Democratic Republic of Congo vs Vatican: Total dependency ratio

Democratic Republic of Congo

96.7%

in 2023

Vatican

103.7%

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

5th

Vatican rank

2nd

Total dependency ratio over time

Vatican currently reports 103.7% against 96.7% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 7.0%.

That makes Vatican's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th and Vatican ranks 2nd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total dependency ratio
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).