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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.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 1.01 | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Eritrea | 0.89 | 2005 | ||
| =3 | Cape Verde | 0.78 | 2005 | ||
| =3 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.78 | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 0.77 | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Sudan | 0.75 | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Belize | 0.7 | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Jordan | 0.68 | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Jamaica | 0.63 | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Egypt | 0.62 | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Israel | 0.61 | 2005 | ||
| =12 | Morocco | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
| =12 | Lebanon | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
| =12 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
| =12 | Saint Lucia | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
| 16 | France | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
| =17 | Puerto Rico | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
| =17 | Belgium | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Iceland | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Japan | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
| =19 | United Kingdom | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Italy | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
| =23 | Germany | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
| =23 | United States | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
| =23 | Portugal | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
| =26 | Austria | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
| =26 | Greece | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
| =26 | Netherlands | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
| 29 | Cyprus | 0.47 | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 0.46 | 2005 | ||
| =31 | Malta | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
| =31 | Spain | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
| =31 | Hungary | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
| =31 | Ireland | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
| 35 | Canada | 0.44 | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Barbados | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Singapore | 0.39 | 2005 |
