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Nigeria - Elderly Care and Dependency Ratios 5.44

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 217 economies tracked

Latest value

5.44 (2025)

Global rank

##192 of 217 economies

vs global median

0.4×

Growth since 1960

0.91×

Ranking Race — Elderly Care and Dependency Ratios

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#33#65#97#129#16119601970198019902000201020202025#149#1922010 overtook Zimbabwe2019 overtook Sierra Leone
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Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2025. Nigeria climbed from #149 to #192 (overtook Zimbabwe). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Nigeria ↓

Key Events — Nigeria

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1970
Oil boom begins curated

Crude revenues transform the economy after civil war.

2010
Overtook Zimbabwe in global rank auto
2016
Oil price recession curated

First recession in 25 years as crude prices collapse.

2019
Overtook Sierra Leone in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 oil shock curated

Dual pandemic and oil shock push GDP down.

2023
Fuel subsidy removal curated

Petrol subsidy cut and currency reforms spark inflation.

Elderly Care and Dependency Ratios, 1960-2025

World Bank WDI · Percentage · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1960197519902005202020255.445.685.916.15
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