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Age dependency ratio

People younger than 15 or older than 64 per 100 people aged 15 to 64.

Unit: Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64 Frequency: Annual Coverage: 217 countries and 11 groups 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank (original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects)
Highest in 2025 103.6 per 100 working-age people Central African Republic Lowest in 2025 20.0 per 100 working-age people Qatar
Euro area, 2025 58.5 per 100 working-age people Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025 217 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

217 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.

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Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Age dependency ratio (dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64), 2001 to 2025
Period GermanyGreece
2025 60.2 per 100 working-age people 59.4 per 100 working-age people
2024 59.0 per 100 working-age people 59.1 per 100 working-age people
2023 58.0 per 100 working-age people 58.9 per 100 working-age people
2022 57.2 per 100 working-age people 58.9 per 100 working-age people
2021 56.2 per 100 working-age people 58.4 per 100 working-age people
2020 55.3 per 100 working-age people 57.6 per 100 working-age people
2019 54.5 per 100 working-age people 57.3 per 100 working-age people
2018 53.9 per 100 working-age people 56.9 per 100 working-age people
2017 53.3 per 100 working-age people 56.4 per 100 working-age people
2016 52.6 per 100 working-age people 55.9 per 100 working-age people
2015 52.1 per 100 working-age people 55.2 per 100 working-age people
2014 51.8 per 100 working-age people 54.5 per 100 working-age people
2013 51.6 per 100 working-age people 53.7 per 100 working-age people
2012 51.6 per 100 working-age people 52.8 per 100 working-age people
2011 51.7 per 100 working-age people 51.9 per 100 working-age people
2010 52.1 per 100 working-age people 51.0 per 100 working-age people
2009 52.2 per 100 working-age people 50.4 per 100 working-age people
2008 51.8 per 100 working-age people 50.0 per 100 working-age people
2007 51.5 per 100 working-age people 49.9 per 100 working-age people
2006 50.8 per 100 working-age people 50.0 per 100 working-age people
2005 50.0 per 100 working-age people 50.0 per 100 working-age people
2004 49.3 per 100 working-age people 49.9 per 100 working-age people
2003 48.7 per 100 working-age people 49.8 per 100 working-age people
2002 48.2 per 100 working-age people 49.6 per 100 working-age people
2001 47.8 per 100 working-age people 49.3 per 100 working-age people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 217 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Central African Republic (103.6 per 100 working-age people) and the lowest Qatar (20.0 per 100 working-age people).
  • Half of the countries are above 55.1 per 100 working-age people and half below.
  • From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 91 countries and fell in 126.
  • The figure for the world was 54.5 per 100 working-age people in 2025, against 55.4 per 100 working-age people in 2020 (−1.0).

About this measure

Definition
People younger than 15 or older than 64 per 100 people aged 15 to 64.
Population covered
Total population
Unit
Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (per 100 working-age people)

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.DPND · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects

All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Central African Republic 103.6 per 100 working-age people
  2. 2 Monaco 99.1 per 100 working-age people
  3. 3 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 96.7 per 100 working-age people
  4. 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 96.2 per 100 working-age people
  5. 5 Niger 95.5 per 100 working-age people
  6. 6 Mali 92.9 per 100 working-age people
  7. 7 Chad 92.6 per 100 working-age people
  8. 8 Angola 88.7 per 100 working-age people
  9. 9 Mozambique 88.3 per 100 working-age people
  10. 10 Burundi 87.0 per 100 working-age people
  11. 11 Mauritania 83.9 per 100 working-age people
  12. 12 Tanzania 83.1 per 100 working-age people
  13. 13 Uganda 82.9 per 100 working-age people
  14. 14 Afghanistan 81.8 per 100 working-age people
  15. 15 Benin 79.9 per 100 working-age people
  16. 16 Samoa 79.0 per 100 working-age people
  17. 17 Guinea 78.6 per 100 working-age people
  18. 18 Cameroon 78.4 per 100 working-age people
  19. 19 Togo 78.3 per 100 working-age people
  20. 20 Burkina Faso 78.1 per 100 working-age people
  21. 21 Zimbabwe 78.1 per 100 working-age people
  22. 22 Sudan 77.3 per 100 working-age people
  23. 23 Nigeria 77.3 per 100 working-age people
  24. 24 Yemen 77.2 per 100 working-age people
  25. 25 Côte d'Ivoire 75.8 per 100 working-age people
  26. 26 Republic of the Congo 75.5 per 100 working-age people
  27. 27 Zambia 75.3 per 100 working-age people
  28. 28 Gambia 75.2 per 100 working-age people
  29. 29 Malawi 74.6 per 100 working-age people
  30. 30 Liberia 73.7 per 100 working-age people
  31. 31 Madagascar 73.6 per 100 working-age people
  32. 32 Vanuatu 73.4 per 100 working-age people
  33. 33 Ethiopia 72.6 per 100 working-age people
  34. 34 Eritrea 72.0 per 100 working-age people
  35. 35 Tonga 71.7 per 100 working-age people
  36. 36 Guinea-Bissau 71.1 per 100 working-age people
  37. 37 West Bank and Gaza 70.8 per 100 working-age people
  38. 38 São Tomé and Príncipe 70.6 per 100 working-age people
  39. 39 Senegal 70.6 per 100 working-age people
  40. 40 Comoros 70.4 per 100 working-age people
  41. 41 Japan 70.2 per 100 working-age people
  42. 42 South Sudan 69.7 per 100 working-age people
  43. 43 Rwanda 69.6 per 100 working-age people
  44. 44 Sierra Leone 69.3 per 100 working-age people
  45. 45 Equatorial Guinea 69.1 per 100 working-age people
  46. 46 Saint Martin (French part) 68.7 per 100 working-age people
  47. 47 Pakistan 68.4 per 100 working-age people
  48. 48 Namibia 67.9 per 100 working-age people
  49. 49 Gabon 67.7 per 100 working-age people
  50. 50 Solomon Islands 67.3 per 100 working-age people
  51. 51 Naoero 67.1 per 100 working-age people
  52. 52 Tuvalu 66.8 per 100 working-age people
  53. 53 Tajikistan 66.5 per 100 working-age people
  54. 54 Israel 66.3 per 100 working-age people
  55. 55 US Virgin Islands 65.5 per 100 working-age people
  56. 56 Iraq 65.2 per 100 working-age people
  57. 57 Kenya 64.7 per 100 working-age people
  58. 58 Ghana 64.5 per 100 working-age people
  59. 59 Guam 63.8 per 100 working-age people
  60. 60 Marshall Islands 63.3 per 100 working-age people
  61. 61 France 63.3 per 100 working-age people
  62. 62 Kiribati 63.2 per 100 working-age people
  63. 63 Finland 62.7 per 100 working-age people
  64. 64 Timor-Leste 62.2 per 100 working-age people
  65. 65 Kazakhstan 61.7 per 100 working-age people
  66. 66 Lesotho 61.2 per 100 working-age people
  67. 67 Kyrgyzstan 61.0 per 100 working-age people
  68. 68 Micronesia 60.5 per 100 working-age people
  69. 69 Portugal 60.4 per 100 working-age people
  70. 70 Faroe Islands 60.4 per 100 working-age people
  71. 71 Sweden 60.3 per 100 working-age people
  72. 72 Germany 60.2 per 100 working-age people
  73. 73 Isle of Man 60.0 per 100 working-age people
  74. 74 Latvia 59.7 per 100 working-age people
  75. 75 Uzbekistan 59.6 per 100 working-age people
  76. 76 Eswatini 59.6 per 100 working-age people
  77. 77 Croatia 59.5 per 100 working-age people
  78. 78 Serbia 59.5 per 100 working-age people
  79. 79 Greece 59.4 per 100 working-age people
  80. 80 Estonia 58.9 per 100 working-age people
  81. 81 Mongolia 58.7 per 100 working-age people
  82. 82 Egypt 58.3 per 100 working-age people
  83. 83 Italy 58.1 per 100 working-age people
  84. 84 Papua New Guinea 58.1 per 100 working-age people
  85. 85 Algeria 58.1 per 100 working-age people
  86. 86 Slovenia 58.0 per 100 working-age people
  87. 87 Denmark 57.9 per 100 working-age people
  88. 88 United Kingdom 57.9 per 100 working-age people
  89. 89 Belgium 57.9 per 100 working-age people
  90. 90 Bulgaria 57.8 per 100 working-age people
  91. 91 Puerto Rico (US) 57.5 per 100 working-age people
  92. 92 Georgia 57.4 per 100 working-age people
  93. 93 Moldova 57.2 per 100 working-age people
  94. 94 Czechia 56.9 per 100 working-age people
  95. 95 Montenegro 56.7 per 100 working-age people
  96. 96 Botswana 56.3 per 100 working-age people
  97. 97 Lebanon 56.3 per 100 working-age people
  98. 98 Turkmenistan 56.3 per 100 working-age people
  99. 99 Guatemala 56.2 per 100 working-age people
  100. 100 Bermuda 56.2 per 100 working-age people
  101. 101 Guyana 56.0 per 100 working-age people
  102. 102 Cambodia 55.9 per 100 working-age people
  103. 103 Netherlands 55.8 per 100 working-age people
  104. 104 Australia 55.7 per 100 working-age people
  105. 105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.5 per 100 working-age people
  106. 106 Romania 55.5 per 100 working-age people
  107. 107 Liechtenstein 55.3 per 100 working-age people
  108. 108 Haiti 55.2 per 100 working-age people
  109. 109 Hungary 55.1 per 100 working-age people
  110. 110 New Zealand 55.0 per 100 working-age people
  111. 111 United States 55.0 per 100 working-age people
  112. 112 Gibraltar 54.9 per 100 working-age people
  113. 113 Switzerland 54.6 per 100 working-age people
  114. 114 Austria 54.4 per 100 working-age people
  115. 115 Canada 54.4 per 100 working-age people
  116. 116 Lithuania 54.4 per 100 working-age people
  117. 117 Poland 54.4 per 100 working-age people
  118. 118 Bolivia 54.3 per 100 working-age people
  119. 119 Paraguay 54.1 per 100 working-age people
  120. 120 North Macedonia 54.0 per 100 working-age people
  121. 121 Norway 53.9 per 100 working-age people
  122. 122 San Marino 53.8 per 100 working-age people
  123. 123 Jordan 53.7 per 100 working-age people
  124. 124 Venezuela 53.7 per 100 working-age people
  125. 125 American Samoa 53.6 per 100 working-age people
  126. 126 Russia 53.4 per 100 working-age people
  127. 127 Honduras 53.4 per 100 working-age people
  128. 128 Nepal 53.1 per 100 working-age people
  129. 129 Laos 53.0 per 100 working-age people
  130. 130 Slovakia 52.9 per 100 working-age people
  131. 131 Channel Islands 52.6 per 100 working-age people
  132. 132 Dominican Republic 52.4 per 100 working-age people
  133. 133 Bangladesh 52.2 per 100 working-age people
  134. 134 Ireland 52.2 per 100 working-age people
  135. 135 Aruba 52.2 per 100 working-age people
  136. 136 Spain 52.1 per 100 working-age people
  137. 137 Albania 52.0 per 100 working-age people
  138. 138 Panama 51.9 per 100 working-age people
  139. 139 Uruguay 51.9 per 100 working-age people
  140. 140 Sri Lanka 51.9 per 100 working-age people
  141. 141 Belarus 51.9 per 100 working-age people
  142. 142 Barbados 51.9 per 100 working-age people
  143. 143 Nicaragua 51.5 per 100 working-age people
  144. 144 Hong Kong SAR, China 51.5 per 100 working-age people
  145. 145 Djibouti 51.0 per 100 working-age people
  146. 146 Argentina 50.7 per 100 working-age people
  147. 147 Morocco 50.7 per 100 working-age people
  148. 148 Suriname 50.4 per 100 working-age people
  149. 149 Tunisia 50.4 per 100 working-age people
  150. 150 Iceland 50.4 per 100 working-age people
  151. 151 Fiji 50.3 per 100 working-age people
  152. 152 Malta 50.2 per 100 working-age people
  153. 153 Armenia 50.2 per 100 working-age people
  154. 154 Syria 49.9 per 100 working-age people
  155. 155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 49.5 per 100 working-age people
  156. 156 Peru 49.4 per 100 working-age people
  157. 157 New Caledonia 49.0 per 100 working-age people
  158. 158 Philippines 48.9 per 100 working-age people
  159. 159 El Salvador 48.6 per 100 working-age people
  160. 160 Ukraine 48.5 per 100 working-age people
  161. 161 Mexico 48.4 per 100 working-age people
  162. 162 South Africa 48.4 per 100 working-age people
  163. 163 Ecuador 48.1 per 100 working-age people
  164. 164 Viet Nam 47.8 per 100 working-age people
  165. 165 Greenland 47.6 per 100 working-age people
  166. 166 Cuba 47.2 per 100 working-age people
  167. 167 Libya 47.1 per 100 working-age people
  168. 168 Northern Mariana Islands 47.1 per 100 working-age people
  169. 169 Curaçao 46.9 per 100 working-age people
  170. 170 Cabo Verde 46.7 per 100 working-age people
  171. 171 Indonesia 46.6 per 100 working-age people
  172. 172 North Korea 46.3 per 100 working-age people
  173. 173 Grenada 46.3 per 100 working-age people
  174. 174 Myanmar 46.2 per 100 working-age people
  175. 175 Türkiye 46.2 per 100 working-age people
  176. 176 India 46.1 per 100 working-age people
  177. 177 Luxembourg 46.1 per 100 working-age people
  178. 178 Belize 46.0 per 100 working-age people
  179. 179 Chile 45.2 per 100 working-age people
  180. 180 Costa Rica 45.1 per 100 working-age people
  181. 181 Cyprus 45.0 per 100 working-age people
  182. 182 Brazil 44.6 per 100 working-age people
  183. 183 Dominica 44.5 per 100 working-age people
  184. 184 Iran 44.1 per 100 working-age people
  185. 185 South Korea 44.0 per 100 working-age people
  186. 186 Kosovo 43.9 per 100 working-age people
  187. 187 Thailand 43.7 per 100 working-age people
  188. 188 Trinidad and Tobago 43.7 per 100 working-age people
  189. 189 French Polynesia 43.7 per 100 working-age people
  190. 190 Azerbaijan 43.6 per 100 working-age people
  191. 191 China 43.5 per 100 working-age people
  192. 192 Colombia 43.3 per 100 working-age people
  193. 193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 43.0 per 100 working-age people
  194. 194 Antigua and Barbuda 42.5 per 100 working-age people
  195. 195 Palau 42.4 per 100 working-age people
  196. 196 Bahamas 42.1 per 100 working-age people
  197. 197 Malaysia 41.5 per 100 working-age people
  198. 198 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 41.4 per 100 working-age people
  199. 199 Macao SAR, China 40.5 per 100 working-age people
  200. 200 Mauritius 40.2 per 100 working-age people
  201. 201 Seychelles 39.9 per 100 working-age people
  202. 202 Andorra 39.2 per 100 working-age people
  203. 203 Brunei 38.6 per 100 working-age people
  204. 204 Turks and Caicos Islands 38.2 per 100 working-age people
  205. 205 Saint Lucia 37.4 per 100 working-age people
  206. 206 Oman 37.0 per 100 working-age people
  207. 207 Bhutan 37.0 per 100 working-age people
  208. 208 Jamaica 36.7 per 100 working-age people
  209. 209 Saudi Arabia 36.4 per 100 working-age people
  210. 210 Singapore 35.0 per 100 working-age people
  211. 211 Cayman Islands 34.4 per 100 working-age people
  212. 212 British Virgin Islands 31.9 per 100 working-age people
  213. 213 Maldives 31.6 per 100 working-age people
  214. 214 Bahrain 28.9 per 100 working-age people
  215. 215 Kuwait 26.8 per 100 working-age people
  216. 216 United Arab Emirates 21.6 per 100 working-age people
  217. 217 Qatar 20.0 per 100 working-age people
  218. East Asia and Pacific 46.2 per 100 working-age people
  219. Euro area 58.5 per 100 working-age people
  220. Europe and Central Asia 55.7 per 100 working-age people
  221. European Union 57.9 per 100 working-age people
  222. Latin America and Caribbean 47.8 per 100 working-age people
  223. Middle East and North Africa 59.6 per 100 working-age people
  224. North America 54.9 per 100 working-age people
  225. OECD members 55.3 per 100 working-age people
  226. South Asia 47.0 per 100 working-age people
  227. Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100 working-age people
  228. World 54.5 per 100 working-age people
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