List of countries by dependency ratio

Template:Short description Dependency ratios are ratios of the numbers of dependents (youths aged 0–14 and/or elderly aged 65+) to the number of working-age adults (15–64). They serve as indicators of population age structures and social support requirements.

Definitions

• The total dependency ratio is the number of youths and elderly per hundred working-age adults:

$\text{Total Dependency Ratio}=\frac{\text{Number aged 0 to 14}+\text{Number aged at least 65}}{\text{Number aged 15 to 64}}\times 100$.

• The youth dependency ratio is the number of youths per hundred working-age adults:

$\text{Youth Dependency Ratio}=\frac{\text{Number aged 0 to 14}}{\text{Number aged 15 to 64}}\times 100$.

• The elderly dependency ratio is the number of elderly per hundred working-age adults:

$\text{Elderly Dependency Ratio}=\frac{\text{Number aged at least 65}}{\text{Number aged 15 to 64}}\times 100$.

• The potential support ratio is the number of working-age adults per (one) elderly person:

$\text{Potential Support Ratio}=\frac{\text{Number aged 15 to 64}}{\text{Number aged at least 65}}$.

Note that the potential support ratio is $100$ times the reciprocal of the elderly dependency ratio (and not simply the reciprocal, as sometimes mistakenly claimed).

List (2024)

All data are for 2024 (except the Falkland Islands, which are for 2021) and from CIA World Factbook. Notes:

• "China": "data do not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan"

• "Cyprus": "data represent the whole country"

• "Norway": "data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands"

• "Ukraine": "data include Crimea".

Country	Dependency ratios			Potential support ratio
	Total	Children	Elderly
Template:AFG	82.7	77.5	5.2	19.3
Template:ALB	47.8	24.3	23.5	4.3
Template:DZA	60.6	49.4	11.1	9
Template:ASM	51.5	38.4	13.1	7.6
Template:AND	47.8	17.7	30.1	3.3
Template:AGO	96.1	91.1	5.1	19.8
Template:AIA	48.2	30.9	17.3	5.8
Template:ATG	47.9	32.3	15.6	6.4
Template:ARG	50.9	31.5	19.4	5.1
Template:ARM	49.2	26.4	22.8	4.4
Template:ABW	52.3	26.3	26.1	3.8
Template:AUS	54.5	28.3	26.2	3.8
Template:AUT	53.4	21.7	31.7	3.2
Template:AZE	45.6	32.4	13.1	7.6
Template:BHS	42.9	30.6	12.3	8.1
Template:BHR	28.8	23.3	5.5	18.2
Template:BGD	49	37.4	11.6	8.6
Template:BRB	49.2	24.8	24.4	4.1
Template:BLR	51.4	24.4	27	3.7
Template:BEL	57.3	25.3	32.1	3.1
Template:BLZ	49.9	41.6	8.3	12
Template:BEN	91.4	86.7	4.7	21.1
Template:BMU	64.1	26.9	37.2	2.7
Template:BTN	42.5	33	9.5	10.5
Template:BOL	55.1	44.2	10.8	9.2
Template:BIH	43.5	16.8	26.7	3.7
Template:BWA	53.5	44.1	9.3	10.7
Template:BRA	43.8	28.2	15.6	6.4
Template:VGB	40.2	23.2	16.9	5.9
Template:BRN	41.2	30.6	10.6	9.4
Template:BGR	53.4	21.1	32.3	3.1
Template:BFA	80.7	74.9	5.8	17.2
Template:MMR	45.9	35.6	10.3	9.7
Template:BDI	83.9	77.7	6.2	16.2
Template:CPV	48.8	39.2	9.5	10.5
Template:KHM	52.1	44	8.1	12.4
Template:CMR	80.8	75	5.8	17.2
Template:CAN	56.8	23.9	32.9	3
Template:CYM	51.7	26.4	25.3	4
Template:CAF	72.5	66.5	6	16.6
Template:TCD	93.6	88.7	4.9	20.6
Template:CHL	44.9	24.8	20	5
Template:CHN	43.9	23.2	20.7	4.8
Template:COL	50.3	33.5	16.9	5.9
Template:COM	59.2	51.8	7.4	13.6
Template:COD	93.2	88.4	4.8	20.7
Template:COD	72.9	65.4	7.5	13.3
Template:COK	51.8	27.6	24.2	4.1
Template:CRI	42.5	26.8	15.8	6.3
Template:CIV	73.6	68.8	4.7	21.1
Template:HRV	55.2	21.6	33.6	3
Template:CUB	49.6	23	26.5	3.8
Template:CUW	60.6	30.8	29.8	3.4
Template:CYP	42.9	22.2	20.6	4.8
Template:CZE	56.7	24.6	32.2	3.1
Template:DNK	57.2	24.7	32.5	3.1
Template:DJI	48.4	42.1	6.3	16
Template:DMA	52.3	31.5	20.9	4.8
Template:DOM	49.6	38.2	11.4	8.8
Template:ECU	55.9	41.7	14.2	7.1
Template:EGY	65	55.7	9.2	10.8
Template:SLV	47.6	35	12.5	8
Template:GNQ	68.4	60	8.4	11.9
Template:ERI	65.8	59.1	6.7	15
Template:EST	57.6	25.4	32.2	3.1
Template:SWZ	55.4	49.2	6.2	16
Template:ETH	72.5	66.7	5.8	17.3
Template:EU	57.2	22.8	34.5	3
Template:FLK	38.4	21.8	16.6	6
Template:FRO	62.7	32.6	30.1	3.3
Template:FJI	50.5	37.1	13.4	7.5
Template:FIN	62.4	23.8	38.5	2.6
Template:FRA	64.8	28.6	36.2	2.8
Template:PYF	45.7	29.6	16.1	6.2
Template:GAB	63.7	56.7	7	14.2
Template:GMB	72.1	65.7	6.3	15.8
Gaza Strip	71.6	66.6	4.9	20.2
Template:GEO	59.5	32.9	26.6	3.8
Template:DEU	60	22.1	37.9	2.6
Template:GHA	71.8	64.2	7.6	13.2
Template:GIB	59.9	32	27.9	3.6
Template:GRC	59.8	22	37.8	2.6
Template:GRL	49	30.3	18.6	5.4
Template:GRD	53.1	33.5	19.6	5.1
Template:GUM	59.4	42.1	17.3	5.8
Template:GTM	58.3	49.8	8.5	11.7
Template:GGY	55.9	22.3	33.5	3
Template:GIN	81.6	74.3	7.3	13.7
Template:GNB	83.2	77.5	5.7	17.6
Template:GUY	46.3	34.3	11.9	8.4
Template:HTI	53.1	46.7	6.4	15.5
Template:HND	52.2	43.6	8.5	11.7
Template:HKG	54.2	20.4	33.8	3
Template:HUN	56.4	22.8	33.6	3
Template:ISL	58.3	31.3	27	3.7
Template:IND	45.5	35.6	9.9	10.1
Template:IDN	46.5	34.8	11.6	8.6
Template:IRN	43.3	33.3	10	10
Template:IRQ	62	56.1	5.9	16.9
Template:IRL	52.6	28.5	24.1	4.1
Template:IMN	61.7	25.9	35.7	2.8
Template:ISR	65.9	45.6	20.4	4.9
Template:ITA	55	18.4	36.6	2.7
Template:JAM	52.1	36.2	15.9	6.3
Template:JPN	71.2	20.8	50.4	2
Template:JEY	54.7	26.4	28.3	3.5
Template:JOR	54	47.6	6.5	15.4
Template:KAZ	59.3	44	15.3	6.5
Template:KEN	65.3	59.8	5.5	18.3
Template:KIR	47.3	39.4	7.9	12.7
Template:PRK	45.1	28.8	16.3	6.1
Template:KOR	43.6	15.2	28.4	3.5
Template:XKX	45.1	33	12.1	8.2
Template:KWT	36.2	31.4	4.9	20.6
Template:KGZ	56.3	45.5	10.8	9.2
Template:LAO	53.7	46.3	7.4	13.5
Template:LVA	55.6	23.5	32.1	3.1
Template:LBN	50.3	39	11.3	8.8
Template:LSO	59.6	51	8.6	11.6
Template:LBR	72.8	67.3	5.5	18
Template:LBY	58.3	51.1	7.2	13.9
Template:LIE	56.5	23.9	32.6	3.1
Template:LTU	55.9	23.5	32.3	3.1
Template:LUX	46.6	23.2	23.4	4.3
Template:MAC	43	20.5	22.5	4.5
Template:MDG	69.3	62.7	6.6	15.1
Template:MWI	71.3	64.6	6.7	15
Template:MYS	44.2	32	12.1	8.2
Template:MDV	39.8	31.3	8.6	11.7
Template:MLI	99.5	93.4	6.2	16.2
Template:MLT	53.7	21.4	32.4	3.1
Template:MHL	55.6	46.7	8.9	11.2
Template:MRT	85.4	78.5	6.9	14.5
Template:MUS	40.9	21.2	19.6	5.1
Template:MEX	45.9	33.9	11.9	8.4
Template:FSM	48.6	40.2	8.5	11.8
Template:MDA	42.5	21.1	21.4	4.7
Template:MCO	85.9	16.9	69	1.4
Template:MNG	59.1	50.2	8.9	11.2
Template:MNE	55.3	27.5	27.8	3.6
Template:MSR	31.3	20.8	10.5	9.5
Template:MAR	51.7	38.9	12.7	7.8
Template:MOZ	90.7	85.2	5.5	18.2
Template:NAM	61.4	55	6.4	15.7
Template:NRU	51.5	44.8	6.7	14.9
Template:NPL	47.4	38.1	9.4	10.7
Template:NLD	56	23.7	32.4	3.1
Template:NCL	46.1	30.3	15.8	6.3
Template:NZL	55.8	29.5	26.3	3.8
Template:NIC	45.1	36.4	8.7	11.4
Template:NER	109.1	103.4	5.7	17.7
Template:NGA	77.9	71.9	6	16.6
Template:NIU	64.6	38.2	26.4	3.8
Template:MKD	46.2	23.4	22.9	4.4
Template:MNP	47.8	32.7	15.1	6.6
Template:NOR	55	25.3	29.6	3.4
Template:OMN	51	45	6.1	16.5
Template:PAK	64.8	56.7	8.1	12.4
Template:PLW	40.3	24.5	15.8	6.3
Template:PAN	54.2	38.6	15.6	6.4
Template:PNG	69.8	63	6.8	14.7
Template:PRY	46.2	32.5	13.7	7.3
Template:PER	51	39	12	8.3
Template:PHL	55.6	47	8.7	11.5
Template:POL	51.6	21.6	30.1	3.3
Template:PRT	53.8	19.5	34.3	2.9
Template:PRI	59.7	19.9	39.8	2.5
Template:QAT	17.1	15.4	1.7	57.2
Template:ROU	61.3	24.9	36.4	2.7
Template:RUS	52.2	25.2	27	3.7
Template:RWA	67.5	62.3	5.1	19.4
Template:BLM	58.5	22	36.5	2.7
Template:SHN	50.4	21.5	28.9	3.5
Template:KNA	46.9	28.2	18.7	5.3
Template:LCA	50	26.9	23.1	4.3
Template:MAF	55 N	38.2	16.8	6
Template:SPM	62.5	21.3	41.1	2.4
Template:VCT	46.5	27.5	19	5.3
Template:WSM	51.7	40.8	11	9.1
Template:SMR	55.5	22.2	33.4	3
Template:STP	65.8	60.4	5.4	18.6
Template:SAU	37.5	31.5	6.1	16.5
Template:SEN	78.9	72.8	6.1	16.4
Template:SRB	52.3	21.9	30.4	3.3
Template:SYC	38.2	24.4	13.8	7.3
Template:SLE	74.3	69.9	4.4	22.6
Template:SGP	40.7	20.6	20.2	5
Template:SXM	50.8	27.8	23	4.4
Template:SVK	50.3	23	27.3	3.7
Template:SVN	58.5	22.8	35.7	2.8
Template:SLB	55.9	47.7	8.2	12.2
Template:SOM	100.9	97.6	3.2	30.8
Template:ZAF	53.1	41.6	11.5	8.7
Template:SSD	80.8	76.1	4.7	21.1
Template:ESP	51.3	19.7	31.6	3.2
Template:LKA	53.8	34.7	19.1	5.2
Template:SDN	76.4	70.7	5.7	17.5
Template:SUR	42.9	32.1	10.8	9.3
Template:SWE	61.1	27.6	33.5	3
Template:CHE	54.8	23.3	31.5	3.2
Template:SYR	59.1	52.4	6.7	15
Template:TWN	44.9	17.6	27.3	3.7
Template:TJK	68.8	62.2	6.6	15.2
Template:TZA	82.5	76.8	5.7	17.5
Template:THA	44.8	22.9	21.9	4.6
Template:TLS	63.8	56.1	7.7	13
Template:TGO	75.4	67.8	7.6	13.2
Template:TKL	52.7	40	12.6	7.9
Template:TON	58.2	46.4	11.8	8.5
Template:TTO	48.8	27.9	21	4.8
Template:TUN	53.4	37.5	16	6.3
Template:TUR	45.8	31.7	14.1	7.1
Template:TKM	45.8	35.6	10.1	9.9
Template:TCA	36.6	27.9	8.7	11.5
Template:TUV	58.3	46.2	12.1	8.3
Template:UGA	97.8	93	4.8	21
Template:UKR	47.6	18.2	29.4	3.4
Template:ARE	22.9	20.1	2.7	36.9
Template:GBR	56.4	26.2	30.2	3.3
Template:USA	55.4	27	28.4	3.5
Template:URY	49.1	26.9	22.2	4.5
Template:UZB	57	46.5	10.5	9.5
Template:VUT	56.7	48.8	7.9	12.7
Template:VEN	51.7	37.9	13.9	7.2
Template:VNM	45.9	33.8	12.1	8.3
Template:VIR	67.2	31.3	35.9	2.8
Template:WLF	48.1	29.3	18.8	5.3
West Bank	68.1	61.6	6.5	15.4
Template:YEM	71.3	66	5.4	18.6
Template:ZMB	81.4	76.4	5.1	19.8
Template:ZWE	73	66.3	6.8	14.8
World	53.4	37.7	15.7	6.4