Age dependency ratio in Qatar

In 2025, Qatar had 20.0 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64.

Measure: Age dependency ratio Unit: Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64 Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Qatar, 2025 20.0 Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64
Change from 2024 −0.1per 100 working-age people 2024: 20.1 per 100 working-age people
World, 2025 54.5 per 100 working-age people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 217th of 217 See the full ranking

Age dependency ratio in Qatar 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.

Age dependency ratio (dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64), 2001 to 2025
Period QatarWorld
2025 20.0 per 100 working-age people 54.5 per 100 working-age people
2024 20.1 per 100 working-age people 54.7 per 100 working-age people
2023 20.1 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2022 20.0 per 100 working-age people 55.2 per 100 working-age people
2021 20.3 per 100 working-age people 55.3 per 100 working-age people
2020 20.0 per 100 working-age people 55.4 per 100 working-age people
2019 18.7 per 100 working-age people 55.4 per 100 working-age people
2018 17.8 per 100 working-age people 55.4 per 100 working-age people
2017 17.5 per 100 working-age people 55.3 per 100 working-age people
2016 17.4 per 100 working-age people 55.2 per 100 working-age people
2015 17.6 per 100 working-age people 55.1 per 100 working-age people
2014 18.3 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2013 18.7 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2012 18.4 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2011 17.8 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2010 17.3 per 100 working-age people 55.2 per 100 working-age people
2009 17.6 per 100 working-age people 55.5 per 100 working-age people
2008 18.4 per 100 working-age people 55.8 per 100 working-age people
2007 21.1 per 100 working-age people 56.2 per 100 working-age people
2006 27.1 per 100 working-age people 56.7 per 100 working-age people
2005 31.0 per 100 working-age people 57.3 per 100 working-age people
2004 30.5 per 100 working-age people 58.0 per 100 working-age people
2003 30.5 per 100 working-age people 58.7 per 100 working-age people
2002 31.1 per 100 working-age people 59.4 per 100 working-age people
2001 31.9 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 −0.1 from 20.1 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 17.6 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +2.4.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Qatar has the 217th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.DPND · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Qatar
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects