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Old-age dependency ratio in the World

15.1 % in 2022

Old-age dependency ratio of World increased from 9.52 % in 1973 to 15.1 % in 2022 growing at an average annual rate of 0.95%.

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Age The dependency ratio of the World
Child Dependency Ratio 38.94 % in 2022 WB
Macro Region
Africa 54 timeseries
Asia 21 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 21 timeseries
Europe 43 timeseries
Middle East 16 timeseries
North America 26.67 % in 2022 WB
Oceania 14 timeseries
South America 12 timeseries
Southeast Asia 13 timeseries
Country (% in 2022)

Monaco is the top country by old-age dependency ratio in the world. As of 2022, old-age dependency ratio in Monaco was 70.36 %. The top 5 countries also includes Japan, Italy, Finland, and Greece.

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Monaco 70.36 WB
Japan 51.19 WB
Italy 37.87 WB
Finland 37.81 WB
Greece 36.05 WB
Puerto Rico 36.04 WB
Portugal 35.82 WB
France 35.42 WB
Germany 35.23 WB
Croatia 35.17 WB
Bulgaria 35.17 WB
Latvia 34.92 WB
Slovenia 32.79 WB
Estonia 32.66 WB
Sweden 32.58 WB
Czech Republic 32.56 WB
Lithuania 32.55 WB
Denmark 32.29 WB
Serbia 31.62 WB
Netherlands 31.61 WB
Belgium 30.95 WB
Spain 30.73 WB
San Marino 30.62 WB
Hungary 30.53 WB
Hong Kong 30.34 WB
United Kingdom 30.25 WB
Austria 30.1 WB
Switzerland 29.41 WB
Liechtenstein 29.27 WB
Canada 29.11 WB
Ukraine 28.6 WB
Romania 28.49 WB
Norway 28.42 WB
Malta 28.25 WB
Poland 27.99 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.57 WB
United States of America 26.39 WB
Australia 26.04 WB
Belarus 26.02 WB
Montenegro 25.32 WB
Slovakia 25.23 WB
New Zealand 25.09 WB
Albania 24.79 WB
Republic of Korea 24.66 WB
Barbados 24.37 WB
Uruguay 23.85 WB
Russian Federation 23.76 WB
Ireland 23.19 WB
Iceland 23.15 WB
Cuba 23.09 WB
Georgia 22.78 WB
Thailand 21.96 WB
Luxembourg 21.73 WB
North Macedonia 21.58 WB
Cyprus 21.42 WB
Andorra 20.72 WB
Singapore 20.7 WB
Israel 20.11 WB
China 19.88 WB
Armenia 19.81 WB
Republic of Moldova 19.18 WB
Chile 18.98 WB
Argentina 18.33 WB
Mauritius 18.04 WB
Macau 18 WB
Sri Lanka 17.57 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 16.88 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 16.58 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.15 WB
Lebanon 15.79 WB
Costa Rica 15.69 WB
Grenada 15.25 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 14.99 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.38 WB
Palau 14.3 WB
Brazil 14.14 WB
Tunisia 13.64 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13.49 WB
Panama 13.47 WB
Dominica 13.44 WB
Viet Nam 13.31 WB
Colombia 12.92 WB
Kazakhstan 12.91 WB
Peru 12.83 WB
Saint Lucia 12.69 WB
Turkey 12.67 WB
Mexico 12.39 WB
El Salvador 12.39 WB
Bahamas 12.34 WB
Seychelles 11.86 WB
Ecuador 11.78 WB
Morocco 11.75 WB
Dominican Republic 11.31 WB
Suriname 11.14 WB
Iran 11.08 WB
Malaysia 10.74 WB
Tonga 10.44 WB
Tuvalu 10.4 WB
Jamaica 10.24 WB
Azerbaijan 10.24 WB
India 10.17 WB
Algeria 10.14 WB
Indonesia 10.09 WB
Myanmar 9.94 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 9.69 WB
Paraguay 9.65 WB
Guyana 9.64 WB
Nepal 9.36 WB
Samoa 9.12 WB
Fiji 9.01 WB
South Africa 8.99 WB
Cambodia 8.9 WB
Bangladesh 8.89 WB
Bhutan 8.73 WB
Timor-Leste 8.67 WB
Brunei Darussalam 8.6 WB
Philippines 8.46 WB
Nicaragua 8.15 WB
Cabo Verde 8.13 WB
Turkmenistan 8.08 WB
Uzbekistan 7.94 WB
Guatemala 7.83 WB
Egypt 7.76 WB
Belize 7.57 WB
Bolivia 7.54 WB
Kyrgyzstan 7.44 WB
Comoros 7.42 WB
Mongolia 7.33 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 7.32 WB
Libya 7.28 WB
Pakistan 7.22 WB
Marshall Islands 7.21 WB
Haiti 7.17 WB
Eritrea 7.07 WB
Djibouti 6.97 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 6.86 WB
Lesotho 6.79 WB
Namibia 6.64 WB
Kuwait 6.63 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 6.62 WB
Vanuatu 6.57 WB
Eswatini 6.53 WB
Honduras 6.51 WB
Maldives 6.5 WB
Gabon 6.5 WB
Kiribati 6.34 WB
Sudan 6.3 WB
Palestine 6.12 WB
Solomon Islands 6.04 WB
Guinea 6.03 WB
Jordan 5.99 WB
Ghana 5.97 WB
Zimbabwe 5.93 WB
Liberia 5.89 WB
Mauritania 5.84 WB
Madagascar 5.82 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 5.8 WB
Iraq 5.79 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.78 WB
Tajikistan 5.76 WB
Botswana 5.73 WB
Senegal 5.67 WB
Benin 5.62 WB
Nigeria 5.51 WB
Togo 5.51 WB
Ethiopia 5.49 WB
Rwanda 5.48 WB
South Sudan 5.43 WB
Sierra Leone 5.42 WB
Equatorial Guinea 5.35 WB
Somalia 5.11 WB
Papua New Guinea 5.09 WB
Central African Republic 5.09 WB
Angola 4.96 WB
Guinea Bissau 4.94 WB
Bahrain 4.94 WB
Niger 4.93 WB
Kenya 4.84 WB
Cameroon 4.84 WB
Congo 4.84 WB
Burundi 4.8 WB
Mozambique 4.76 WB
Malawi 4.76 WB
Mali 4.72 WB
Burkina Faso 4.71 WB
Yemen 4.6 WB
Gambia 4.45 WB
Afghanistan 4.4 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 4.27 WB
Nauru 4.18 WB
Chad 3.98 WB
Saudi Arabia 3.94 WB
Oman 3.93 WB
Uganda 3.17 WB
Zambia 3.15 WB
United Arab Emirates 2.21 WB
Qatar 1.84 WB
Dependency Ratio