Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) by country
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
103.6%
Central African Republic
Lowest
20.0%
Qatar
Median
55.2%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,394
What the numbers show
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 103.6% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 20.0% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.2%, and the mean is 57.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 46.1%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 38.4%).
Age dependency ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 103.6% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 2 | Monaco | 99.1% | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 3 | Somalia | 96.7% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 96.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 5 | Niger | 95.5% | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 6 | Mali | 92.9% | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 7 | Chad | 92.6% | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 8 | Angola | 88.7% | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 9 | Mozambique | 88.3% | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Burundi | 87.0% | 2025 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 11 | Mauritania | 83.9% | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 12 | Tanzania | 83.1% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 13 | Uganda | 82.9% | 2025 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 81.8% | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 15 | Benin | 79.9% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 16 | Samoa | 79.0% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 78.6% | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 78.4% | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 19 | Togo | 78.3% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 78.1% | 2025 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 78.1% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan | 77.3% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 23 | Nigeria | 77.3% | 2025 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 24 | Yemen | 77.2% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 75.8% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 26 | Congo | 75.5% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 75.3% | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 28 | Gambia | 75.2% | 2025 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 29 | Malawi | 74.6% | 2025 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 30 | Liberia | 73.7% | 2025 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 31 | Madagascar | 73.6% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 32 | Vanuatu | 73.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 72.6% | 2025 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 34 | Eritrea | 72.0% | 2025 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 35 | Tonga | 71.7% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 71.1% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 37 | Palestine | 70.8% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 70.6% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 39 | Senegal | 70.6% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 40 | Comoros | 70.4% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 41 | Japan | 70.2% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 42 | South Sudan | 69.7% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 43 | Rwanda | 69.6% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 69.3% | 2025 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 45 | Equatorial Guinea | 69.1% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 46 | Saint Martin (French part) | 68.7% | 2025 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 47 | Pakistan | 68.4% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 48 | Namibia | 67.9% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 49 | Gabon | 67.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 50 | Solomon Islands | 67.3% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 51 | Nauru | 67.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 52 | Tuvalu | 66.8% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 66.5% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 54 | Israel | 66.3% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 55 | United States Virgin Islands | 65.5% | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 56 | Iraq | 65.2% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 57 | Kenya | 64.7% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 58 | Ghana | 64.5% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 59 | Guam | 63.8% | 2025 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 60 | Marshall Islands | 63.3% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 61 | France | 63.3% | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 62 | Kiribati | 63.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 63 | Finland | 62.7% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 64 | East Timor | 62.2% | 2025 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 61.7% | 2025 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 66 | Lesotho | 61.2% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.0% | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 68 | Micronesia (country) | 60.5% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 69 | Portugal | 60.4% | 2025 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 70 | Faroe Islands | 60.4% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 71 | Sweden | 60.3% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 72 | Germany | 60.2% | 2025 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 73 | Isle of Man | 60.0% | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 74 | Latvia | 59.7% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 75 | Uzbekistan | 59.6% | 2025 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 76 | Eswatini | 59.6% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 77 | Croatia | 59.5% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 78 | Serbia | 59.5% | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 79 | Greece | 59.4% | 2025 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 80 | Estonia | 58.9% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 81 | Mongolia | 58.7% | 2025 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 82 | Egypt | 58.3% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 83 | Italy | 58.1% | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 58.1% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 85 | Algeria | 58.1% | 2025 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 86 | Slovenia | 58.0% | 2025 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 87 | Denmark | 57.9% | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 57.9% | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 89 | Belgium | 57.9% | 2025 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 57.8% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 91 | Puerto Rico | 57.5% | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 92 | Georgia | 57.4% | 2025 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 93 | Moldova | 57.2% | 2025 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 94 | Czechia | 56.9% | 2025 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 95 | Montenegro | 56.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 96 | Botswana | 56.3% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 97 | Lebanon | 56.3% | 2025 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 56.3% | 2025 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 99 | Guatemala | 56.2% | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 100 | Bermuda | 56.2% | 2025 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 101 | Guyana | 56.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 102 | Cambodia | 55.9% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 103 | Netherlands | 55.8% | 2025 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 104 | Australia | 55.7% | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55.5% | 2025 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 106 | Romania | 55.5% | 2025 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 107 | Liechtenstein | 55.3% | 2025 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 108 | Haiti | 55.2% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 109 | Hungary | 55.1% | 2025 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 110 | New Zealand | 55.0% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 111 | United States | 55.0% | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 112 | Gibraltar | 54.9% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 113 | Switzerland | 54.6% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 114 | Austria | 54.4% | 2025 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 115 | Canada | 54.4% | 2025 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 116 | Lithuania | 54.4% | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 117 | Poland | 54.4% | 2025 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 118 | Bolivia | 54.3% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 119 | Paraguay | 54.1% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 54.0% | 2025 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 121 | Norway | 53.9% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 122 | San Marino | 53.8% | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 123 | Jordan | 53.7% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 124 | Venezuela | 53.7% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 125 | American Samoa | 53.6% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 126 | Russia | 53.4% | 2025 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 127 | Honduras | 53.4% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 128 | Nepal | 53.1% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 129 | Laos | 53.0% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 130 | Slovakia | 52.9% | 2025 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 131 | Dominican Republic | 52.4% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 132 | Bangladesh | 52.2% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 133 | Ireland | 52.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 134 | Aruba | 52.2% | 2025 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 135 | Spain | 52.1% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 136 | Albania | 52.0% | 2025 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 137 | Panama | 51.9% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 138 | Uruguay | 51.9% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 139 | Sri Lanka | 51.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 140 | Belarus | 51.9% | 2025 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 141 | Barbados | 51.9% | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 51.5% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 143 | Hong Kong | 51.5% | 2025 | up 39.7% | falling |
| 144 | Djibouti | 51.0% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 145 | Argentina | 50.7% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 146 | Morocco | 50.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 147 | Suriname | 50.4% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 148 | Tunisia | 50.4% | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 149 | Iceland | 50.4% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 150 | Fiji | 50.3% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 151 | Malta | 50.2% | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 152 | Armenia | 50.2% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 153 | Syria | 49.9% | 2025 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.5% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 155 | Peru | 49.4% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 156 | New Caledonia | 49.0% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 157 | Philippines | 48.9% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 158 | El Salvador | 48.6% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 159 | Ukraine | 48.5% | 2025 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 160 | Mexico | 48.4% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 161 | South Africa | 48.4% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 162 | Ecuador | 48.1% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 163 | Vietnam | 47.8% | 2025 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 164 | Greenland | 47.6% | 2025 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 165 | Cuba | 47.2% | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 166 | Libya | 47.1% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 167 | Northern Mariana Islands | 47.1% | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 168 | Curacao | 46.9% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 46.7% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 170 | Indonesia | 46.6% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 171 | North Korea | 46.3% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 172 | Grenada | 46.3% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 173 | Myanmar | 46.2% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 174 | Turkey | 46.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 175 | India | 46.1% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 176 | Luxembourg | 46.1% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 177 | Belize | 46.0% | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 178 | Chile | 45.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 179 | Costa Rica | 45.1% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 180 | Cyprus | 45.0% | 2025 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 181 | Brazil | 44.6% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 182 | Dominica | 44.5% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 183 | Iran | 44.1% | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 184 | South Korea | 44.0% | 2025 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 185 | Thailand | 43.7% | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 186 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43.7% | 2025 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 187 | French Polynesia | 43.7% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 188 | Azerbaijan | 43.6% | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 189 | China | 43.5% | 2025 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 190 | Colombia | 43.3% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43.0% | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 42.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 193 | Palau | 42.4% | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 194 | Bahamas | 42.1% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 195 | Malaysia | 41.5% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 196 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 41.4% | 2025 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 197 | Macao | 40.5% | 2025 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Mauritius | 40.2% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 199 | Seychelles | 39.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 200 | Andorra | 39.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 201 | Brunei | 38.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 202 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 38.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 203 | Saint Lucia | 37.4% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 204 | Oman | 37.0% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 205 | Bhutan | 37.0% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 206 | Jamaica | 36.7% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 207 | Saudi Arabia | 36.4% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 208 | Singapore | 35.0% | 2025 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 209 | Cayman Islands | 34.4% | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 31.9% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 211 | Maldives | 31.6% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 212 | Bahrain | 28.9% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 213 | Kuwait | 26.8% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 214 | United Arab Emirates | 21.6% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 215 | Qatar | 20.0% | 2025 | up 13.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pre-demographic dividend 80.8%
- Low income 80.2%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 80.1%
- Africa Western and Central 78.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 78.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 78.1%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 77.7%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 74.7%
- IDA only 72.6%
- IDA total 72.2%
- IDA blend 71.5%
About this data
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.