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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 | Uganda | 1.12 | 2005 | ||
| =2 | Niger | 1.04 | 2005 | ||
| =2 | Mali | 1.04 | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.02 | 2005 | ||
| =5 | Chad | 1.01 | 2005 | ||
| =5 | Malawi | 1.01 | 2005 | ||
| =7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 | 2005 | ||
| =7 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Liberia | 0.97 | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Angola | 0.96 | 2005 | ||
| =11 | Zambia | 0.95 | 2005 | ||
| =11 | Yemen | 0.95 | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.94 | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Guatemala | 0.91 | 2005 | ||
| =15 | Mozambique | 0.9 | 2005 | ||
| =15 | Nigeria | 0.9 | 2005 | ||
| =15 | Guinea | 0.9 | 2005 | ||
| =15 | Ethiopia | 0.9 | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Eritrea | 0.89 | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Madagascar | 0.89 | 2005 | ||
| =21 | Benin | 0.88 | 2005 | ||
| =21 | Somalia | 0.88 | 2005 | ||
| =23 | Togo | 0.87 | 2005 | ||
| =23 | Mauritania | 0.87 | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 0.86 | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Tanzania | 0.85 | 2005 | ||
| =27 | Kenya | 0.84 | 2005 | ||
| =27 | Senegal | 0.84 | 2005 | ||
| =27 | Iraq | 0.84 | 1999 | ||
| 30 | Samoa | 0.83 | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.82 | 2005 | ||
| =32 | Cameroon | 0.81 | 2005 | ||
| =32 | Comoros | 0.81 | 2005 | ||
| =34 | Swaziland | 0.8 | 2005 | ||
| =34 | Gabon | 0.8 | 2005 | ||
| =34 | Laos | 0.8 | 2005 | ||
| =34 | Djibouti | 0.8 | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Maldives | 0.79 | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Cape Verde | 0.78 | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 0.77 | 2005 | ||
| =41 | Solomon Islands | 0.76 | 2005 | ||
| =41 | Honduras | 0.76 | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Sudan | 0.75 | 2005 | ||
| =44 | Papua New Guinea | 0.74 | 2005 | ||
| =44 | Bolivia | 0.74 | 2005 | ||
| =44 | Ghana | 0.74 | 2005 | ||
| =47 | Pakistan | 0.73 | 2005 | ||
| =47 | Nicaragua | 0.73 | 2005 | ||
| 49 | Tonga | 0.72 | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Haiti | 0.71 | 2005 | ||
| =51 | Belize | 0.7 | 2005 | ||
| =51 | Paraguay | 0.7 | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Botswana | 0.69 | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Cambodia | 0.68 | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 0.67 | 2005 | ||
| 56 | El Salvador | 0.65 | 2005 | ||
| =57 | Bangladesh | 0.64 | 2005 | ||
| =57 | Philippines | 0.64 | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Jamaica | 0.63 | 2005 | ||
| =60 | Ecuador | 0.62 | 2005 | ||
| =60 | Egypt | 0.62 | 2005 | ||
| 62 | India | 0.6 | 2005 | ||
| =63 | Malaysia | 0.59 | 2005 | ||
| =63 | Oman | 0.59 | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 0.58 | 2005 | ||
| =66 | Panama | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
| =66 | Colombia | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
| =66 | Suriname | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
| =66 | Venezuela | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
| =66 | Mexico | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
| =71 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
| =71 | Saint Lucia | 0.56 | 2005 | ||
| 73 | Fiji | 0.55 | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Vietnam | 0.54 | 2005 | ||
| =75 | Virgin Islands | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
| =75 | The Bahamas | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
| =75 | Guyana | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
| =78 | Algeria | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
| =78 | New Caledonia | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
| =78 | Burma | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
| =78 | Libya | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
| =78 | Costa Rica | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
| =83 | Indonesia | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
| =83 | Brazil | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Brunei | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Australia | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 0.46 | 2005 | ||
| =88 | Mauritius | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
| =88 | Thailand | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
| =90 | Bahrain | 0.43 | 2005 | ||
| =90 | Cuba | 0.43 | 2005 | ||
| =92 | Barbados | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
| =92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Singapore | 0.39 | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Hong Kong | 0.36 | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Kuwait | 0.35 | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Macau | 0.32 | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Qatar | 0.3 | 2005 |