16.3 18.0 18.5 22.5
Taiwan 51.1 40.7 29.3 21.0 16.8 14.9 15.6
Singapore 38.4 29.3 25.1 18.0 15.8 16.9 14.2
Hong Kong 37.3 30.2 23.6 16.4 15.6 14.1 11.6
Korea, Rep. 54.8 37.3 29.2 22.6 14.7 12.7 14.9

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