The reading right now

As of January 2024, Dependency ratio for Afghanistan stood at 82.8. That is down 1.06 from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 85.6, ranging from a low of 82.8 in January 2024 to a high of 88.5 in January 2019. The current reading sits 6.17 below its trailing ten-year mean of 88.9.

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