Based on a comparison of 178 countries in 2022, Niger ranked the highest in youth dependency ratio with 101% followed by Mali and Chad. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 12.9%, Hong Kong with 14.5% and Macao with 15.1%.
Average youth dependency ratio reached 33.8% in 2022 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 0.623 % less than in the previous year and -6.00 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average youth dependency ratio reached an all time high of 66.9% in 1966 and an all time low of 26.3% in 2050. The average annual growth amounted to -0.832 % since 1950.
Data for more countries are available at Youth Dependency Ratio indicator page.
| Youth Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Angola | % | 88.1% | 87.8% | 87.4% | 87.0% | 86.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 95.6% | 94.9% | 93.4% | 91.9% | 90.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 96.9% | 96.4% | 95.8% | 95.3% | 94.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 91.3% | 91.6% | 91.9% | 92.1% | 92.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | % | 66.9% | 65.1% | 63.2% | 61.3% | 59.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 85.5% | 84.5% | 83.3% | 81.9% | 80.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 87.6% | 85.8% | 83.8% | 81.8% | 79.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 97.3% | 96.8% | 96.2% | 95.4% | 94.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 83.9% | 83.2% | 82.6% | 81.9% | 81.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 101% | 101% | 101% | 101% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 83.3% | 82.7% | 82.0% | 81.3% | 80.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 95.7% | 95.4% | 95.0% | 94.6% | 94.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 85.2% | 84.6% | 83.7% | 82.8% | 81.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 92.7% | 90.6% | 88.6% | 86.7% | 85.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 83.9% | 82.7% | 81.4% | 80.0% | 78.7% |
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