Youth dependency ratio by country
The number of children under 15 per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).
Countries reporting
232
Highest
100.9%
Central African Republic
Lowest
12.2%
Vatican
Median
33.0%
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Youth dependency ratio is currently reported for 232 countries. The highest value is 100.9% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 12.2% in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.0%, and the mean is 40.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 179 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Barthelemy (up 48.4%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 30.6%).
Youth dependency ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 100.9% | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 2 | Niger | 93.1% | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 3 | Somalia | 92.0% | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 4 | Chad | 91.3% | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 5 | Mali | 90.9% | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 90.6% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 7 | Burundi | 87.0% | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 8 | Mozambique | 85.3% | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 9 | Angola | 84.7% | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 81.5% | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 12 | Mauritania | 80.1% | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 79.5% | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania | 78.8% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 77.1% | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 16 | Benin | 76.0% | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 17 | Cameroon | 75.3% | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 75.1% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 19 | Nigeria | 74.8% | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 20 | Zambia | 74.7% | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 74.6% | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 74.4% | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 23 | Malawi | 73.7% | 2023 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 24 | Cote d'Ivoire | 73.5% | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 25 | Yemen | 73.3% | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 26 | Congo | 72.7% | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 27 | Sudan | 72.4% | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 28 | Gambia | 72.4% | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 29 | Liberia | 70.5% | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 30 | Samoa | 69.7% | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 31 | South Sudan | 69.6% | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 32 | Madagascar | 69.3% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 68.5% | 2023 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 68.1% | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 35 | Eritrea | 67.7% | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 67.5% | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 66.9% | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 38 | Palestine | 66.4% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 66.2% | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 66.1% | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 41 | Rwanda | 64.6% | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 42 | Nauru | 64.5% | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 43 | Comoros | 64.3% | 2023 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.6% | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 63.3% | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 46 | Namibia | 63.1% | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 47 | Pakistan | 63.0% | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 48 | Kenya | 62.8% | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 49 | Iraq | 62.3% | 2023 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 50 | Gabon | 61.8% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 51 | Tonga | 61.6% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 61.0% | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 53 | Ghana | 60.1% | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 54 | Kiribati | 57.3% | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 55 | Lesotho | 57.0% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 56 | Marshall Islands | 57.0% | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 57 | East Timor | 56.6% | 2023 | down 23.5% | flat |
| 58 | Eswatini | 54.1% | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 53.8% | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 60 | Tuvalu | 53.3% | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 52.8% | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 62 | Mongolia | 52.2% | 2023 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 63 | Egypt | 51.8% | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 64 | Micronesia (country) | 51.7% | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 65 | Guatemala | 50.9% | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 66 | Botswana | 50.6% | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 67 | French Guiana | 50.4% | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 68 | Haiti | 49.5% | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 49.4% | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 48.7% | 2023 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 48.6% | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 72 | Jordan | 48.4% | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 73 | Honduras | 47.9% | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 47.5% | 2023 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 75 | Cambodia | 47.1% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 76 | Laos | 47.1% | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 77 | Bolivia | 46.9% | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 78 | Syria | 46.7% | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 79 | Israel | 46.0% | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 80 | Guyana | 45.7% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 44.6% | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 83 | Paraguay | 44.4% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 84 | Nepal | 44.2% | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 43.4% | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 86 | Philippines | 43.3% | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 87 | American Samoa | 42.4% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 88 | Lebanon | 42.1% | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 89 | Guam | 42.1% | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 90 | Libya | 41.6% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 41.3% | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 92 | Tokelau | 41.2% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 41.1% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 94 | Venezuela | 40.5% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 95 | Cook Islands | 39.9% | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 96 | Belize | 39.6% | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 97 | Morocco | 39.4% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 98 | Cape Verde | 39.3% | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 99 | Suriname | 39.1% | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 100 | South Africa | 38.7% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 101 | Panama | 38.5% | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 102 | Niue | 38.4% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 103 | El Salvador | 37.7% | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 104 | Ecuador | 37.4% | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 105 | Mexico | 37.1% | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 106 | India | 36.8% | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 107 | Tunisia | 36.8% | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 108 | Indonesia | 36.7% | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 109 | Peru | 36.5% | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 110 | Myanmar | 35.8% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 111 | Oman | 35.0% | 2023 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 112 | Vietnam | 34.8% | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 113 | Saint Martin (French part) | 34.3% | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 33.9% | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 115 | Argentina | 33.8% | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 116 | Western Sahara | 33.3% | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 117 | Reunion | 33.2% | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 118 | Georgia | 33.1% | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 119 | Iran | 33.0% | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 33.0% | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 121 | Wallis and Futuna | 32.9% | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 122 | Northern Mariana Islands | 32.9% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 123 | Faroe Islands | 32.5% | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32.4% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 125 | Saint Barthelemy | 32.1% | 2023 | up 48.4% | falling |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 32.1% | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 127 | Turkey | 32.0% | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 128 | New Caledonia | 31.9% | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 129 | Malaysia | 31.7% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 130 | Moldova | 31.0% | 2023 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 131 | Greenland | 30.1% | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 132 | Bhutan | 29.7% | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 133 | Colombia | 29.4% | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 134 | Grenada | 29.1% | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 135 | Armenia | 29.1% | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 136 | Ireland | 29.1% | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 137 | Brunei | 29.0% | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 138 | Brazil | 28.7% | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 139 | Montenegro | 28.6% | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 140 | Uruguay | 28.5% | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 141 | French Polynesia | 28.4% | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 142 | New Zealand | 28.3% | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 143 | Seychelles | 28.2% | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 144 | Costa Rica | 28.0% | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 145 | Australia | 27.9% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 146 | Sweden | 27.7% | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 147 | North Korea | 27.5% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 148 | Gibraltar | 27.5% | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 149 | United Kingdom | 27.5% | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 150 | France | 27.3% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 152 | Iceland | 27.1% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 153 | United States | 27.1% | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 154 | United States Virgin Islands | 27.0% | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 155 | Russia | 26.6% | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 156 | Maldives | 26.5% | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 157 | Montserrat | 26.3% | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 158 | Barbados | 26.3% | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 159 | Palau | 26.3% | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 160 | Jamaica | 26.2% | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 161 | Dominica | 26.2% | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 162 | Bahamas | 26.1% | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 163 | Monaco | 26.1% | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 164 | North Macedonia | 26.1% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 165 | Aruba | 25.9% | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 166 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25.8% | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.8% | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 168 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.7% | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 169 | Belgium | 25.6% | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 170 | Albania | 25.6% | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 171 | Norway | 25.4% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 172 | Estonia | 25.3% | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 173 | Chile | 25.2% | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 174 | Belarus | 25.2% | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 175 | Denmark | 25.0% | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 176 | Latvia | 24.9% | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 178 | Romania | 24.7% | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 179 | Czechia | 24.6% | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 180 | Bahrain | 24.5% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 24.5% | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 182 | Finland | 24.3% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 183 | Anguilla | 24.2% | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 184 | Slovakia | 24.1% | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 185 | China | 24.0% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 186 | Kuwait | 23.7% | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 187 | Netherlands | 23.5% | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 188 | Canada | 23.4% | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 189 | Slovenia | 23.4% | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 190 | Isle of Man | 23.1% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 191 | Poland | 23.1% | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 192 | Cyprus | 23.1% | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 193 | Saint Helena | 23.0% | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 194 | Switzerland | 23.0% | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 195 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 22.9% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 196 | Luxembourg | 22.9% | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 197 | Bulgaria | 22.8% | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 198 | Lithuania | 22.8% | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 199 | Cuba | 22.7% | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 200 | Serbia | 22.7% | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 201 | Falkland Islands | 22.6% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 202 | Croatia | 22.4% | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 203 | Hungary | 22.4% | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 204 | Curacao | 22.3% | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 22.3% | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 206 | Guernsey | 22.0% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 207 | Germany | 22.0% | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 208 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 21.9% | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 21.9% | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 210 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 21.8% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 211 | Austria | 21.8% | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 212 | Jersey | 21.7% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 213 | Cayman Islands | 21.7% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 214 | Greece | 21.6% | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 215 | Thailand | 21.5% | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 216 | Ukraine | 21.3% | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 217 | Bermuda | 21.3% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 218 | Mauritius | 21.0% | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 219 | Portugal | 20.5% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 220 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.3% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 221 | Spain | 20.1% | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 222 | British Virgin Islands | 20.0% | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 223 | United Arab Emirates | 19.9% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 224 | Japan | 19.8% | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 225 | Malta | 19.6% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 226 | Macao | 19.5% | 2023 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 227 | San Marino | 19.4% | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 228 | Italy | 19.1% | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 229 | Puerto Rico | 18.8% | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 230 | Qatar | 18.2% | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 231 | Taiwan | 17.1% | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 232 | Andorra | 16.9% | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 233 | Hong Kong | 15.8% | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 234 | Singapore | 15.7% | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 235 | South Korea | 15.5% | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 236 | Vatican | 12.2% | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
About this data
The number of children under 15 per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).