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Age dependency ratio by country

% of working-age population · 217 countries ranked · 2025

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Rank 1 = highest value; “better” is not defined for this indicator.25 of 217
  1. 1Central African RepublicWorld rank 1st of 217
    down −1.1 pts
  2. 2MonacoWorld rank 2nd of 217
    up +0.6 pts
  3. 3SomaliaWorld rank 3rd of 217
    down −0.1 pts
  4. 4DR CongoWorld rank 4th of 217
    down −0.3 pts
  5. 5NigerWorld rank 5th of 217
    down −1.4 pts
  6. 6MaliWorld rank 6th of 217
    down −1.4 pts
  7. 7ChadWorld rank 7th of 217
    down −0.3 pts
  8. 8AngolaWorld rank 8th of 217
    down −0.8 pts
  9. 9MozambiqueWorld rank 9th of 217
    down −1.2 pts
  10. 10BurundiWorld rank 10th of 217
    down −2.5 pts
  11. 11MauritaniaWorld rank 11th of 217
    down −1.0 pts
  12. 12TanzaniaWorld rank 12th of 217
    down −0.7 pts
  13. 13UgandaWorld rank 13th of 217
    down −1.3 pts
  14. 14AfghanistanWorld rank 14th of 217
    down −1.0 pts
  15. 15BeninWorld rank 15th of 217
    down −0.8 pts
  16. 16SamoaWorld rank 16th of 217
    down −0.7 pts
  17. 17GuineaWorld rank 17th of 217
    down −1.1 pts
  18. 18CameroonWorld rank 18th of 217
    down −1.0 pts
  19. 19TogoWorld rank 19th of 217
    down −1.4 pts
  20. 20Burkina FasoWorld rank 20th of 217
    down −1.9 pts
  21. 21ZimbabweWorld rank 21st of 217
    down −2.0 pts
  22. 22SudanWorld rank 22nd of 217
    down −0.5 pts
  23. 23NigeriaWorld rank 23rd of 217
    down −1.5 pts
  24. 24YemenWorld rank 24th of 217
    down −0.3 pts
  25. 25Côte d'IvoireWorld rank 25th of 217
    down −1.2 pts

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Age dependency ratio, 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Age dependency ratio, 2025World map of Age dependency ratio (2025) for 217 countries, from 20.0 % to 103.6 %.Fiji: 50.3 %Tanzania: 83.1 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 54.4 %United States: 55.0 %Kazakhstan: 61.7 %Uzbekistan: 59.6 %Papua New Guinea: 58.1 %Indonesia: 46.6 %Argentina: 50.7 %Chile: 45.2 %DR Congo: 96.2 %Somalia: 96.7 %Kenya: 64.7 %Sudan: 77.3 %Chad: 92.6 %Haiti: 55.2 %Dominican Republic: 52.4 %Russia: 53.4 %Bahamas: 42.1 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: 53.9 %Greenland: 47.6 %Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 62.2 %South Africa: 48.4 %Lesotho: 61.2 %Mexico: 48.4 %Uruguay: 51.9 %Brazil: 44.6 %Bolivia: 54.3 %Peru: 49.4 %Colombia: 43.3 %Panama: 51.9 %Costa Rica: 45.1 %Nicaragua: 51.5 %Honduras: 53.4 %El Salvador: 48.6 %Guatemala: 56.2 %Belize: 46.0 %Venezuela: 53.7 %Guyana: 56.0 %Suriname: 50.4 %France: 63.3 %Ecuador: 48.1 %Puerto Rico: 57.5 %Jamaica: 36.7 %Cuba: 47.2 %Zimbabwe: 78.1 %Botswana: 56.3 %Namibia: 67.9 %Senegal: 70.6 %Mali: 92.9 %Mauritania: 83.9 %Benin: 79.9 %Niger: 95.5 %Nigeria: 77.3 %Cameroon: 78.4 %Togo: 78.3 %Ghana: 64.5 %Côte d'Ivoire: 75.8 %Guinea: 78.6 %Guinea-Bissau: 71.1 %Liberia: 73.7 %Sierra Leone: 69.3 %Burkina Faso: 78.1 %Central African Republic: 103.6 %Republic of the Congo: 75.5 %Gabon: 67.7 %Equatorial Guinea: 69.1 %Zambia: 75.3 %Malawi: 74.6 %Mozambique: 88.3 %Eswatini: 59.6 %Angola: 88.7 %Burundi: 87.0 %Israel: 66.3 %Lebanon: 56.3 %Madagascar: 73.6 %Palestine: 70.8 %Gambia: 75.2 %Tunisia: 50.4 %Algeria: 58.1 %Jordan: 53.7 %United Arab Emirates: 21.6 %Qatar: 20.0 %Kuwait: 26.8 %Iraq: 65.2 %Oman: 37.0 %Vanuatu: 73.4 %Cambodia: 55.9 %Thailand: 43.7 %Laos: 53.0 %Myanmar: 46.2 %Vietnam: 47.8 %North Korea: 46.3 %South Korea: 44.0 %Mongolia: 58.7 %India: 46.1 %Bangladesh: 52.2 %Bhutan: 37.0 %Nepal: 53.1 %Pakistan: 68.4 %Afghanistan: 81.8 %Tajikistan: 66.5 %Kyrgyzstan: 61.0 %Turkmenistan: 56.3 %Iran: 44.1 %Syria: 49.9 %Armenia: 50.2 %Sweden: 60.3 %Belarus: 51.9 %Ukraine: 48.5 %Poland: 54.4 %Austria: 54.4 %Hungary: 55.1 %Moldova: 57.2 %Romania: 55.5 %Lithuania: 54.4 %Latvia: 59.7 %Estonia: 58.9 %Germany: 60.2 %Bulgaria: 57.8 %Greece: 59.4 %Türkiye: 46.2 %Albania: 52.0 %Croatia: 59.5 %Switzerland: 54.6 %Luxembourg: 46.1 %Belgium: 57.9 %Netherlands: 55.8 %Portugal: 60.4 %Spain: 52.1 %Ireland: 52.2 %New Caledonia: 49.0 %Solomon Islands: 67.3 %New Zealand: 55.0 %Australia: 55.7 %Sri Lanka: 51.9 %China: 43.5 %Taiwan: —Italy: 58.1 %Denmark: 57.9 %United Kingdom: 57.9 %Iceland: 50.4 %Azerbaijan: 43.6 %Georgia: 57.4 %Philippines: 48.9 %Malaysia: 41.5 %Brunei: 38.6 %Slovenia: 58.0 %Finland: 62.7 %Slovakia: 52.9 %Czechia: 56.9 %Eritrea: 72.0 %Japan: 70.2 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Yemen: 77.2 %Saudi Arabia: 36.4 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 45.0 %Morocco: 50.7 %Egypt: 58.3 %Libya: 47.1 %Ethiopia: 72.6 %Djibouti: 51.0 %Somaliland: —Uganda: 82.9 %Rwanda: 69.6 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 55.5 %North Macedonia: 54.0 %Serbia: 59.5 %Montenegro: 56.7 %Kosovo: 43.9 %Trinidad and Tobago: 43.7 %South Sudan: 69.7 %
  • 20.0 % – 45.0 %
  • 45.0 % – 51.0 %
  • 51.0 % – 55.1 %
  • 55.1 % – 60.0 %
  • 60.0 % – 70.8 %
  • 70.8 % – 103.6 %
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

Central African RepublicMonacoSomalia
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Rank by year for Central African Republic, Monaco, Somalia, 2000–2024.