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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Compare age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) across 215 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2025.
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Key Insights
Global Average
57.5%
Median: 55.2%
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Central African Republic
103.6%
Lowest
Qatar
20.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Central African Republic103.6%
2Monaco99.1%
3Somalia96.7%
4Democratic Republic of the Congo96.2%
5Niger95.5%
By Region
Africa64.8%(9 countries)
Other59.4%(135 countries)
Europe56.0%(32 countries)
Oceania55.4%(2 countries)
North America53.5%(4 countries)
Key Findings
- •215 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •Central African Republic has the highest published value (103.586 %).
- •Qatar has the lowest published value (20.0496 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (20.0%)High (103.6%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 57.5%)
Africa (9)
Other (135)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
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.
Values use one fixed 2025 reference year from World Development Indicators series SP.POP.DPND. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.
Methodology
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.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 103.6% |
| 2 | Monaco | 99.1% |
| 3 | Somalia | 96.7% |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 96.2% |
| 5 | Niger | 95.5% |
| 6 | Mali | 92.9% |
| 7 | Chad | 92.6% |
| 8 | Angola | 88.7% |
| 9 | Mozambique | 88.3% |
| 10 | Burundi | 87.0% |
| 11 | Mauritania | 83.9% |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 83.1% |
| 13 | Uganda | 82.9% |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 81.8% |
| 15 | Benin | 79.9% |
| 16 | Samoa | 79.0% |
| 17 | Guinea | 78.6% |
| 18 | Cameroon | 78.4% |
| 19 | Togo | 78.3% |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 78.1% |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 78.1% |
| 22 | Sudan | 77.3% |
| 23 | Nigeria | 77.3% |
| 24 | Yemen | 77.2% |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 75.8% |
| 26 | Republic of the Congo | 75.5% |
| 27 | Zambia | 75.3% |
| 28 | Republic of The Gambia | 75.2% |
| 29 | Malawi | 74.6% |
| 30 | Liberia | 73.7% |
| 31 | Madagascar | 73.6% |
| 32 | Vanuatu | 73.4% |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 72.6% |
| 34 | Eritrea | 72.0% |
| 35 | Tonga | 71.7% |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 71.1% |
| 37 | State of Palestine | 70.8% |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 70.6% |
| 39 | Senegal | 70.6% |
| 40 | Comoros | 70.4% |
| 41 | Japan | 70.2% |
| 42 | South Sudan | 69.7% |
| 43 | Rwanda | 69.6% |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 69.3% |
| 45 | Equatorial Guinea | 69.1% |
| 46 | Saint Martin (French part) | 68.7% |
| 47 | Pakistan | 68.4% |
| 48 | Namibia | 67.9% |
| 49 | Gabon | 67.7% |
| 50 | Solomon Islands | 67.3% |
| 51 | Nauru | 67.1% |
| 52 | Tuvalu | 66.8% |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 66.5% |
| 54 | Israel | 66.3% |
| 55 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 65.5% |
| 56 | Iraq | 65.2% |
| 57 | Kenya | 64.7% |
| 58 | Ghana | 64.5% |
| 59 | Guam | 63.8% |
| 60 | Marshall Islands | 63.3% |
| 61 | France | 63.3% |
| 62 | Kiribati | 63.2% |
| 63 | Finland | 62.7% |
| 64 | Timor-Leste | 62.2% |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 61.7% |
| 66 | Lesotho | 61.2% |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.0% |
| 68 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 60.5% |
| 69 | Portugal | 60.4% |
| 70 | Faroe Islands | 60.4% |
| 71 | Sweden | 60.3% |
| 72 | Germany | 60.2% |
| 73 | Isle of Man | 60.0% |
| 74 | Latvia | 59.7% |
| 75 | Uzbekistan | 59.6% |
| 76 | Eswatini | 59.6% |
| 77 | Croatia | 59.5% |
| 78 | Serbia | 59.5% |
| 79 | Greece | 59.4% |
| 80 | Estonia | 58.9% |
| 81 | Mongolia | 58.7% |
| 82 | Egypt | 58.3% |
| 83 | Italy | 58.1% |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 58.1% |
| 85 | Algeria | 58.1% |
| 86 | Slovenia | 58.0% |
| 87 | Denmark | 57.9% |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 57.9% |
| 89 | Belgium | 57.9% |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 57.8% |
| 91 | Puerto Rico | 57.5% |
| 92 | Georgia | 57.4% |
| 93 | Moldova, Republic of | 57.2% |
| 94 | Czech Republic | 56.9% |
| 95 | Montenegro | 56.7% |
| 96 | Botswana | 56.3% |
| 97 | Lebanon | 56.3% |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 56.3% |
| 99 | Guatemala | 56.2% |
| 100 | Bermuda | 56.2% |
| 101 | Guyana | 56.0% |
| 102 | Cambodia | 55.9% |
| 103 | Netherlands | 55.8% |
| 104 | Australia | 55.7% |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55.5% |
| 106 | Romania | 55.5% |
| 107 | Liechtenstein | 55.3% |
| 108 | Haiti | 55.2% |
| 109 | Hungary | 55.1% |
| 110 | New Zealand | 55.0% |
| 111 | United States of America | 55.0% |
| 112 | Gibraltar | 54.9% |
| 113 | Switzerland | 54.6% |
| 114 | Austria | 54.4% |
| 115 | Canada | 54.4% |
| 116 | Lithuania | 54.4% |
| 117 | Poland | 54.4% |
| 118 | Bolivia | 54.3% |
| 119 | Paraguay | 54.1% |
| 120 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 54.0% |
| 121 | Norway | 53.9% |
| 122 | San Marino | 53.8% |
| 123 | Jordan | 53.7% |
| 124 | Venezuela | 53.7% |
| 125 | American Samoa | 53.6% |
| 126 | Russian Federation | 53.4% |
| 127 | Honduras | 53.4% |
| 128 | Nepal | 53.1% |
| 129 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 53.0% |
| 130 | Slovakia | 52.9% |
| 131 | Dominican Republic | 52.4% |
| 132 | Bangladesh | 52.2% |
| 133 | Ireland | 52.2% |
| 134 | Aruba | 52.2% |
| 135 | Spain | 52.1% |
| 136 | Albania | 52.0% |
| 137 | Panama | 51.9% |
| 138 | Uruguay | 51.9% |
| 139 | Sri Lanka | 51.9% |
| 140 | Belarus | 51.9% |
| 141 | Barbados | 51.9% |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 51.5% |
| 143 | Hong Kong | 51.5% |
| 144 | Djibouti | 51.0% |
| 145 | Argentina | 50.7% |
| 146 | Morocco | 50.7% |
| 147 | Suriname | 50.4% |
| 148 | Tunisia | 50.4% |
| 149 | Iceland | 50.4% |
| 150 | Fiji | 50.3% |
| 151 | Malta | 50.2% |
| 152 | Armenia | 50.2% |
| 153 | Syrian Arab Republic | 49.9% |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.5% |
| 155 | Peru | 49.4% |
| 156 | New Caledonia | 49.0% |
| 157 | Philippines | 48.9% |
| 158 | El Salvador | 48.6% |
| 159 | Ukraine | 48.5% |
| 160 | Mexico | 48.4% |
| 161 | South Africa | 48.4% |
| 162 | Ecuador | 48.1% |
| 163 | Vietnam | 47.8% |
| 164 | Greenland | 47.6% |
| 165 | Cuba | 47.2% |
| 166 | Libya | 47.1% |
| 167 | Northern Mariana Islands | 47.1% |
| 168 | Curaçao | 46.9% |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 46.7% |
| 170 | Indonesia | 46.6% |
| 171 | North Korea | 46.3% |
| 172 | Grenada | 46.3% |
| 173 | Myanmar | 46.2% |
| 174 | Türkiye | 46.2% |
| 175 | India | 46.1% |
| 176 | Luxembourg | 46.1% |
| 177 | Belize | 46.0% |
| 178 | Chile | 45.2% |
| 179 | Costa Rica | 45.1% |
| 180 | Cyprus | 45.0% |
| 181 | Brazil | 44.6% |
| 182 | Dominica | 44.5% |
| 183 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 44.1% |
| 184 | South Korea | 44.0% |
| 185 | Thailand | 43.7% |
| 186 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43.7% |
| 187 | French Polynesia | 43.7% |
| 188 | Azerbaijan | 43.6% |
| 189 | People's Republic of China | 43.5% |
| 190 | Colombia | 43.3% |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43.0% |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 42.5% |
| 193 | Palau | 42.4% |
| 194 | Bahamas | 42.1% |
| 195 | Malaysia | 41.5% |
| 196 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 41.4% |
| 197 | Macao | 40.5% |
| 198 | Mauritius | 40.2% |
| 199 | Seychelles | 39.9% |
| 200 | Andorra | 39.2% |
| 201 | Brunei Darussalam | 38.6% |
| 202 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 38.2% |
| 203 | Saint Lucia | 37.4% |
| 204 | Oman | 37.0% |
| 205 | Bhutan | 37.0% |
| 206 | Jamaica | 36.7% |
| 207 | Saudi Arabia | 36.4% |
| 208 | Singapore | 35.0% |
| 209 | Cayman Islands | 34.4% |
| 210 | Virgin Islands, British | 31.9% |
| 211 | Maldives | 31.6% |
| 212 | Bahrain | 28.9% |
| 213 | Kuwait | 26.8% |
| 214 | United Arab Emirates | 21.6% |
| 215 | Qatar | 20.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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