Nigeria Age Dependency Ratio
Nigeria age dependency ratio data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 78.77%.
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Interpretation
Nigeria recorded 78.77% for Age Dependency Ratio in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 1.48 percentage points, from 80.25% to 78.77%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (84.82%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 78.77% in 2024 and the high was 89.72% in 2015.