Age dependency ratio in Nepal
In 2025, Nepal had 53.1 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Nepal, 2025
53.1
Change from 2024
−0.6per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
128th of 217
Age dependency ratio in Nepal over time
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Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.1 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 53.7 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 54.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 54.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 55.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 56.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 58.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 60.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 60.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 61.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 62.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 63.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 64.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 65.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 67.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 68.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 70.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 72.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 73.7 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 75.1 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 76.4 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 77.5 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 78.6 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 79.6 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 80.4 per 100 working-age people | 60.1 per 100 working-age people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 from 53.7 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 62.7 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by −9.6.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Nepal has the 128th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for Nepal
All statistics for Nepal
Population aged 0 to 14
28.1%
2025 · World Bank
Population estimates and projections
29,694,614 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Median age estimates and projections
24.7 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Fertility rate estimates and projections
1.98 births per woman
2023 · UN Population Division
Population growth estimates and projections
-0.14%
2023 · UN Population Division
Population
29,618,118 people
2025 · World Bank