Total dependency ratio by country
The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).
Countries reporting
229
Highest
105.2%
Central African Republic
Lowest
20.1%
Qatar
Median
55.0%
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Total dependency ratio is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 105.2% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 20.1% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.0%, and the mean is 57.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Barthelemy (up 71.6%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 24.8%).
Total dependency ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 105.2% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 2 | Vatican | 103.7% | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Niger | 98.2% | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 4 | Somalia | 97.0% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 96.7% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 6 | Monaco | 96.2% | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 7 | Mali | 95.6% | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 8 | Chad | 95.4% | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 9 | Burundi | 91.8% | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 10 | Mozambique | 90.6% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 11 | Angola | 90.1% | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mauritania | 86.1% | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 14 | Uganda | 85.5% | 2023 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 15 | Tanzania | 84.4% | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 83.8% | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 81.9% | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 81.6% | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 19 | Benin | 81.6% | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 20 | Togo | 80.9% | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 80.8% | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 22 | Cameroon | 80.3% | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 23 | Nigeria | 80.2% | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 24 | Samoa | 80.0% | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 25 | Malawi | 78.3% | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 26 | Sudan | 78.1% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 78.1% | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 78.1% | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 29 | Congo | 77.9% | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 30 | Yemen | 77.7% | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 31 | Gambia | 77.6% | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 32 | Liberia | 76.3% | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 33 | Madagascar | 75.2% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 34 | Vanuatu | 74.9% | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 35 | Eritrea | 74.9% | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 36 | South Sudan | 74.7% | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 74.0% | 2023 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 73.6% | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 39 | Tonga | 73.1% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 40 | Senegal | 73.1% | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 41 | Palestine | 72.9% | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 42 | Sao Tome and Principe | 72.9% | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 43 | Comoros | 72.0% | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 71.6% | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 45 | Rwanda | 71.1% | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 70.2% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 47 | Japan | 69.9% | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | 69.8% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 69.5% | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 50 | Namibia | 69.1% | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 51 | Nauru | 69.1% | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 52 | Gabon | 68.6% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 53 | Iraq | 68.0% | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 54 | Kenya | 67.7% | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 67.1% | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 56 | Saint Helena | 67.0% | 2023 | up 34.4% | falling |
| 57 | Israel | 66.7% | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 58 | Ghana | 66.1% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 59 | East Timor | 65.5% | 2023 | down 21.3% | flat |
| 62 | Niue | 65.0% | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 64.2% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 64 | Kiribati | 64.1% | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 65 | Tuvalu | 63.7% | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 66 | United States Virgin Islands | 63.3% | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 67 | Lesotho | 63.3% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 68 | France | 62.6% | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 69 | Finland | 62.6% | 2023 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 70 | Saint Martin (French part) | 62.2% | 2023 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 71 | Guam | 61.6% | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.5% | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 73 | French Guiana | 61.4% | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 74 | Faroe Islands | 61.0% | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 75 | Micronesia (country) | 60.9% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 60.9% | 2023 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 77 | Eswatini | 60.8% | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 78 | Sweden | 60.7% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 79 | Cook Islands | 60.6% | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 80 | Mongolia | 60.0% | 2023 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 81 | Saint Barthelemy | 59.8% | 2023 | up 71.6% | falling |
| 82 | Egypt | 59.8% | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 83 | Isle of Man | 59.3% | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 59.1% | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 85 | Greece | 58.9% | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 86 | Latvia | 58.8% | 2023 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 87 | Algeria | 58.8% | 2023 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 88 | Portugal | 58.7% | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 89 | Croatia | 58.6% | 2023 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 90 | Guatemala | 58.4% | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 91 | Estonia | 58.4% | 2023 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 92 | Germany | 58.0% | 2023 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 93 | Serbia | 57.9% | 2023 | up 21.7% | flat |
| 94 | United Kingdom | 57.8% | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 57.6% | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 96 | Lebanon | 57.6% | 2023 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 97 | Denmark | 57.4% | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 98 | Belgium | 57.3% | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 57.2% | 2023 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 100 | Georgia | 57.1% | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 101 | Italy | 57.1% | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 102 | Botswana | 56.9% | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 103 | Slovenia | 56.9% | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 104 | Czechia | 56.8% | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 105 | Puerto Rico | 56.7% | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 106 | Haiti | 56.7% | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 107 | Reunion | 56.4% | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 108 | Cambodia | 56.4% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 109 | Montserrat | 56.3% | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 56.1% | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 111 | Guyana | 55.8% | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 112 | Montenegro | 55.7% | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 113 | Bolivia | 55.5% | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 114 | Romania | 55.3% | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 115 | Moldova | 55.3% | 2023 | up 41.8% | falling |
| 116 | Jordan | 55.2% | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 117 | Venezuela | 55.0% | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 118 | Guernsey | 55.0% | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 119 | Australia | 54.8% | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 120 | Wallis and Futuna | 54.7% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 121 | Netherlands | 54.6% | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 122 | Hungary | 54.6% | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 123 | Honduras | 54.5% | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 124 | Gibraltar | 54.5% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 125 | New Zealand | 54.2% | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 126 | Paraguay | 54.2% | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 127 | Laos | 54.1% | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 128 | Nepal | 54.0% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 129 | American Samoa | 54.0% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 130 | Norway | 53.9% | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 131 | Syria | 53.9% | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 132 | United States | 53.9% | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.5% | 2023 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 134 | Bermuda | 53.3% | 2023 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 135 | Tokelau | 53.2% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 136 | Lithuania | 53.2% | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 53.1% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 138 | Poland | 53.0% | 2023 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 139 | Canada | 53.0% | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 140 | Switzerland | 52.9% | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 141 | Nicaragua | 52.9% | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 52.8% | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 145 | Dominican Republic | 52.6% | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 146 | Austria | 52.6% | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 147 | Uruguay | 52.5% | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 148 | San Marino | 52.4% | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 149 | Argentina | 52.4% | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 150 | Panama | 52.3% | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 151 | Djibouti | 52.2% | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 152 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 52.0% | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 153 | Russia | 51.8% | 2023 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 154 | Sri Lanka | 51.7% | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 155 | Slovakia | 51.4% | 2023 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 156 | Spain | 51.3% | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 157 | Philippines | 51.2% | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 158 | Morocco | 51.2% | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 159 | Belarus | 50.9% | 2023 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 160 | Fiji | 50.9% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 161 | Tunisia | 50.6% | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 162 | Barbados | 50.6% | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 50.5% | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 164 | Aruba | 50.5% | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 165 | Iceland | 50.1% | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 166 | Peru | 50.0% | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 167 | Albania | 50.0% | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 168 | El Salvador | 49.7% | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.7% | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 170 | Jersey | 49.6% | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 171 | Ecuador | 49.5% | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 49.1% | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 174 | Mexico | 49.0% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 175 | Libya | 48.9% | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 176 | Ukraine | 48.9% | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 177 | Armenia | 48.7% | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 48.4% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 179 | South Africa | 48.4% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 180 | Hong Kong | 47.6% | 2023 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 181 | Vietnam | 47.5% | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 182 | Indonesia | 47.0% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 183 | India | 47.0% | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 184 | Turkey | 46.7% | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 185 | Belize | 46.7% | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 186 | Grenada | 46.4% | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 187 | Cuba | 46.4% | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 188 | Myanmar | 46.2% | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 189 | Curacao | 46.0% | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 190 | Northern Mariana Islands | 45.6% | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 191 | Chile | 45.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 192 | Costa Rica | 45.0% | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 193 | North Korea | 44.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 194 | Greenland | 44.8% | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 196 | China | 44.7% | 2023 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 197 | Dominica | 44.6% | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 198 | Iran | 44.4% | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 199 | Brazil | 44.0% | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 200 | French Polynesia | 43.8% | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 201 | Cyprus | 43.6% | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 202 | Azerbaijan | 43.6% | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 203 | Taiwan | 43.4% | 2023 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 204 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 43.0% | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 205 | Colombia | 42.8% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 206 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.6% | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 207 | Bahamas | 42.5% | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 208 | Thailand | 42.4% | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 209 | Malaysia | 42.3% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 210 | Western Sahara | 42.3% | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 211 | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.7% | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 212 | Palau | 41.7% | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 213 | Anguilla | 41.5% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 214 | South Korea | 41.4% | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 215 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 40.9% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 216 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 40.9% | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 217 | Seychelles | 39.8% | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 218 | Falkland Islands | 39.0% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 219 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 220 | Oman | 38.7% | 2023 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 221 | Bhutan | 38.6% | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 222 | Andorra | 38.2% | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 223 | Macao | 38.1% | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 224 | Brunei | 38.0% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 225 | Saint Lucia | 37.3% | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 226 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 37.2% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 227 | Jamaica | 37.0% | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 228 | Saudi Arabia | 36.8% | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 229 | Singapore | 33.1% | 2023 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 230 | Cayman Islands | 33.1% | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 231 | Maldives | 32.3% | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 232 | British Virgin Islands | 32.2% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 233 | Bahrain | 29.2% | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 234 | Kuwait | 27.5% | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 235 | United Arab Emirates | 22.0% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 236 | Qatar | 20.1% | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |
About this data
The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).