List of countries by dependency ratio

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All data are for 2024 (except the Falkland Islands, which are for 2021) and from CIA World Factbook.^[1] 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
Afghanistan	82.7	77.5	5.2	19.3
Albania	47.8	24.3	23.5	4.3
Algeria	60.6	49.4	11.1	9
American Samoa	51.5	38.4	13.1	7.6
Andorra	47.8	17.7	30.1	3.3
Angola	96.1	91.1	5.1	19.8
Anguilla	48.2	30.9	17.3	5.8
Antigua and Barbuda	47.9	32.3	15.6	6.4
Argentina	50.9	31.5	19.4	5.1
Armenia	49.2	26.4	22.8	4.4
Aruba	52.3	26.3	26.1	3.8
Australia	54.5	28.3	26.2	3.8
Austria	53.4	21.7	31.7	3.2
Azerbaijan	45.6	32.4	13.1	7.6
Bahamas	42.9	30.6	12.3	8.1
Bahrain	28.8	23.3	5.5	18.2
Bangladesh	49	37.4	11.6	8.6
Barbados	49.2	24.8	24.4	4.1
Belarus	51.4	24.4	27	3.7
Belgium	57.3	25.3	32.1	3.1
Belize	49.9	41.6	8.3	12
Benin	91.4	86.7	4.7	21.1
Bermuda	64.1	26.9	37.2	2.7
Bhutan	42.5	33	9.5	10.5
Bolivia	55.1	44.2	10.8	9.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.5	16.8	26.7	3.7
Botswana	53.5	44.1	9.3	10.7
Brazil	43.8	28.2	15.6	6.4
British Virgin Islands	40.2	23.2	16.9	5.9
Brunei	41.2	30.6	10.6	9.4
Bulgaria	53.4	21.1	32.3	3.1
Burkina Faso	80.7	74.9	5.8	17.2
Myanmar	45.9	35.6	10.3	9.7
Burundi	83.9	77.7	6.2	16.2
Cape Verde	48.8	39.2	9.5	10.5
Cambodia	52.1	44	8.1	12.4
Cameroon	80.8	75	5.8	17.2
Canada	56.8	23.9	32.9	3
Cayman Islands	51.7	26.4	25.3	4
Central African Republic	72.5	66.5	6	16.6
Chad	93.6	88.7	4.9	20.6
Chile	44.9	24.8	20	5
China	43.9	23.2	20.7	4.8
Colombia	50.3	33.5	16.9	5.9
Comoros	59.2	51.8	7.4	13.6
Democratic Republic of the Congo	93.2	88.4	4.8	20.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo	72.9	65.4	7.5	13.3
Cook Islands	51.8	27.6	24.2	4.1
Costa Rica	42.5	26.8	15.8	6.3
Ivory Coast	73.6	68.8	4.7	21.1
Croatia	55.2	21.6	33.6	3
Cuba	49.6	23	26.5	3.8
Curaçao	60.6	30.8	29.8	3.4
Cyprus	42.9	22.2	20.6	4.8
Czech Republic	56.7	24.6	32.2	3.1
Denmark	57.2	24.7	32.5	3.1
Djibouti	48.4	42.1	6.3	16
Dominica	52.3	31.5	20.9	4.8
Dominican Republic	49.6	38.2	11.4	8.8
Ecuador	55.9	41.7	14.2	7.1
Egypt	65	55.7	9.2	10.8
El Salvador	47.6	35	12.5	8
Equatorial Guinea	68.4	60	8.4	11.9
Eritrea	65.8	59.1	6.7	15
Estonia	57.6	25.4	32.2	3.1
Eswatini	55.4	49.2	6.2	16
Ethiopia	72.5	66.7	5.8	17.3
European Union	57.2	22.8	34.5	3
Falkland Islands	38.4	21.8	16.6	6
Faroe Islands	62.7	32.6	30.1	3.3
Fiji	50.5	37.1	13.4	7.5
Finland	62.4	23.8	38.5	2.6
France	64.8	28.6	36.2	2.8
French Polynesia	45.7	29.6	16.1	6.2
Gabon	63.7	56.7	7	14.2
Gambia	72.1	65.7	6.3	15.8
Gaza Strip	71.6	66.6	4.9	20.2
Georgia	59.5	32.9	26.6	3.8
Germany	60	22.1	37.9	2.6
Ghana	71.8	64.2	7.6	13.2
Gibraltar	59.9	32	27.9	3.6
Greece	59.8	22	37.8	2.6
Greenland	49	30.3	18.6	5.4
Grenada	53.1	33.5	19.6	5.1
Guam	59.4	42.1	17.3	5.8
Guatemala	58.3	49.8	8.5	11.7
Guernsey	55.9	22.3	33.5	3
Guinea	81.6	74.3	7.3	13.7
Guinea-Bissau	83.2	77.5	5.7	17.6
Guyana	46.3	34.3	11.9	8.4
Haiti	53.1	46.7	6.4	15.5
Honduras	52.2	43.6	8.5	11.7
Hong Kong	54.2	20.4	33.8	3
Hungary	56.4	22.8	33.6	3
Iceland	58.3	31.3	27	3.7
India	45.5	35.6	9.9	10.1
Indonesia	46.5	34.8	11.6	8.6
Iran	43.3	33.3	10	10
Iraq	62	56.1	5.9	16.9
Ireland	52.6	28.5	24.1	4.1
Isle of Man	61.7	25.9	35.7	2.8
Israel	65.9	45.6	20.4	4.9
Italy	55	18.4	36.6	2.7
Jamaica	52.1	36.2	15.9	6.3
Japan	71.2	20.8	50.4	2
Jersey	54.7	26.4	28.3	3.5
Jordan	54	47.6	6.5	15.4
Kazakhstan	59.3	44	15.3	6.5
Kenya	65.3	59.8	5.5	18.3
Kiribati	47.3	39.4	7.9	12.7
North Korea	45.1	28.8	16.3	6.1
South Korea	43.6	15.2	28.4	3.5
Kosovo	45.1	33	12.1	8.2
Kuwait	36.2	31.4	4.9	20.6
Kyrgyzstan	56.3	45.5	10.8	9.2
Laos	53.7	46.3	7.4	13.5
Latvia	55.6	23.5	32.1	3.1
Lebanon	50.3	39	11.3	8.8
Lesotho	59.6	51	8.6	11.6
Liberia	72.8	67.3	5.5	18
Libya	58.3	51.1	7.2	13.9
Liechtenstein	56.5	23.9	32.6	3.1
Lithuania	55.9	23.5	32.3	3.1
Luxembourg	46.6	23.2	23.4	4.3
Macau	43	20.5	22.5	4.5
Madagascar	69.3	62.7	6.6	15.1
Malawi	71.3	64.6	6.7	15
Malaysia	44.2	32	12.1	8.2
Maldives	39.8	31.3	8.6	11.7
Mali	99.5	93.4	6.2	16.2
Malta	53.7	21.4	32.4	3.1
Marshall Islands	55.6	46.7	8.9	11.2
Mauritania	85.4	78.5	6.9	14.5
Mauritius	40.9	21.2	19.6	5.1
Mexico	45.9	33.9	11.9	8.4
Federated States of Micronesia	48.6	40.2	8.5	11.8
Moldova	42.5	21.1	21.4	4.7
Monaco	85.9	16.9	69	1.4
Mongolia	59.1	50.2	8.9	11.2
Montenegro	55.3	27.5	27.8	3.6
Montserrat	31.3	20.8	10.5	9.5
Morocco	51.7	38.9	12.7	7.8
Mozambique	90.7	85.2	5.5	18.2
Namibia	61.4	55	6.4	15.7
Nauru	51.5	44.8	6.7	14.9
Nepal	47.4	38.1	9.4	10.7
Netherlands	56	23.7	32.4	3.1
New Caledonia	46.1	30.3	15.8	6.3
New Zealand	55.8	29.5	26.3	3.8
Nicaragua	45.1	36.4	8.7	11.4
Niger	109.1	103.4	5.7	17.7
Nigeria	77.9	71.9	6	16.6
Niue	64.6	38.2	26.4	3.8
North Macedonia	46.2	23.4	22.9	4.4
Northern Mariana Islands	47.8	32.7	15.1	6.6
Norway	55	25.3	29.6	3.4
Oman	51	45	6.1	16.5
Pakistan	64.8	56.7	8.1	12.4
Palau	40.3	24.5	15.8	6.3
Panama	54.2	38.6	15.6	6.4
Papua New Guinea	69.8	63	6.8	14.7
Paraguay	46.2	32.5	13.7	7.3
Peru	51	39	12	8.3
Philippines	55.6	47	8.7	11.5
Poland	51.6	21.6	30.1	3.3
Portugal	53.8	19.5	34.3	2.9
Puerto Rico	59.7	19.9	39.8	2.5
Qatar	17.1	15.4	1.7	57.2
Romania	61.3	24.9	36.4	2.7
Russia	52.2	25.2	27	3.7
Rwanda	67.5	62.3	5.1	19.4
Saint Barthélemy	58.5	22	36.5	2.7
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	50.4	21.5	28.9	3.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis	46.9	28.2	18.7	5.3
Saint Lucia	50	26.9	23.1	4.3
Saint Martin	55 N	38.2	16.8	6
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	62.5	21.3	41.1	2.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	46.5	27.5	19	5.3
Samoa	51.7	40.8	11	9.1
San Marino	55.5	22.2	33.4	3
São Tomé and Príncipe	65.8	60.4	5.4	18.6
Saudi Arabia	37.5	31.5	6.1	16.5
Senegal	78.9	72.8	6.1	16.4
Serbia	52.3	21.9	30.4	3.3
Seychelles	38.2	24.4	13.8	7.3
Sierra Leone	74.3	69.9	4.4	22.6
Singapore	40.7	20.6	20.2	5
Sint Maarten	50.8	27.8	23	4.4
Slovakia	50.3	23	27.3	3.7
Slovenia	58.5	22.8	35.7	2.8
Solomon Islands	55.9	47.7	8.2	12.2
Somalia	100.9	97.6	3.2	30.8
South Africa	53.1	41.6	11.5	8.7
South Sudan	80.8	76.1	4.7	21.1
Spain	51.3	19.7	31.6	3.2
Sri Lanka	53.8	34.7	19.1	5.2
Sudan	76.4	70.7	5.7	17.5
Suriname	42.9	32.1	10.8	9.3
Sweden	61.1	27.6	33.5	3
Switzerland	54.8	23.3	31.5	3.2
Syria	59.1	52.4	6.7	15
Taiwan	44.9	17.6	27.3	3.7
Tajikistan	68.8	62.2	6.6	15.2
Tanzania	82.5	76.8	5.7	17.5
Thailand	44.8	22.9	21.9	4.6
Timor-Leste	63.8	56.1	7.7	13
Togo	75.4	67.8	7.6	13.2
Tokelau	52.7	40	12.6	7.9
Tonga	58.2	46.4	11.8	8.5
Trinidad and Tobago	48.8	27.9	21	4.8
Tunisia	53.4	37.5	16	6.3
Turkey	45.8	31.7	14.1	7.1
Turkmenistan	45.8	35.6	10.1	9.9
Turks and Caicos Islands	36.6	27.9	8.7	11.5
Tuvalu	58.3	46.2	12.1	8.3
Uganda	97.8	93	4.8	21
Ukraine	47.6	18.2	29.4	3.4
United Arab Emirates	22.9	20.1	2.7	36.9
United Kingdom	56.4	26.2	30.2	3.3
United States	55.4	27	28.4	3.5
Uruguay	49.1	26.9	22.2	4.5
Uzbekistan	57	46.5	10.5	9.5
Vanuatu	56.7	48.8	7.9	12.7
Venezuela	51.7	37.9	13.9	7.2
Vietnam	45.9	33.8	12.1	8.3
United States Virgin Islands	67.2	31.3	35.9	2.8
Wallis and Futuna	48.1	29.3	18.8	5.3
West Bank	68.1	61.6	6.5	15.4
Yemen	71.3	66	5.4	18.6
Zambia	81.4	76.4	5.1	19.8
Zimbabwe	73	66.3	6.8	14.8
World	53.4	37.7	15.7	6.4