Youth dependency ratio fell 21.5% to 60.3% in Mauritania in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, youth dependency ratio in Mauritania reached an all time high of 89.9% in 1979 and an all time low of 60.3% in 2022. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, youth dependency ratio in Algeria amounted to 39.4%, 89.5% in Mali, 37.2% in Morocco and 70.3% in Senegal in 2022.
Mauritania has been ranked 35th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of youth dependency ratio, 16 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Youth Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Algeria | % | 23.0% | 22.9% | 23.0% | 23.1% | 23.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 52.7% | 51.8% | 51.0% | 50.1% | 49.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 57.6% | 56.6% | 55.5% | 54.5% | 53.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 44.9% | 44.2% | 43.4% | 42.7% | 42.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 19.2% | 19.1% | 19.0% | 19.0% | 18.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 69.1% | 68.1% | 67.0% | 65.9% | 64.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 45.2% | 44.6% | 44.0% | 43.4% | 42.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 24.5% | 24.3% | 24.2% | 24.1% | 23.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 83.7% | 82.6% | 81.3% | 80.1% | 78.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 49.9% | 49.3% | 48.7% | 48.0% | 47.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 18.4% | 18.8% | 18.9% | 19.0% | 19.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 18.9% | 18.9% | 19.0% | 19.1% | 19.2% |
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