Based on a comparison of 174 countries in 2019, Niger ranked the highest in youth dependency ratio with 105% followed by Mali and Chad. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 16.0%, Singapore with 16.4% and United Arab Emirates with 17.5%.
Average youth dependency ratio reached 39.3% in 2019 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 66.8% 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 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Angola | % | 93.4% | 93.1% | 92.8% | 92.4% | 91.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | % | 88.3% | 87.6% | 86.9% | 86.2% | 85.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Burundi | % | 86.6% | 86.9% | 87.1% | 87.2% | 87.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Central African Republic | % | 86.7% | 87.0% | 86.1% | 85.0% | 83.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Chad | % | 97.3% | 96.2% | 95.5% | 94.6% | 93.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 91.7% | 91.5% | 91.5% | 91.3% | 90.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Gambia | % | 84.7% | 84.2% | 84.0% | 83.7% | 83.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Mali | % | 97.0% | 96.8% | 96.4% | 95.9% | 95.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Mozambique | % | 88.5% | 87.9% | 87.1% | 86.2% | 85.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Niger | % | 106% | 106% | 106% | 106% | 105% | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | % | 83.3% | 83.1% | 83.0% | 82.7% | 82.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Somalia | % | 95.2% | 94.3% | 93.5% | 92.8% | 92.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Tanzania | % | 85.0% | 84.7% | 84.1% | 83.5% | 82.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Uganda | % | 96.8% | 95.7% | 94.5% | 93.2% | 91.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Zambia | % | 90.4% | 89.2% | 88.0% | 86.5% | 84.8% |