Age dependency ratio
% of working-age population · no best or worst — smallest to largest
216 of 216 countries report a figure for age dependency ratio
World average: 57.4%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #216 | Qatar | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| #215 | United Arab Emirates | 21.6% | 2025 | |
| #214 | Kuwait | 26.8% | 2025 | |
| #213 | Bahrain | 28.9% | 2025 | |
| #212 | Maldives | 31.6% | 2025 | |
| #211 | British Virgin Islands | 31.9% | 2025 | |
| #210 | Cayman Islands | 34.4% | 2025 | |
| #209 | Singapore | 35.0% | 2025 | |
| #208 | Saudi Arabia | 36.4% | 2025 | |
| #207 | Jamaica | 36.7% | 2025 | |
| #206 | Bhutan | 37.0% | 2025 | |
| #205 | Oman | 37.0% | 2025 | |
| #204 | Saint Lucia | 37.4% | 2025 | |
| #203 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 38.2% | 2025 | |
| #202 | Brunei | 38.6% | 2025 | |
| #201 | Andorra | 39.2% | 2025 | |
| #200 | Seychelles | 39.9% | 2025 | |
| #199 | Mauritius | 40.2% | 2025 | |
| #198 | Macau | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| #197 | Sint Maarten | 41.4% | 2025 | |
| #196 | Malaysia | 41.5% | 2025 | |
| #195 | The Bahamas | 42.1% | 2025 | |
| #194 | Palau | 42.4% | 2025 | |
| #193 | Antigua and Barbuda | 42.5% | 2025 | |
| #192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43.0% | 2025 | |
| #191 | Colombia | 43.3% | 2025 | |
| #190 | People's Republic of China | 43.5% | 2025 | |
| #189 | Azerbaijan | 43.6% | 2025 | |
| #188 | French Polynesia | 43.7% | 2025 | |
| #187 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43.7% | 2025 | |
| #186 | Thailand | 43.7% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Kosovo | 43.9% | 2025 | |
| #184 | South Korea | 44.0% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Iran | 44.1% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Dominica | 44.5% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Brazil | 44.6% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Cyprus | 45.0% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Costa Rica | 45.1% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Chile | 45.2% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Belize | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Luxembourg | 46.1% | 2025 | |
| #175 | India | 46.1% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Turkey | 46.2% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Myanmar | 46.2% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Grenada | 46.3% | 2025 | |
| #171 | North Korea | 46.3% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Indonesia | 46.6% | 2025 | |
| #169 | Cape Verde | 46.7% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Curaçao | 46.9% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Northern Mariana Islands | 47.1% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Libya | 47.1% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Cuba | 47.2% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Greenland | 47.6% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Vietnam | 47.8% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Ecuador | 48.1% | 2025 | |
| #161 | South Africa | 48.4% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Mexico | 48.4% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Ukraine | 48.5% | 2025 | |
| #158 | El Salvador | 48.6% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Philippines | 48.9% | 2025 | |
| #156 | New Caledonia | 49.0% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Peru | 49.4% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.5% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Syria | 49.9% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Armenia | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Malta | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Fiji | 50.3% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Iceland | 50.4% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Tunisia | 50.4% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Suriname | 50.4% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Morocco | 50.7% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Argentina | 50.7% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Djibouti | 51.0% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Hong Kong | 51.5% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Nicaragua | 51.5% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Barbados | 51.9% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Belarus | 51.9% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Sri Lanka | 51.9% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Uruguay | 51.9% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Panama | 51.9% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Albania | 52.0% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Spain | 52.1% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Aruba | 52.2% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Ireland | 52.2% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Bangladesh | 52.2% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Dominican Republic | 52.4% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Slovakia | 52.9% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Laos | 53.0% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Nepal | 53.1% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Honduras | 53.4% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Russia | 53.4% | 2025 | |
| #125 | American Samoa | 53.6% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Venezuela | 53.7% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Jordan | 53.7% | 2025 | |
| #122 | San Marino | 53.8% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Norway | 53.9% | 2025 | |
| #120 | North Macedonia | 54.0% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Paraguay | 54.1% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Bolivia | 54.3% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Poland | 54.4% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Lithuania | 54.4% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Canada | 54.4% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Austria | 54.4% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Switzerland | 54.6% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Gibraltar | 54.9% | 2025 | |
| #111 | United States | 55.0% | 2025 | |
| #110 | New Zealand | 55.0% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Hungary | 55.1% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Haiti | 55.2% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Liechtenstein | 55.3% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Romania | 55.5% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55.5% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Australia | 55.7% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 55.8% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Cambodia | 55.9% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Guyana | 56.0% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Bermuda | 56.2% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Guatemala | 56.2% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Turkmenistan | 56.3% | 2025 | |
| #97 | Lebanon | 56.3% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Botswana | 56.3% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Montenegro | 56.7% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Czech Republic | 56.9% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Moldova | 57.2% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Georgia | 57.4% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Puerto Rico | 57.5% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Bulgaria | 57.8% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Belgium | 57.9% | 2025 | |
| #88 | United Kingdom | 57.9% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Denmark | 57.9% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Slovenia | 58.0% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Algeria | 58.1% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Papua New Guinea | 58.1% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Italy | 58.1% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Egypt | 58.3% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Mongolia | 58.7% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Estonia | 58.9% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Greece | 59.4% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Serbia | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Croatia | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Eswatini | 59.6% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Uzbekistan | 59.6% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Latvia | 59.7% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Isle of Man | 60.0% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Germany | 60.2% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Sweden | 60.3% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Faroe Islands | 60.4% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Portugal | 60.4% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Federated States of Micronesia | 60.5% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.0% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Lesotho | 61.2% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Kazakhstan | 61.7% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Timor-Leste | 62.2% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Finland | 62.7% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Kiribati | 63.2% | 2025 | |
| #61 | France | 63.3% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Marshall Islands | 63.3% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Guam | 63.8% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Ghana | 64.5% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Kenya | 64.7% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Iraq | 65.2% | 2025 | |
| #55 | United States Virgin Islands | 65.5% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Israel | 66.3% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Tajikistan | 66.5% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Tuvalu | 66.8% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Nauru | 67.1% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Solomon Islands | 67.3% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Gabon | 67.7% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Namibia | 67.9% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Pakistan | 68.4% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Saint-Martin | 68.7% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Equatorial Guinea | 69.1% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Sierra Leone | 69.3% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Rwanda | 69.6% | 2025 | |
| #42 | South Sudan | 69.7% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Japan | 70.2% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Comoros | 70.4% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Senegal | 70.6% | 2025 | |
| #38 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 70.6% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Palestine | 70.8% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Guinea-Bissau | 71.1% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Tonga | 71.7% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Eritrea | 72.0% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Ethiopia | 72.6% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Vanuatu | 73.4% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Madagascar | 73.6% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Liberia | 73.7% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Malawi | 74.6% | 2025 | |
| #28 | The Gambia | 75.2% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Zambia | 75.3% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Republic of the Congo | 75.5% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Ivory Coast | 75.8% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Yemen | 77.2% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Nigeria | 77.3% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Sudan | 77.3% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Zimbabwe | 78.1% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Burkina Faso | 78.1% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Togo | 78.3% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Cameroon | 78.4% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Guinea | 78.6% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Samoa | 79.0% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Benin | 79.9% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Afghanistan | 81.8% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Uganda | 82.9% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Tanzania | 83.1% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Mauritania | 83.9% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Burundi | 87.0% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Mozambique | 88.3% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Angola | 88.7% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Chad | 92.6% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Mali | 92.9% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Niger | 95.5% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 96.2% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Somalia | 96.7% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Monaco | 99.1% | 2025 | |
| #1 | Central African Republic | 103.6% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)