COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Guinea-Bissau Age Dependency Ratio
Guinea-Bissau age dependency ratio: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.DPND| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71,12 | -1,23 |
| 2024 | 72,35 | -1,22 |
| 2023 | 73,57 | -1,24 |
| 2022 | 74,81 | -1,21 |
| 2021 | 76,02 | -1,16 |
| 2020 | 77,18 | -1,11 |
| 2019 | 78,29 | -1,06 |
| 2018 | 79,35 | -1,01 |
| 2017 | 80,36 | -0,89 |
| 2016 | 81,25 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 03:51:09. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
19 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 16:29:55 | 2020 | 77,18 | 77,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 16:29:55 | 2021 | 76,02 | 76,02 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 16:29:55 | 2022 | 74,81 | 74,81 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 16:29:55 | 2023 | 73,57 | 73,57 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 16:29:55 | 2024 | 72,35 | 72,35 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 16:29:55 | 2025 | 71,12 | 71,12 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 17:31:33 | 2020 | 77,18 | 77,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 17:31:33 | 2021 | 76,02 | 76,02 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 17:31:33 | 2022 | 74,81 | 74,81 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 17:31:33 | 2023 | 73,57 | 73,57 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 17:31:33 | 2024 | 72,35 | 72,35 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 17:31:33 | 2025 | 71,12 | 71,12 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 03:01:16 | 2020 | 77,18 | 77,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 03:01:16 | 2021 | 76,02 | 76,02 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 03:01:16 | 2022 | 74,81 | 74,81 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 03:01:16 | 2023 | 73,57 | 73,57 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 03:01:16 | 2024 | 72,35 | 72,35 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 03:01:16 | 2025 | 71,12 | 71,12 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 06:24:56 | 2025 | 71,12 | 71,12 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesGuinea-Bissau recorded 71,12 percent in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the age dependency ratio decreased by 1,23.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 10 observations from 2016 to 2025, the average was 76,43; the minimum was 71,12 in 2025 and the maximum was 81,25 in 2016.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 182 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Low income group.
Demographic pressure on the working-age population.