Dependency rate, all compared to 15-64 by country

Countries reporting

110

Highest

2.45

Niger

Lowest

0.0952

Indonesia

Median

0.5428

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,653

What the numbers show

Dependency rate, all compared to 15-64 is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 2.45 in Niger; the lowest is 0.0952 in Indonesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5428, and the mean is 0.604.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 1,187.7%), and the largest decrease in Turkey (down 73.4%).

Dependency rate, all compared to 15-64: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Niger	2.45	2018	up 115.2%	rising
2	Mali	1.47	2018	up 32.8%	rising
3	Burkina Faso	1.1	2009	up 9.3%	flat
4	Senegal	1.08	2018	up 26.6%	rising
5	Uganda	1.05	2016	down 6.1%	falling
6	Benin	1.02	2018	down 10.9%	flat
7	Guinea	1.01	2018	up 2.8%	flat
8	Tanzania	0.9779	2020	up 0.8%	falling
9	Madagascar	0.9731	2012	up 4.2%	rising
10	Malawi	0.9452	2019	down 8.4%	rising
11	Nigeria	0.9065	2018	up 23.5%	flat
12	Gambia	0.8909	2020	up 6.8%	flat
13	Togo	0.8891	2018	up 9.4%	rising
14	Ethiopia	0.8716	2021	down 11.7%	falling
15	Belize	0.8403	1999	down 9.1%	falling
16	Pakistan	0.765	2020	down 5.4%	falling
17	Kenya	0.7582	2019	down 10.1%	falling
18	Ghana	0.7549	2016	down 6.2%	falling
19	Jamaica	0.7406	2002	down 0.9%	rising
20	Palestine	0.7381	2017	up 1,187.7%	volatile
21	Namibia	0.737	2015	down 6.6%	falling
22	Mozambique	0.7164	2014	down 27.7%	falling
23	Rwanda	0.7052	2021	down 17.7%	falling
24	Kyrgyzstan	0.6995	2020	up 19.9%	rising
25	Jordan	0.6704	2016	down 3.4%	falling
26	Mongolia	0.6315	2021	up 38.3%	rising
27	Panama	0.6248	2021	up 3.7%	falling
28	Zambia	0.6218	2015	up 4.0%	rising
29	Poland	0.6152	2019	up 53.7%	flat
30	Ecuador	0.6025	2021	up 1.3%	falling
31	Honduras	0.5966	2019	down 16.8%	falling
32	Bangladesh	0.5952	2016	down 17.9%	falling
33	Sweden	0.595	2016	up 9.1%	rising
34	Finland	0.5922	2016	up 19.3%	rising
35	Guatemala	0.5898	2019	down 22.5%	falling
36	France	0.5874	2016	up 11.8%	rising
37	Bolivia	0.5833	2021	down 10.3%	falling
38	Georgia	0.5827	2020	up 22.7%	rising
39	Nicaragua	0.5805	2014	down 16.3%	falling
40	Denmark	0.5674	2016	up 9.9%	rising
41	Dominican Republic	0.5613	2013	down 12.5%	falling
42	Italy	0.5611	2016	up 7.2%	rising
43	Philippines	0.5608	2019	down 7.9%	falling
44	Peru	0.5606	2021	down 1.4%	falling
45	Venezuela	0.5585	2006	down 16.9%	falling
46	Tajikistan	0.5582	2013	down 26.0%	falling
47	Greece	0.5563	2016	up 12.8%	flat
48	Norway	0.5523	2016	up 2.2%	rising
49	Egypt	0.5514	2019	down 0.5%	falling
50	Nepal	0.5508	2014	down 30.8%	falling
51	Laos	0.5475	2018	down 19.7%	falling
52	Ireland	0.5469	2016	up 20.7%	falling
53	United Kingdom	0.5448	2016	up 9.0%	flat
54	Latvia	0.5433	2016	up 21.9%	rising
55	Paraguay	0.5428	2021	down 5.9%	falling
56	Portugal	0.5427	2016	up 11.9%	flat
57	Belgium	0.5418	2016	up 10.1%	rising
58	Puerto Rico	0.5411	2005	down 8.6%	falling
59	Estonia	0.5397	2016	up 17.8%	rising
60	Kazakhstan	0.5376	2018	up 31.7%	rising
61	Argentina	0.5364	2021	up 3.0%	falling
62	Bulgaria	0.5362	2016	up 14.0%	rising
63	United States	0.5346	2018	up 7.5%	falling
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.5301	2019	up 9.0%	rising
65	Uruguay	0.5284	2021	down 2.5%	falling
66	Czechia	0.5237	2016	up 31.9%	rising
67	Serbia	0.5216	2018	up 3.2%	flat
68	Iceland	0.5215	2015	up 5.6%	rising
69	Netherlands	0.5185	2016	up 8.9%	rising
70	Colombia	0.5173	2021	down 5.1%	falling
71	Morocco	0.5173	2013	down 6.9%	falling
72	Germany	0.5129	2011	up 5.2%	rising
73	Moldova	0.5091	2021	up 17.2%	falling
74	Spain	0.5073	2016	up 13.5%	rising
75	El Salvador	0.5072	2019	down 20.3%	falling
76	Slovenia	0.5072	2016	up 19.2%	rising
77	Croatia	0.5065	2016	up 5.3%	flat
78	Lithuania	0.5061	2016	up 9.6%	falling
79	Mexico	0.5053	2020	down 8.8%	falling
80	Romania	0.5045	2018	up 17.3%	flat
81	Tunisia	0.4989	2015	down 8.4%	falling
82	Montenegro	0.4945	2013	up 57.4%	rising
83	Chile	0.494	2017	up 2.4%	falling
84	Sri Lanka	0.4931	2019	up 1.4%	rising
85	Cambodia	0.4888	2012	down 25.9%	falling
86	Armenia	0.4858	2020	up 12.8%	falling
87	South Africa	0.4853	2020	down 10.8%	falling
88	Malta	0.4811	2016	up 15.7%	rising
89	Austria	0.4808	2016	up 2.4%	flat
90	Belarus	0.4756	2020	up 13.1%	flat
91	Hungary	0.4745	2016	up 3.2%	flat
92	India	0.4639	2019	down 15.5%	falling
93	Costa Rica	0.462	2021	up 3.7%	falling
94	Albania	0.4523	2019	up 228.9%	falling
95	North Macedonia	0.4468	2020	up 8.2%	falling
96	Brazil	0.446	2021	down 3.1%	falling
97	Cyprus	0.4436	2016	up 4.3%	flat
98	Russia	0.4389	2019	up 39.9%	rising
99	Luxembourg	0.4276	2016	down 9.8%	flat
100	Slovakia	0.4235	2016	up 12.1%	falling
101	Mauritius	0.4208	2017	down 2.9%	falling
102	Thailand	0.4138	2021	up 4.9%	falling
103	Trinidad and Tobago	0.4124	2011	down 13.8%	falling
104	Azerbaijan	0.4058	2015	down 13.9%	falling
105	Ukraine	0.3993	2014	down 15.9%	falling
106	China	0.3164	2013	up 11.8%	rising
107	Australia	0.2205	2015	down 54.2%	falling
108	South Korea	0.1929	2017	up 35.5%	rising
109	Turkey	0.1351	2019	down 73.4%	falling
110	Indonesia	0.0952	2019	down 53.8%	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 0.455

About this data

Indicator: Dependency rate, all compared to 15-64
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 112 places, 1,653 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026