Blue numbers are estimated
Dependency ratio
1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Namibia (Africa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 91.8 | 91.6 | 91.4 | 91.2 | 91.0 | 90.7 | 90.5 | 90.3 | 90.1 | 88.1 | 86.0 | 84.0 | 81.9 | 79.9 | 77.8 | 77.5 | 77.3 | 77.0 | 76.8 | 76.5 | 76.3 | 76.0 | 75.7 | 75.5 | 75.2 | ||||
Urban | 59.3 | 58.5 | 57.8 | 57.0 | 56.3 | 55.5 | 54.7 | 54.0 | 53.2 | 53.1 | 53.0 | 53.0 | 52.9 | 52.8 | 52.7 | 52.5 | 52.2 | 52.0 | 51.8 | 51.6 | 51.3 | 51.1 | 50.9 | 50.6 | 50.4 | ||||
Rural | 111 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 115 | 116 | 114 | 111 | 109 | 106 | 104 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 107 | 108 | ||||
Poor | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 105 | 103 | 102 | 100 | 98.3 | 96.6 | 96.4 | 96.2 | 96.0 | 95.8 | 95.6 | 95.4 | 95.2 | 95.0 | 94.8 | 94.6 | ||||
Nonpoor | 60.9 | 60.6 | 60.4 | 60.1 | 59.9 | 59.6 | 59.3 | 59.1 | 58.8 | 58.1 | 57.5 | 56.8 | 56.1 | 55.5 | 54.8 | 55.1 | 55.5 | 55.8 | 56.2 | 56.5 | 56.9 | 57.2 | 57.5 | 57.9 | 58.2 | ||||
Lowest 25% | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 131 | 128 | 126 | 123 | 121 | 118 | 118 | 117 | 117 | 117 | 116 | 116 | 115 | 115 | 114 | 114 | ||||
Second 25% | 110 | 110 | 110 | 110 | 111 | 111 | 111 | 112 | 112 | 108 | 104 | 100 | 96.6 | 92.7 | 88.9 | 87.8 | 86.7 | 85.6 | 84.6 | 83.5 | 82.4 | 81.3 | 80.2 | 79.1 | 78.0 | ||||
Third 25% | 74.3 | 73.4 | 72.5 | 71.6 | 70.8 | 69.9 | 69.0 | 68.1 | 67.2 | 65.8 | 64.4 | 63.0 | 61.6 | 60.2 | 58.8 | 59.8 | 60.8 | 61.8 | 62.8 | 63.8 | 64.8 | 65.8 | 66.8 | 67.8 | 68.8 | ||||
Highest 25% | 59.8 | 59.4 | 59.0 | 58.6 | 58.2 | 57.7 | 57.3 | 56.9 | 56.5 | 55.5 | 54.6 | 53.6 | 52.6 | 51.7 | 50.7 | 50.4 | 50.1 | 49.8 | 49.6 | 49.3 | 49.0 | 48.7 | 48.4 | 48.1 | 47.8 | ||||
Central | 68.5 | 68.5 | 68.5 | 68.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeast | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwest | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
South | 63.9 | 63.9 | 63.9 | 63.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caprivi | 122 | 119 | 115 | 111 | 107 | 103 | 99.0 | 95.1 | 91.2 | 87.3 | 86.3 | 85.2 | 84.2 | 83.1 | 82.1 | 81.0 | 80.0 | 79.0 | 77.9 | 76.9 | |||||||||
Erongo | 50.9 | 50.1 | 49.4 | 48.6 | 47.8 | 47.1 | 46.3 | 45.5 | 44.8 | 44.0 | 44.5 | 44.9 | 45.4 | 45.9 | 46.4 | 46.8 | 47.3 | 47.8 | 48.2 | 48.7 | |||||||||
Hardap | 89.1 | 86.6 | 84.1 | 81.6 | 79.1 | 76.6 | 74.1 | 71.6 | 69.1 | 66.6 | 67.1 | 67.7 | 68.2 | 68.7 | 69.2 | 69.8 | 70.3 | 70.8 | 71.4 | 71.9 | |||||||||
Karas | 67.9 | 67.5 | 67.1 | 66.7 | 66.3 | 65.9 | 65.6 | 65.2 | 64.8 | 64.4 | 63.9 | 63.4 | 62.9 | 62.4 | 61.9 | 61.4 | 60.9 | 60.4 | 59.9 | 59.4 | |||||||||
Kavango | 107 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 105 | 105 | 104 | 104 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 108 | 109 | 110 | |||||||||
Khomas | 49.3 | 48.8 | 48.2 | 47.7 | 47.2 | 46.6 | 46.1 | 45.6 | 45.0 | 44.5 | 44.2 | 43.8 | 43.5 | 43.1 | 42.8 | 42.4 | 42.1 | 41.8 | 41.4 | 41.1 | |||||||||
Kunene | 88.9 | 90.0 | 91.2 | 92.3 | 93.5 | 94.6 | 95.8 | 96.9 | 98.1 | 99.2 | 97.2 | 95.3 | 93.3 | 91.3 | 89.3 | 87.4 | 85.4 | 83.4 | 81.5 | 79.5 | |||||||||
Ohangwena | 162 | 157 | 152 | 147 | 142 | 137 | 132 | 127 | 122 | 117 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | |||||||||
Omaheke | 91.7 | 91.3 | 90.8 | 90.4 | 90.0 | 89.5 | 89.1 | 88.7 | 88.2 | 87.8 | 85.8 | 83.8 | 81.8 | 79.8 | 77.8 | 75.8 | 73.8 | 71.8 | 69.8 | 67.8 | |||||||||
Omusati | 145 | 140 | 136 | 131 | 126 | 122 | 117 | 113 | 108 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | |||||||||
Oshana | 95.9 | 94.6 | 93.4 | 92.1 | 90.9 | 89.6 | 88.4 | 87.1 | 85.9 | 84.6 | 82.8 | 81.0 | 79.2 | 77.3 | 75.5 | 73.7 | 71.9 | 70.1 | 68.3 | 66.5 | |||||||||
Oshikoto | 109 | 108 | 106 | 105 | 103 | 102 | 101 | 99.1 | 97.7 | 96.3 | 94.4 | 92.5 | 90.6 | 88.6 | 86.7 | 84.8 | 82.9 | 81.0 | 79.1 | 77.2 | |||||||||
Otjozondjupa | 73.4 | 73.0 | 72.6 | 72.2 | 71.8 | 71.4 | 71.0 | 70.6 | 70.2 | 69.8 | 70.3 | 70.7 | 71.2 | 71.7 | 72.2 | 72.6 | 73.1 | 73.6 | 74.0 | 74.5 |