Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 1960-2022 ranked by countries in the world

Time-series interactive graphs, charts, and maps for 1960-2022 explore the list of countries ranked by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population).

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

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Map 2022 | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Ranked by country 2022 | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

	Rank	Country	Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)	Ch.
	1	Niger	100	-0.27%
	2	Central African Republic	97.5	-0.17%
	3	Chad	94.1	-0.64%
	4	Somalia	93.8	-0.41%
	5	Mali	93.6	-0.95%
	6	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	92.1	-0.03%
	7	Burundi	88.5	-2.11%
	8	Angola	85.9	-0.66%
	9	Uganda	83.7	-1.64%
	10	South Sudan	82.4	-3.38%
	11	Burkina Faso	81.4	-1.54%
	12	Tanzania	81	-1.06%
	13	Mozambique	80.7	-0.71%
	14	Nigeria	79.7	-1.02%
	15	Afghanistan	79.2	-1.23%
	16	Gambia	79	-1.86%
	17	Benin	77.8	-0.64%
	18	Malawi	77.7	-2.48%
	19	Zambia	77.4	-1.65%
	20	Cameroon	76.6	-0.97%
	21	Mauritania	75.4	-1.75%
	22	Guinea	75.3	-1.28%
	23	Senegal	74.8	-1.33%
	24	Côte d'Ivoire	73.9	-1.35%
	25	Sudan	73.7	-0.53%
	26	Congo	73	-1.39%
	27	Zimbabwe	72.5	-1.17%
	28	Liberia	72.1	-2.11%
	29	Guinea-Bissau	70.3	-1.87%
	30	Togo	70.2	-1.15%
	31	Sao Tome and Principe	69.5	-2.40%
	32	Vanuatu	69.3	-0.93%
	33	Ethiopia	69.2	-1.42%
	34	Eritrea	69	-2.48%
	35	Yemen	68.3	-1.63%
	36	Solomon Islands	68.1	-0.96%
	37	Madagascar	67.9	-1.31%
	38	Sierra Leone	67.3	-1.76%
	39	State of Palestine	67.2	-1.49%
	40	Nauru	66	0.03%
	41	Rwanda	65.9	-1.72%
	42	Comoros	65.9	-1.03%
	43	Equatorial Guinea	65.9	-1.22%
	44	Samoa	65.7	-0.47%
	45	Iraq	64.1	-1.67%
	46	Kenya	63.7	-2.44%
	47	Ghana	62.1	-1.25%
	48	Pakistan	61.8	-1.55%
	49	Gabon	60.6	-0.63%
	50	Namibia	60.6	0.06%
	51	Tajikistan	60.2	-0.38%
	52	Kiribati	60	-0.30%
	53	Timor-Leste	57.8	-2.73%
	54	Tonga	57.5	-1.63%
	55	Eswatini	56.6	-1.48%
	56	Kyrgyzstan	56.5	0.17%
	57	Lesotho	55	-0.56%
	58	Papua New Guinea	54.7	-1.37%
	59	Egypt	52.7	-0.78%
	60	Guatemala	51.7	-2.44%
	61	Mongolia	51.6	0.46%
	62	Marshall Islands	51.5	-2.87%
	63	Tuvalu	51.2	0.64%
	64	Botswana	51.1	-1.34%
	65	Haiti	50.6	-1.23%
	66	Jordan	50.1	-2.19%
	67	Syrian Arab Republic	49.2	-7.18%
	68	Turkmenistan	48.8	-0.10%
	69	Algeria	48.7	-0.01%
	70	Bolivia	47.9	-1.49%
	71	Micronesia	47.7	-1.44%
	72	Kazakhstan	47.6	0.82%
	73	Philippines	47.2	-1.27%
	74	Lao People's Dem. Republic	47.2	-1.63%
	75	Israel	46.9	-0.33%
	76	Uzbekistan	46.7	0.93%
	77	Djibouti	46.7	-1.74%
	78	Honduras	45.9	-2.06%
	79	Nicaragua	45.7	-1.51%
	80	Paraguay	44.5	-0.72%
	81	Nepal	44.4	-2.44%
	82	Cambodia	44.4	-1.31%
	83	Guyana	43.9	-0.32%
	84	Lebanon	43.8	-0.49%
	85	Fiji	43.7	-1.24%
	86	South Africa	43.6	-0.73%
	87	Venezuela	43.2	-2.62%
	88	Libya	42.3	-2.72%
	89	Guam	41.9	-0.72%
	90	Dominican Republic	41.4	-0.94%
	91	American Samoa	41.4	-1.24%
	92	Belize	41.3	-2.29%
	93	Morocco	40.5	-0.96%
	94	Panama	40.1	-1.15%
	95	Peru	39.7	-1.58%
	96	Suriname	39.5	-1.06%
	97	Ecuador	38.6	-1.87%
	98	Oman	38.5	1.28%
	99	Cabo Verde	38.3	-2.10%
	100	El Salvador	38.3	-1.75%
	101	Bangladesh	38.2	-2.21%
	102	Tunisia	37.6	-0.10%
	103	India	37.3	-1.90%
	104	Indonesia	37.1	-1.34%
	105	Mexico	36.5	-2.16%
	106	Saudi Arabia	36.4	-0.92%
	107	Grenada	36.3	-0.25%
	108	Myanmar	35.9	-1.05%
	109	Argentina	35.5	-1.61%
	110	Sri Lanka	34.8	-1.73%
	111	Iran	34.2	-1.03%
	112	Türkiye	34.1	-1.04%
	113	Azerbaijan	33.8	-1.93%
	114	Faroe Islands	33.8	0.34%
	115	Seychelles	33.6	0.08%
	116	New Caledonia	33.3	-1.11%
	117	Georgia	33.2	1.15%
	118	Viet Nam	32.7	-0.38%
	119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	32.6	-0.91%
	120	Malaysia	32.5	-1.31%
	121	Saint Martin (French part)	32.4	-3.23%
	122	United States Virgin Islands	31.8	0.24%
	123	Northern Mariana Islands	31.2	-1.49%
	124	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	31.1	-3.61%
	125	French Polynesia	31	-2.04%
	126	Bhutan	30.9	-3.63%
	127	Armenia	30.9	0.96%
	128	Brunei Darussalam	30.7	-1.21%
	129	Colombia	30.6	-1.13%
	130	Palau	30.4	0.89%
	131	Greenland	30.2	0.62%
	132	Ireland	30	-1.68%
	133	Maldives	29.5	0.09%
	134	Costa Rica	29.3	-1.84%
	135	Uruguay	29.2	-2.07%
	136	Brazil	29	-1.27%
	137	New Zealand	28.8	-0.69%
	138	Moldova	28.5	-4.11%
	139	Sweden	28.3	-0.60%
	140	France	28.1	-0.74%
	141	Australia	28	-0.84%
	142	Iceland	27.9	-0.38%
	143	Kuwait	27.9	-1.83%
	144	Saint Kitts and Nevis	27.7	-1.08%
	145	Dominica	27.7	-1.21%
	146	Montenegro	27.7	-0.16%
	147	United States	27.7	-1.30%
	148	United Kingdom	27.6	-1.01%
	149	Trinidad and Tobago	27.4	-1.08%
	150	Gibraltar	27.4	0.17%
	151	Jamaica	27.3	-2.60%
	152	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	27.2	0.18%
	153	Chile	26.7	-0.44%
	154	Russia	26.6	0.20%
	155	Bahrain	26.5	-0.84%
	156	Bahamas	26.5	-3.17%
	157	Antigua and Barbuda	26.2	-1.25%
	158	Estonia	26	-0.16%
	159	Belgium	25.9	-0.68%
	160	Norway	25.8	-1.41%
	161	Monaco	25.5	2.12%
	162	Belarus	25.4	0.06%
	163	Barbados	25.3	-0.90%
	164	Denmark	25.3	-0.48%
	165	Curaçao	25.3	-1.26%
	166	Czechia	25.2	-0.09%
	167	China	25	-2.17%
	168	Latvia	24.9	-0.14%
	169	Saint Lucia	24.8	-1.53%
	170	Finland	24.7	-1.45%
	171	Romania	24.3	-1.26%
	172	Albania	24	-0.41%
	173	Aruba	24	-3.27%
	174	Netherlands	24	-0.06%
	175	Lithuania	24	1.48%
	176	Canada	23.8	-0.45%
	177	Slovenia	23.6	0.13%
	178	Ukraine	23.5	3.82%
	179	Slovakia	23.4	-1.47%
	180	Isle of Man	23.3	-1.55%
	181	North Macedonia	23.2	-0.22%
	182	Cyprus	23	0.10%
	183	Mauritius	23	-1.75%
	184	Cuba	23	-0.41%
	185	Switzerland	22.9	0.37%
	186	Turks and Caicos Islands	22.9	-0.15%
	187	Poland	22.9	-2.17%
	188	Luxembourg	22.8	-0.47%
	189	Bermuda	22.7	-0.48%
	190	Thailand	22.4	-1.18%
	191	Cayman Islands	22.3	0.30%
	192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.3	-0.03%
	193	Serbia	22.2	1.18%
	194	Croatia	22.2	0.14%
	195	Hungary	22	-1.56%
	196	Bulgaria	22	-0.06%
	197	Germany	21.9	1.13%
	198	Greece	21.9	-1.17%
	199	Liechtenstein	21.9	0.05%
	200	Austria	21.8	0.49%
	201	Puerto Rico	21.1	-1.01%
	202	Spain	20.9	-2.11%
	203	Portugal	20.6	-0.93%
	204	China, Macao SAR	20.5	2.63%
	205	Japan	19.9	-1.31%
	206	Italy	19.6	-1.52%
	207	Malta	19.4	0.52%
	208	British Virgin Islands	19.2	-5.01%
	209	Qatar	19.1	0.48%
	210	San Marino	19.1	-2.66%
	211	United Arab Emirates	18.4	0.78%
	212	China, Hong Kong SAR	17.8	-0.01%
	213	Andorra	17.7	-1.93%
	214	Korea	16.3	-1.98%
	215	Singapore	16.2	-0.15%
	216	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	14	-5.84%