Old age dependency ratio rose 13.8% to 6.18% in South Sudan in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, old age dependency ratio in South Sudan reached an all time high of 6.44% in 1950 and an all time low of 4.46% in 1972. When compared to South Sudan's main peers, old age dependency ratio in Central African Republic amounted to 6.47%, 6.29% in Ethiopia, 6.16% in Sudan and 4.70% in Uganda in 2022.
South Sudan has been ranked 135th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of old age dependency ratio, 30 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Old Age Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Cameroon | % | 7.48% | 7.64% | 7.90% | 8.15% | 8.40% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 8.79% | 9.04% | 9.39% | 9.74% | 10.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 5.42% | 5.52% | 5.66% | 5.80% | 5.94% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 6.50% | 6.59% | 6.73% | 6.86% | 7.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | 16.5% | 17.0% | 17.7% | 18.5% | 19.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 7.29% | 7.60% | 8.03% | 8.46% | 8.88% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 9.17% | 9.40% | 9.76% | 10.1% | 10.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 8.82% | 9.09% | 9.46% | 9.82% | 10.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 8.86% | 9.17% | 9.64% | 10.1% | 10.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 5.70% | 5.73% | 5.79% | 5.85% | 5.91% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 8.28% | 8.41% | 8.59% | 8.76% | 8.93% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 8.98% | 9.16% | 9.35% | 9.54% | 9.73% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 6.17% | 6.31% | 6.48% | 6.66% | 6.83% |
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