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Dependency rate, all compared to 15-64 by country

Countries reporting
113
Highest
2.45
Niger
Lowest
0.0952
Indonesia
Median
0.5427
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,668

What the numbers show

Dependency rate, all compared to 15-64 is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 2.45 in Niger; the lowest is 0.0952 in Indonesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5427, and the mean is 0.6015.

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

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 48 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Djibouti 0.6184 2017 up 1.2% falling
30 Poland 0.6152 2019 up 53.7% flat
31 Ecuador 0.6025 2021 up 1.3% falling
32 Honduras 0.5966 2019 down 16.8% falling
33 Bangladesh 0.5952 2016 down 17.9% falling
34 Sweden 0.595 2016 up 9.1% rising
35 Finland 0.5922 2016 up 19.3% rising
36 Guatemala 0.5898 2019 down 22.5% falling
37 France 0.5874 2016 up 11.8% rising
38 Bolivia 0.5833 2021 down 10.3% falling
39 Georgia 0.5827 2020 up 22.7% rising
40 Nicaragua 0.5805 2014 down 16.3% falling
41 Denmark 0.5674 2016 up 9.9% rising
42 Dominican Republic 0.5613 2013 down 12.5% falling
43 Italy 0.5611 2016 up 7.2% rising
44 Philippines 0.5608 2019 down 7.9% falling
45 Peru 0.5606 2021 down 1.4% falling
46 Venezuela 0.5585 2006 down 16.9% falling
47 Tajikistan 0.5582 2013 down 26.0% falling
48 Greece 0.5563 2016 up 12.8% flat
49 Norway 0.5523 2016 up 2.2% rising
50 Egypt 0.5514 2019 down 0.5% falling
51 Nepal 0.5508 2014 down 30.8% falling
52 Laos 0.5475 2018 down 19.7% falling
53 Ireland 0.5469 2016 up 20.7% falling
54 United Kingdom 0.5448 2016 up 9.0% flat
55 Latvia 0.5433 2016 up 21.9% rising
56 Paraguay 0.5428 2021 down 5.9% falling
57 Portugal 0.5427 2016 up 11.9% flat
58 Belgium 0.5418 2016 up 10.1% rising
59 Puerto Rico 0.5411 2005 down 8.6% falling
60 Estonia 0.5397 2016 up 17.8% rising
61 Kazakhstan 0.5376 2018 up 31.7% rising
62 Argentina 0.5364 2021 up 3.0% falling
63 Bulgaria 0.5362 2016 up 14.0% rising
64 United States 0.5346 2018 up 7.5% falling
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.5301 2019 up 9.0% rising
66 Uruguay 0.5284 2021 down 2.5% falling
67 Czechia 0.5237 2016 up 31.9% rising
68 Serbia 0.5216 2018 up 3.2% flat
69 Iceland 0.5215 2015 up 5.6% rising
70 Netherlands 0.5185 2016 up 8.9% rising
71 Colombia 0.5173 2021 down 5.1% falling
72 Morocco 0.5173 2013 down 6.9% falling
73 Germany 0.5129 2011 up 5.2% rising
74 Moldova 0.5091 2021 up 17.2% falling
75 Spain 0.5073 2016 up 13.5% rising
76 El Salvador 0.5072 2019 down 20.3% falling
77 Slovenia 0.5072 2016 up 19.2% rising
78 Croatia 0.5065 2016 up 5.3% flat
79 Lithuania 0.5061 2016 up 9.6% falling
80 Mexico 0.5053 2020 down 8.8% falling
81 Romania 0.5045 2018 up 17.3% flat
82 Tunisia 0.4989 2015 down 8.4% falling
83 Montenegro 0.4945 2013 up 57.4% rising
84 Chile 0.494 2017 up 2.4% falling
85 Sri Lanka 0.4931 2019 up 1.4% rising
86 Cambodia 0.4888 2012 down 25.9% falling
87 Armenia 0.4858 2020 up 12.8% falling
88 South Africa 0.4853 2020 down 10.8% falling
89 Malta 0.4811 2016 up 15.7% rising
90 Austria 0.4808 2016 up 2.4% flat
91 Belarus 0.4756 2020 up 13.1% flat
92 Hungary 0.4745 2016 up 3.2% flat
93 India 0.4639 2019 down 15.5% falling
94 Costa Rica 0.462 2021 up 3.7% falling
95 Kosovo 0.455 2017 down 21.5% falling
95 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.455 2017 down 21.5% falling
97 Albania 0.4523 2019 up 228.9% falling
98 North Macedonia 0.4468 2020 up 8.2% falling
99 Brazil 0.446 2021 down 3.1% falling
100 Cyprus 0.4436 2016 up 4.3% flat
101 Russia 0.4389 2019 up 39.9% rising
102 Luxembourg 0.4276 2016 down 9.8% flat
103 Slovakia 0.4235 2016 up 12.1% falling
104 Mauritius 0.4208 2017 down 2.9% falling
105 Thailand 0.4138 2021 up 4.9% falling
106 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4124 2011 down 13.8% falling
107 Azerbaijan 0.4058 2015 down 13.9% falling
108 Ukraine 0.3993 2014 down 15.9% falling
109 China 0.3164 2013 up 11.8% rising
110 Australia 0.2205 2015 down 54.2% falling
111 South Korea 0.1929 2017 up 35.5% rising
112 Turkey 0.1351 2019 down 73.4% falling
113 Indonesia 0.0952 2019 down 53.8% volatile

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Dependency rate, all compared to 15-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
113 places, 1,668 data points, 1970–2021
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