South Africa Age Dependency Ratio
South Africa age dependency ratio data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 48.31%.
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Interpretation
South Africa recorded 48.31% for Age Dependency Ratio in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 0.06 percentage points, from 48.37% to 48.31%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (49.75%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 48.31% in 2024 and the high was 51.27% in 2017.