Nigeria Age Dependency Ratio
Nigeria age dependency ratio data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 77.27%.
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Interpretation
Nigeria recorded 77.27% for Age Dependency Ratio in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator decreased by 1.50 percentage points, from 78.77% to 77.27%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (83.57%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 77.27% in 2025 and the high was 89.06% in 2016.