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DEFINITION:
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. For example, 0.7 means there are 7 dependents for every 10 working-age people.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Uganda | 1.12 | 2005 | ||
=2 | Niger | 1.04 | 2005 | ||
=2 | Mali | 1.04 | 2005 | ||
4 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.02 | 2005 | ||
=5 | Malawi | 1.01 | 2005 | ||
=5 | Chad | 1.01 | 2005 | ||
=7 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 2005 | ||
=7 | Congo, Republic of the | 1 | 2005 | ||
=7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 | 2005 | ||
10 | Liberia | 0.97 | 2005 | ||
11 | Angola | 0.96 | 2005 | ||
=12 | Yemen | 0.95 | 2005 | ||
=12 | Zambia | 0.95 | 2005 | ||
=14 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.94 | 2005 | ||
=14 | Afghanistan | 0.94 | 1989 | ||
=16 | Guatemala | 0.91 | 2005 | ||
=16 | Burundi | 0.91 | 2005 | ||
=18 | Ethiopia | 0.9 | 2005 | ||
=18 | Guinea | 0.9 | 2005 | ||
=18 | Nigeria | 0.9 | 2005 | ||
=18 | Mozambique | 0.9 | 2005 | ||
=22 | Madagascar | 0.89 | 2005 | ||
=22 | Central African Republic | 0.89 | 2005 | ||
=22 | Eritrea | 0.89 | 2005 | ||
=25 | Somalia | 0.88 | 2005 | ||
=25 | Benin | 0.88 | 2005 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 0.872 | 2005 | |||
=27 | Mauritania | 0.87 | 2005 | ||
=27 | Togo | 0.87 | 2005 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 0.864 | 2005 | |||
29 | Sierra Leone | 0.86 | 2005 | ||
=30 | Tanzania | 0.85 | 2005 | ||
=30 | Rwanda | 0.85 | 2005 | ||
=32 | Senegal | 0.84 | 2005 | ||
=32 | Kenya | 0.84 | 2005 | ||
=32 | Iraq | 0.84 | 1999 | ||
35 | Samoa | 0.83 | 2005 | ||
=36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.82 | 2005 | ||
=36 | Namibia | 0.82 | 2005 | ||
=38 | Cameroon | 0.81 | 2005 | ||
=38 | Comoros | 0.81 | 2005 | ||
=40 | Swaziland | 0.8 | 2005 | ||
=40 | Gabon | 0.8 | 2005 | ||
=40 | Laos | 0.8 | 2005 | ||
=40 | Djibouti | 0.8 | 2005 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 0.795 | 2005 | |||
44 | Maldives | 0.79 | 2005 | ||
=45 | East Timor | 0.78 | 2005 | ||
=45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.78 | 2005 | ||
=45 | The Gambia | 0.78 | 2005 | ||
=45 | Cape Verde | 0.78 | 2005 | ||
=45 | Lesotho | 0.78 | 2005 | ||
50 | Zimbabwe | 0.77 | 2005 | ||
=51 | Vanuatu | 0.76 | 2005 | ||
=51 | Solomon Islands | 0.76 | 2005 | ||
=51 | Honduras | 0.76 | 2005 | ||
=54 | Tajikistan | 0.75 | 2005 | ||
=54 | Sudan | 0.75 | 2005 | ||
=54 | Bhutan | 0.75 | 2005 | ||
=57 | Nepal | 0.74 | 2005 | ||
=57 | Papua New Guinea | 0.74 | 2005 | ||
=57 | Bolivia | 0.74 | 2005 | ||
=57 | Ghana | 0.74 | 2005 | ||
=57 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.74 | 2005 | ||
=62 | Pakistan | 0.73 | 2005 | ||
=62 | Nicaragua | 0.73 | 2005 | ||
64 | Tonga | 0.72 | 2005 | ||
65 | Haiti | 0.71 | 2005 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 0.703 | 2005 | |||
=66 | Belize | 0.7 | 2005 | ||
=66 | Paraguay | 0.7 | 2005 | ||
68 | Botswana | 0.69 | 2005 | ||
=69 | Jordan | 0.68 | 2005 | ||
=69 | Cambodia | 0.68 | 2005 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 0.68 | 2005 | |||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 0.679 | 2005 | |||
Religious countries average (profile) | 0.673 | 1999 | |||
=71 | Syria | 0.67 | 2005 | ||
=71 | Saudi Arabia | 0.67 | 2005 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 0.67 | 2005 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 0.652 | 2005 | |||
73 | El Salvador | 0.65 | 2005 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 0.642 | 2005 | |||
=74 | Bangladesh | 0.64 | 2005 | ||
=74 | Philippines | 0.64 | 2005 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 0.638 | 2005 | |||
76 | Jamaica | 0.63 | 2005 | ||
=77 | Ecuador | 0.62 | 2005 | ||
=77 | Egypt | 0.62 | 2005 | ||
=79 | Uzbekistan | 0.61 | 2005 | ||
=79 | Israel | 0.61 | 2005 | ||
=81 | India | 0.6 | 2005 | ||
=81 | Peru | 0.6 | 2005 | ||
=81 | Uruguay | 0.6 | 2005 | ||
=81 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6 | 2005 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 0.591 | 2005 | |||
=85 | Malaysia | 0.59 | 2005 | ||
=85 | Oman | 0.59 | 2005 | ||
=87 | Dominican Republic | 0.58 | 2005 | ||
=87 | Argentina | 0.58 | 2005 | ||
=87 | South Africa | 0.58 | 2005 | ||
=90 | Turkmenistan | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
=90 | Panama | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
=90 | Colombia | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
=90 | Suriname | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
=90 | Venezuela | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
=90 | Mexico | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
=90 | Guam | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 0.566 | 2005 | |||
=97 | Morocco | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
=97 | Lebanon | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
=97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
=97 | Saint Lucia | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 0.559 | 2005 | |||
101 | Fiji | 0.55 | 2005 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 0.547 | 2005 | |||
=102 | Albania | 0.54 | 2005 | ||
=102 | Vietnam | 0.54 | 2005 | ||
=104 | Turkey | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
=104 | France | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
=104 | Norway | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
=104 | Virgin Islands | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
=104 | The Bahamas | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
=104 | Sweden | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
=104 | Guyana | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
=111 | Libya | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
=111 | Costa Rica | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
=111 | Mongolia | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
=111 | Algeria | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
=111 | Puerto Rico | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
=111 | Belgium | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
=111 | New Caledonia | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
=111 | Burma | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.516 | 2005 | |||
=119 | Indonesia | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=119 | Denmark | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=119 | Italy | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=119 | United Kingdom | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=119 | New Zealand | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=119 | Japan | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=119 | Brazil | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=119 | Iceland | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 0.503 | 2005 | |||
=127 | Finland | 0.5 | 2005 | ||
=127 | Georgia | 0.5 | 2005 | ||
=127 | Iran | 0.5 | 2005 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.497 | 2005 | |||
Cold countries average (profile) | 0.493 | 2005 | |||
=130 | Portugal | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=130 | Luxembourg | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=130 | Azerbaijan | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=130 | Armenia | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=130 | United States | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=130 | Brunei | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=130 | Chile | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=130 | Croatia | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=130 | French Polynesia | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=130 | Germany | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 0.483 | 2005 | |||
=140 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
=140 | Netherlands | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
=140 | Australia | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
=140 | Netherlands Antilles | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
=140 | Greece | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
=140 | Austria | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
=140 | Switzerland | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 0.476 | 2005 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 0.476 | 2005 | |||
Eurozone average (profile) | 0.474 | 2005 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 0.473 | 2005 | |||
European Union average (profile) | 0.471 | 2005 | |||
=147 | Lithuania | 0.47 | 2005 | ||
=147 | Cyprus | 0.47 | 2005 | ||
=147 | North Korea | 0.47 | 2005 | ||
=147 | Tunisia | 0.47 | 2005 | ||
=151 | Estonia | 0.46 | 2005 | ||
=151 | Latvia | 0.46 | 2005 | ||
=151 | Kazakhstan | 0.46 | 2005 | ||
=151 | Sri Lanka | 0.46 | 2005 | ||
=155 | Ukraine | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
=155 | Mauritius | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
=155 | Ireland | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
=155 | Thailand | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
=155 | Hungary | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
=155 | Spain | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
=155 | Malta | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 0.447 | 2005 | |||
=162 | Canada | 0.44 | 2005 | ||
=162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.44 | 2005 | ||
=162 | Bulgaria | 0.44 | 2005 | ||
=165 | Bahrain | 0.43 | 2005 | ||
=165 | Cuba | 0.43 | 2005 | ||
=165 | Romania | 0.43 | 2005 | ||
=165 | Belarus | 0.43 | 2005 | ||
169 | Slovenia | 0.42 | 2005 | ||
=170 | Barbados | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
=170 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
=170 | Czech Republic | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
=170 | China | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
=170 | Russia | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
=170 | Poland | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
=176 | Slovakia | 0.4 | 2005 | ||
=176 | Moldova | 0.4 | 2005 | ||
=178 | South Korea | 0.39 | 2005 | ||
=178 | Singapore | 0.39 | 2005 | ||
180 | Hong Kong | 0.36 | 2005 | ||
181 | Kuwait | 0.35 | 2005 | ||
182 | Macau | 0.32 | 2005 | ||
=183 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3 | 2005 | ||
=183 | Qatar | 0.3 | 2005 |