Age dependency ratio of working age population by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
105.18
Central African Republic
Lowest
20.1
Qatar
Median
54.88
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Age dependency ratio of working age population is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 105.18 in Central African Republic; the lowest is 20.1 in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 54.88, and the mean is 57.8.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 123 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Barthelemy (up 71.6%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 24.8%).
Age dependency ratio of working age population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 105.18 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 2 | Vatican | 103.66 | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Niger | 98.16 | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 4 | Somalia | 97.02 | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 96.68 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 6 | Monaco | 96.22 | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 7 | Mali | 95.56 | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 8 | Chad | 95.36 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 9 | Burundi | 91.85 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 10 | Mozambique | 90.55 | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 11 | Angola | 90.05 | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mauritania | 86.05 | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 13 | Mayotte | 85.96 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 14 | Uganda | 85.49 | 2023 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 15 | Tanzania | 84.39 | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 83.84 | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 81.89 | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 81.62 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 19 | Benin | 81.57 | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 20 | Togo | 80.93 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 80.78 | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 22 | Cameroon | 80.29 | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 23 | Nigeria | 80.25 | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 24 | Samoa | 79.97 | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 25 | Malawi | 78.28 | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 26 | Sudan | 78.13 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 78.11 | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 78.08 | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 29 | Congo | 77.93 | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 30 | Yemen | 77.73 | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 31 | Gambia | 77.65 | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 32 | Liberia | 76.29 | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 33 | Madagascar | 75.15 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 34 | Vanuatu | 74.92 | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 35 | Eritrea | 74.91 | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 36 | South Sudan | 74.71 | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 74.02 | 2023 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 73.57 | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 39 | Tonga | 73.09 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 40 | Senegal | 73.07 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 41 | Palestine | 72.93 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 42 | Sao Tome and Principe | 72.86 | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 43 | Comoros | 72.04 | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 71.64 | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 45 | Rwanda | 71.1 | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 70.17 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 47 | Japan | 69.94 | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | 69.8 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 69.46 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 50 | Namibia | 69.1 | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 51 | Nauru | 69.06 | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 52 | Gabon | 68.64 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 53 | Iraq | 68.03 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 54 | Kenya | 67.66 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 67.1 | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 56 | Saint Helena | 67.03 | 2023 | up 34.4% | falling |
| 57 | Israel | 66.7 | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 58 | Ghana | 66.14 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 59 | East Timor | 65.46 | 2023 | down 21.3% | flat |
| 60 | Guadeloupe | 65.36 | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 61 | Martinique | 65.03 | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 62 | Niue | 64.96 | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 64.19 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 64 | Kiribati | 64.07 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 65 | Tuvalu | 63.68 | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 66 | United States Virgin Islands | 63.29 | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 67 | Lesotho | 63.26 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 68 | France | 62.62 | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 69 | Finland | 62.6 | 2023 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 70 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 62.15 | 2023 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 71 | Guam | 61.61 | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.55 | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 73 | French Guiana | 61.4 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 74 | Faroe Islands | 60.99 | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 75 | Micronesia (country) | 60.93 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 60.89 | 2023 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 77 | Eswatini | 60.81 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 78 | Sweden | 60.69 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 79 | Cook Islands | 60.57 | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 80 | Mongolia | 60 | 2023 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 81 | Saint Barthelemy | 59.78 | 2023 | up 71.6% | falling |
| 82 | Egypt | 59.76 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 83 | Isle of Man | 59.25 | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 59.11 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 85 | Greece | 58.85 | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 86 | Latvia | 58.77 | 2023 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 87 | Algeria | 58.77 | 2023 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 88 | Portugal | 58.7 | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 89 | Croatia | 58.59 | 2023 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 90 | Guatemala | 58.41 | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 91 | Estonia | 58.4 | 2023 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 92 | Germany | 57.96 | 2023 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 93 | Serbia | 57.93 | 2023 | up 21.7% | flat |
| 94 | United Kingdom | 57.81 | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 57.64 | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 96 | Lebanon | 57.58 | 2023 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 97 | Denmark | 57.37 | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 98 | Belgium | 57.28 | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 57.15 | 2023 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 100 | Georgia | 57.12 | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 101 | Italy | 57.09 | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 102 | Botswana | 56.86 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 103 | Slovenia | 56.85 | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 104 | Czechia | 56.77 | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 105 | Puerto Rico | 56.73 | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 106 | Haiti | 56.72 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 107 | Reunion | 56.43 | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 108 | Cambodia | 56.42 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 109 | Montserrat | 56.34 | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 56.11 | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 111 | Guyana | 55.76 | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 112 | Montenegro | 55.74 | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 113 | Bolivia | 55.5 | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 114 | Romania | 55.34 | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 115 | Moldova | 55.28 | 2023 | up 41.8% | falling |
| 116 | Jordan | 55.16 | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 117 | Venezuela | 55.01 | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 118 | Guernsey | 54.96 | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 119 | Australia | 54.8 | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 120 | Wallis and Futuna | 54.68 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 121 | Netherlands | 54.6 | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 122 | Hungary | 54.55 | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 123 | Honduras | 54.53 | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 124 | Gibraltar | 54.45 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 125 | New Zealand | 54.23 | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 126 | Paraguay | 54.2 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 127 | Laos | 54.07 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 128 | Nepal | 54.02 | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 129 | American Samoa | 54 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 130 | Norway | 53.91 | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 131 | Syria | 53.9 | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 132 | United States | 53.88 | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.48 | 2023 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 134 | Bermuda | 53.34 | 2023 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 135 | Tokelau | 53.22 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 136 | Lithuania | 53.22 | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 53.09 | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 138 | Poland | 53.01 | 2023 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 139 | Canada | 53 | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 140 | Switzerland | 52.92 | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 141 | Nicaragua | 52.87 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 52.83 | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 143 | Ireland | 52.78 | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 144 | Liechtenstein | 52.7 | 2023 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 145 | Dominican Republic | 52.64 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 146 | Austria | 52.56 | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 147 | Uruguay | 52.55 | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 148 | San Marino | 52.41 | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 149 | Argentina | 52.4 | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 150 | Panama | 52.27 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 151 | Djibouti | 52.23 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 152 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 51.98 | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 153 | Russia | 51.78 | 2023 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 154 | Sri Lanka | 51.74 | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 155 | Slovakia | 51.41 | 2023 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 156 | Spain | 51.27 | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 157 | Philippines | 51.22 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 158 | Morocco | 51.2 | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 159 | Belarus | 50.91 | 2023 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 160 | Fiji | 50.89 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 161 | Tunisia | 50.6 | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 162 | Barbados | 50.56 | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 50.52 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 164 | Aruba | 50.5 | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 165 | Iceland | 50.14 | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 166 | Peru | 50.03 | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 167 | Albania | 50.01 | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 168 | El Salvador | 49.72 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.72 | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 170 | Jersey | 49.6 | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 171 | Ecuador | 49.46 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 49.14 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 173 | Malta | 49.1 | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 174 | Mexico | 49.04 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 175 | Libya | 48.9 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 176 | Ukraine | 48.89 | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 177 | Armenia | 48.71 | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 48.4 | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 179 | South Africa | 48.35 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 180 | Hong Kong | 47.62 | 2023 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 181 | Vietnam | 47.54 | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 182 | Indonesia | 47.02 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 183 | India | 47.01 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 184 | Turkey | 46.71 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 185 | Belize | 46.7 | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 186 | Grenada | 46.43 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 187 | Cuba | 46.4 | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 188 | Myanmar | 46.21 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 189 | Curacao | 46.04 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 190 | Northern Mariana Islands | 45.62 | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 191 | Chile | 45.05 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 192 | Costa Rica | 45.01 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 193 | North Korea | 44.95 | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 194 | Greenland | 44.79 | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 195 | Luxembourg | 44.75 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 196 | China | 44.73 | 2023 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 197 | Dominica | 44.64 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 198 | Iran | 44.41 | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 199 | Brazil | 44.02 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 200 | French Polynesia | 43.8 | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 201 | Cyprus | 43.61 | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 202 | Azerbaijan | 43.58 | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 203 | Taiwan | 43.38 | 2023 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 204 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 43.03 | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 205 | Colombia | 42.8 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 206 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.61 | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 207 | Bahamas | 42.47 | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 208 | Thailand | 42.44 | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 209 | Malaysia | 42.32 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 210 | Western Sahara | 42.29 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 211 | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.75 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 212 | Palau | 41.68 | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 213 | Anguilla | 41.49 | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 214 | South Korea | 41.43 | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 215 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 40.92 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 216 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 40.89 | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 217 | Seychelles | 39.8 | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 218 | Falkland Islands | 39.03 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 219 | Mauritius | 39 | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 220 | Oman | 38.67 | 2023 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 221 | Bhutan | 38.56 | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 222 | Andorra | 38.24 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 223 | Macao | 38.06 | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 224 | Brunei | 38 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 225 | Saint Lucia | 37.3 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 226 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 37.22 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 227 | Jamaica | 36.98 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 228 | Saudi Arabia | 36.83 | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 229 | Singapore | 33.1 | 2023 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 230 | Cayman Islands | 33.05 | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 231 | Maldives | 32.27 | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 232 | British Virgin Islands | 32.21 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 233 | Bahrain | 29.25 | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 234 | Kuwait | 27.48 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 235 | United Arab Emirates | 22 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 236 | Qatar | 20.1 | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |