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South Africa Dependency Ratio 2020s

Name: South Africa Dependency Ratio 2020s
Creator: World Bank
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

48.58 decade average (2020-2029)

South Africa's dependency ratio during the 2020s ranged from 47.85 (2025) to 49.50 (2020), averaging 48.58 over 6 years of data.

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2020s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2020	49.50	−0.60	63rd
2021	48.92	−0.58	58th
2022	48.55	−0.37	57th
2023	48.37	−0.18	54th
2024	48.31	−0.06	55th
2025	47.85	−0.46	162nd