Age Dependency Ratio: Young

The young-age dependency ratio is the number of younger dependents (who are generally economically inactive and younger than 15 years old), as a percentage of the number of people of working age (15-64-year-olds).

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Data source: World Bank, Washington D.C.


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Country: 1980 1990 2000 2010 2024 2030 2050
Central African Republic 80.3% 84.8% 87.0% 88.0% 100.3% 93.0% 63.0%
Niger 91.8% 91.8% 93.8% 102.4% 91.7% 83.4% 57.0%
Congo, Dem. Rep 83.6% 84.1% 88.9% 90.6% 90.5% 86.9% 63.0%
Mali 83.5% 94.6% 92.9% 94.2% 89.6% 82.1% 61.4%
Chad 94.0% 95.3% 100.7% 99.5% 88.9% 86.6% 63.9%
Burundi 88.4% 100.5% 97.8% 85.7% 84.7% 70.6% 54.6%
Mozambique 87.6% 89.0% 86.2% 88.8% 84.3% 77.6% 55.4%
Angola 84.3% 86.0% 88.2% 86.6% 84.0% 78.4% 59.8%
Uganda 97.4% 99.0% 105.7% 101.9% 80.2% 72.3% 48.0%
Mauritania 89.8% 88.1% 83.9% 83.4% 79.0% 72.7% 54.9%
Afghanistan 89.6% 95.2% 104.8% 98.5% 78.4% 71.7% 51.3%
Tanzania 94.5% 91.4% 84.6% 87.4% 78.2% 73.7% 57.2%
Burkina Faso 86.4% 94.6% 92.2% 88.1% 75.3% 63.9% 46.5%
Benin 89.5% 91.8% 88.4% 82.8% 75.1% 68.9% 53.3%
Cameroon 86.4% 92.0% 86.7% 82.0% 74.3% 68.6% 52.7%
Zimbabwe 101.7% 94.7% 76.5% 79.9% 73.6% 63.0% 50.7%
Guinea 79.3% 82.4% 87.8% 85.8% 73.5% 67.1% 47.8%
Nigeria 85.4% 88.0% 82.2% 84.5% 73.3% 64.7% 47.8%
Zambia 104.5% 99.3% 96.8% 89.1% 73.3% 66.0% 50.6%
Yemen, Rep. 99.3% 110.8% 101.8% 81.0% 73.0% 69.8% 48.8%
Cote d'Ivoire 93.4% 96.0% 89.3% 82.0% 72.3% 65.1% 54.8%
Sudan 92.4% 90.5% 89.5% 84.5% 72.0% 67.8% 50.1%
Malawi 88.0% 89.5% 91.4% 92.1% 71.8% 63.3% 47.1%
Congo, Rep. 89.8% 84.2% 78.0% 71.2% 71.5% 63.9% 53.8%
Gambia 83.7% 90.8% 93.4% 84.2% 71.0% 61.7% 43.0%
Liberia 83.0% 83.4% 79.9% 80.3% 69.1% 61.9% 47.0%
Togo 90.7% 87.0% 78.1% 74.7% 69.0% 63.7% 52.9%
Madagascar 94.7% 89.7% 87.8% 82.6% 68.5% 64.1% 49.4%
Ethiopia 91.0% 90.5% 96.2% 88.7% 67.7% 64.0% 46.5%
Guinea-Bissau 89.7% 92.8% 86.3% 80.0% 66.8% 59.3% 44.6%
Senegal 91.1% 92.5% 83.2% 79.4% 65.6% 59.6% 46.5%
Sierra Leone 77.7% 80.8% 83.3% 80.7% 64.9% 58.4% 42.6%
Comoros 96.3% 95.9% 96.3% 76.8% 63.6% 58.7% 47.0%
Rwanda 92.2% 100.5% 90.3% 77.3% 63.6% 58.6% 45.5%
Namibia 94.5% 78.0% 75.0% 61.6% 62.3% 56.6% 42.0%
Pakistan 81.1% 83.9% 81.3% 69.1% 62.1% 55.9% 44.6%
Gabon 73.7% 81.8% 75.2% 63.9% 61.4% 56.7% 47.0%
Kenya 111.0% 101.1% 89.1% 80.4% 61.2% 54.8% 42.6%
Tajikistan 81.4% 82.8% 78.1% 61.4% 60.6% 53.8% 42.7%
Ghana 90.2% 86.8% 77.4% 68.0% 59.2% 53.4% 44.0%
Lesotho 77.8% 81.0% 70.9% 61.7% 56.0% 48.9% 37.5%
Eswatini 100.8% 95.6% 80.7% 66.6% 53.5% 48.2% 36.2%
Papua New Guinea 79.0% 75.6% 69.5% 62.7% 53.1% 48.8% 39.2%
Kyrgyzstan 66.9% 65.1% 59.2% 46.3% 52.2% 46.6% 38.4%
Mongolia 84.8% 75.4% 57.3% 40.9% 51.4% 41.5% 36.3%
Egypt 75.2% 74.2% 62.6% 54.5% 50.9% 44.3% 37.6%
Botswana 90.4% 87.4% 65.9% 54.5% 50.3% 47.9% 34.2%
Guatemala 88.0% 88.7% 83.6% 69.1% 49.7% 42.8% 31.4%
Turkmenistan 75.8% 74.7% 63.6% 46.0% 49.3% 43.4% 34.6%
Uzbekistan 74.3% 70.4% 62.6% 43.7% 49.3% 51.2% 42.4%
Haiti 75.4% 77.1% 72.3% 60.6% 48.7% 43.8% 34.3%
Algeria 92.4% 76.6% 54.4% 40.6% 48.1% 41.1% 33.4%
Kazakhstan 55.1% 50.7% 42.1% 37.2% 47.4% 44.4% 40.1%
Jordan 104.1% 85.4% 70.0% 59.4% 47.3% 41.0% 35.0%
Honduras 95.5% 91.0% 79.9% 64.7% 47.1% 43.3% 32.9%
Cambodia 78.3% 82.0% 77.9% 52.9% 46.5% 43.3% 34.5%
Laos 83.4% 83.3% 80.9% 60.6% 46.4% 42.1% 31.2%
Bolivia 75.1% 72.5% 67.1% 57.3% 46.1% 42.3% 33.9%
Israel 56.4% 52.6% 45.7% 45.0% 45.7% 42.3% 38.7%
Guyana 79.1% 62.4% 61.4% 51.0% 45.5% 42.6% 33.4%
Paraguay 76.9% 75.9% 68.4% 52.1% 44.1% 41.2% 32.4%
Nicaragua 94.6% 90.1% 71.8% 55.7% 43.8% 39.0% 30.2%
Nepal 73.4% 75.8% 74.1% 60.7% 43.7% 38.8% 28.1%
Bangladesh 86.6% 79.4% 63.0% 55.2% 42.7% 39.7% 29.0%
Philippines 83.5% 75.6% 67.8% 58.3% 41.8% 34.4% 28.3%
Lebanon 69.0% 62.0% 50.7% 39.0% 41.1% 34.7% 31.5%
Dominican Republic 80.3% 68.0% 58.5% 48.2% 40.6% 36.9% 29.7%
Libya 95.6% 75.1% 49.6% 45.3% 40.6% 34.5% 30.4%
Morocco 83.5% 70.8% 55.2% 44.5% 38.7% 34.7% 29.1%
Suriname 74.8% 63.0% 52.7% 47.5% 38.6% 36.1% 30.6%
South Africa 74.0% 64.7% 57.8% 45.0% 38.4% 37.5% 32.0%
Panama 73.7% 60.5% 51.7% 45.2% 37.9% 34.3% 29.2%
Cabo Verde 100.5% 92.2% 78.3% 51.2% 37.8% 29.2% 23.0%
El Salvador 83.2% 75.3% 63.7% 52.2% 37.0% 32.6% 25.1%
Mexico 89.4% 68.7% 56.6% 46.4% 36.5% 32.5% 26.7%
Ecuador 78.6% 67.2% 59.1% 49.9% 36.4% 31.5% 25.9%
Tunisia 77.2% 64.7% 46.9% 34.9% 36.2% 30.4% 26.8%
India 70.7% 67.2% 59.2% 49.2% 36.1% 32.4% 26.3%
Indonesia 72.7% 59.7% 48.0% 42.2% 36.1% 32.7% 29.2%
Peru 80.0% 69.2% 56.9% 46.1% 35.9% 32.8% 27.2%
Myanmar 69.3% 61.0% 50.3% 42.5% 35.5% 33.6% 28.4%
Vietnam 74.1% 68.6% 50.4% 35.4% 34.3% 29.2% 26.9%
Oman 94.4% 80.2% 60.1% 40.1% 34.0% 31.1% 27.2%
Sri Lanka 61.6% 52.6% 40.4% 37.9% 33.4% 30.8% 27.8%
Argentina 49.3% 49.9% 45.3% 40.2% 32.7% 26.6% 24.0%
Georgia 38.7% 38.9% 34.4% 27.4% 32.7% 29.0% 26.9%
Saudi Arabia 82.0% 78.1% 64.4% 39.5% 32.5% 30.9% 28.0%
Türkiye 71.7% 60.2% 47.2% 38.7% 31.4% 27.2% 23.7%
Azerbaijan 57.1% 54.4% 47.3% 31.1% 31.3% 26.3% 25.2%
Malaysia 68.2% 62.9% 55.2% 41.6% 30.9% 26.6% 24.1%
Moldova 40.9% 43.4% 35.4% 24.4% 30.9% 27.1% 27.1%
Colombia 71.5% 59.6% 51.6% 41.2% 29.0% 27.4% 22.4%
Bhutan 78.3% 79.0% 67.0% 44.9% 28.8% 24.0% 21.1%
Brunei 65.5% 54.6% 45.3% 35.6% 28.8% 26.7% 23.9%
Armenia 47.5% 46.9% 40.7% 27.6% 28.7% 26.6% 23.8%
Brazil 66.2% 58.8% 46.0% 36.0% 28.4% 26.3% 23.3%
Ireland 51.6% 44.0% 32.5% 31.2% 28.3% 24.7% 26.9%
New Zealand 43.1% 35.4% 34.8% 31.5% 28.0% 26.4% 25.1%
Uruguay 43.3% 40.7% 38.9% 35.1% 27.9% 23.8% 21.7%
Australia 38.8% 32.9% 31.0% 28.3% 27.7% 26.7% 26.0%
Costa Rica 63.9% 60.4% 49.2% 36.7% 27.3% 23.3% 20.3%
Sweden 30.6% 27.9% 28.7% 25.5% 27.3% 24.5% 24.0%
United Kingdom 32.8% 29.5% 29.1% 26.9% 27.1% 24.9% 25.0%
France 35.1% 30.6% 29.1% 28.6% 26.9% 25.0% 27.4%
United States 33.7% 32.6% 31.8% 29.2% 26.8% 25.7% 26.1%
Iceland 43.9% 38.7% 35.7% 31.3% 26.7% 25.4% 21.8%
Russia 31.8% 34.2% 25.9% 21.0% 26.4% 23.0% 25.9%
North Macedonia 45.9% 40.7% 35.0% 28.0% 25.8% 23.2% 22.0%
Jamaica 75.4% 62.8% 54.8% 40.2% 25.6% 22.9% 18.3%
Bahamas, The 58.3% 43.9% 42.5% 34.5% 25.5% 23.2% 22.4%
Albania 61.9% 52.8% 47.0% 32.2% 25.4% 23.0% 17.5%
Trinidad and Tobago 56.2% 54.4% 37.6% 27.6% 25.4% 23.5% 21.7%
Belgium 31.0% 27.1% 26.8% 25.7% 25.2% 23.0% 23.9%
Norway 35.1% 29.3% 30.9% 28.4% 24.9% 23.1% 23.4%
Estonia 32.9% 33.7% 26.2% 22.6% 24.8% 21.9% 22.9%
Belarus 34.5% 34.8% 27.4% 20.9% 24.7% 20.0% 21.3%
Denmark 32.2% 25.3% 27.7% 27.5% 24.7% 24.9% 24.2%
Chile 53.8% 46.4% 41.2% 31.5% 24.6% 21.1% 18.6%
Latvia 30.8% 32.1% 26.2% 21.0% 24.5% 21.9% 22.0%
Romania 42.8% 35.2% 27.4% 23.0% 24.4% 23.3% 25.0%
Bahrain 56.5% 52.2% 43.8% 26.3% 24.2% 22.5% 23.0%
Czechia 37.1% 32.4% 23.6% 20.5% 24.2% 22.1% 24.8%
Slovak Republic 41.1% 39.1% 28.5% 21.4% 24.0% 22.7% 23.1%
Finland 30.0% 28.7% 27.1% 25.0% 23.8% 21.1% 22.4%
Netherlands 33.8% 26.7% 27.7% 26.2% 23.3% 23.7% 23.1%
Canada 33.6% 30.4% 28.1% 23.9% 23.2% 22.8% 22.1%
Cyprus 39.3% 37.9% 32.9% 23.7% 23.2% 23.0% 20.2%
Kuwait 66.3% 58.0% 42.5% 30.6% 23.2% 21.7% 23.3%
Slovenia 35.0% 30.3% 22.7% 20.3% 23.2% 21.5% 24.8%
China 60.7% 43.7% 35.9% 25.4% 23.1% 17.5% 16.8%
Luxembourg 27.8% 25.1% 28.3% 25.8% 23.0% 23.1% 22.2%
Switzerland 29.7% 25.0% 25.8% 22.3% 23.0% 22.9% 23.1%
Bulgaria 33.5% 30.5% 23.1% 19.7% 22.8% 22.4% 24.3%
Poland 37.0% 38.5% 28.5% 21.1% 22.8% 20.1% 20.3%
Serbia 29.9% 27.8% 24.3% 21.2% 22.7% 22.5% 22.7%
Lithuania 35.6% 33.9% 30.1% 22.1% 22.6% 21.0% 18.9%
Hungary 33.9% 30.5% 24.7% 21.4% 22.3% 22.0% 23.6%
Croatia 31.3% 28.9% 25.2% 22.9% 22.1% 21.1% 22.5%
Germany 28.0% 23.3% 23.1% 20.8% 22.1% 22.8% 23.2%
Austria 31.8% 25.9% 25.2% 22.0% 21.8% 21.7% 21.5%
Thailand 66.7% 45.3% 35.1% 28.3% 21.1% 19.0% 19.5%
Greece 36.6% 29.0% 23.6% 22.1% 21.0% 18.8% 22.9%
Mauritius 54.1% 45.9% 37.5% 29.4% 20.7% 19.8% 18.3%
Ukraine 32.1% 32.6% 26.0% 19.9% 20.7% 17.2% 16.8%
Portugal 41.2% 31.0% 24.3% 22.9% 20.4% 21.0% 25.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.6% 35.7% 28.7% 22.5% 20.1% 20.0% 21.5%
Spain 41.4% 29.7% 21.6% 21.9% 19.6% 17.8% 21.9%
United Arab Emirates 38.4% 42.6% 26.8% 20.7% 19.6% 19.6% 22.8%
Japan 34.7% 25.8% 21.1% 21.0% 19.5% 17.8% 21.9%
Malta 35.1% 35.3% 29.1% 21.8% 19.5% 18.5% 15.9%
Italy 34.5% 24.0% 21.1% 21.4% 18.7% 17.5% 20.8%
Qatar 43.7% 37.5% 31.2% 16.3% 18.1% 18.5% 22.5%
Taiwan 51.1% 40.7% 29.3% 21.0% 16.9% 14.9% 15.6%
Hong Kong 37.3% 30.2% 23.6% 16.4% 15.7% 14.1% 11.6%
Singapore 38.4% 29.3% 25.1% 18.0% 15.7% 16.9% 14.2%
Korea, Rep. 54.8% 37.3% 29.2% 22.6% 15.1% 12.7% 14.9%




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