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DEFINITION:
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. For example, 0.7 means there are 7 dependents for every 10 working-age people.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Uganda | 1.12 | 2005 | ||
2 | Malawi | 1.01 | 2005 | ||
=3 | Zambia | 0.95 | 2005 | ||
=3 | Yemen | 0.95 | 2005 | ||
5 | Nigeria | 0.9 | 2005 | ||
6 | Somalia | 0.88 | 2005 | ||
7 | Sierra Leone | 0.86 | 2005 | ||
8 | Tanzania | 0.85 | 2005 | ||
9 | Kenya | 0.84 | 2005 | ||
10 | Namibia | 0.82 | 2005 | ||
11 | Swaziland | 0.8 | 2005 | ||
12 | Maldives | 0.79 | 2005 | ||
=13 | Lesotho | 0.78 | 2005 | ||
=13 | The Gambia | 0.78 | 2005 | ||
15 | Zimbabwe | 0.77 | 2005 | ||
=16 | Bhutan | 0.75 | 2005 | ||
=16 | Sudan | 0.75 | 2005 | ||
18 | Ghana | 0.74 | 2005 | ||
19 | Pakistan | 0.73 | 2005 | ||
20 | Belize | 0.7 | 2005 | ||
21 | Botswana | 0.69 | 2005 | ||
22 | Jordan | 0.68 | 2005 | ||
23 | Bangladesh | 0.64 | 2005 | ||
24 | Jamaica | 0.63 | 2005 | ||
25 | Egypt | 0.62 | 2005 | ||
26 | Israel | 0.61 | 2005 | ||
27 | India | 0.6 | 2005 | ||
28 | Malaysia | 0.59 | 2005 | ||
29 | Saint Lucia | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
30 | Fiji | 0.55 | 2005 | ||
=31 | Guyana | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
=31 | The Bahamas | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
33 | Burma | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
34 | New Zealand | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=35 | Brunei | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=35 | United States | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
37 | Australia | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
38 | Sri Lanka | 0.46 | 2005 | ||
39 | Canada | 0.44 | 2005 | ||
40 | Bahrain | 0.43 | 2005 | ||
=41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
=41 | Barbados | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
43 | Singapore | 0.39 | 2005 | ||
44 | Kuwait | 0.35 | 2005 | ||
=45 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3 | 2005 | ||
=45 | Qatar | 0.3 | 2005 |
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Interesting observations about People > Age dependency ratio > Dependents to working-age population
- Uganda ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Hot countries in 2005.
- Mali ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- Israel ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
- Sweden ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst European Union in 2005.
- Albania ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Europe in 2005.
- Pakistan ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
- United Arab Emirates has ranked last for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population since 1997.
- France ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Eurozone in 2005.
- Malawi ranked second for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Christian countries in 2005.
- Bhutan ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Cold countries in 2005.