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Total Dependency Ratio (%), 2022 or latest
Society | February 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 178 countries in 2022, Niger ranked the highest in dependency ratio with 107% followed by Monaco and Mali. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 14.9%, United Arab Emirates with 17.4% and Bahrain with 26.2%.

Average dependency ratio reached 48.7% in 2022 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 0.661 % more than in the previous year and 5.59 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average dependency ratio reached an all time high of 77.2% in 1966 and an all time low of 47.5% in 2030. The average annual growth amounted to -0.363 % since 1960.

Data for more countries are available at Total Dependency Ratio indicator page.

Total 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 % 93.0% 92.7% 92.3% 91.9% 91.5%
Burundi % 100% 99.7% 98.2% 96.8% 95.2%
Chad % 101% 100% 99.9% 99.4% 98.7%
East Timor % 76.6% 74.6% 72.5% 70.4% 68.3%
Gambia % 90.3% 89.2% 87.9% 86.5% 85.0%
Malawi % 93.5% 91.4% 89.2% 87.0% 84.7%
Mali % 103% 102% 101% 100% 99.3%
Monaco % 90.0% 91.1% 92.6% 94.0% 95.2% ... ...
Mozambique % 88.8% 88.1% 87.5% 86.8% 86.1%
Niger % 106% 106% 106% 106% 105%
Nigeria % 89.0% 88.3% 87.7% 86.9% 86.1%
Somalia % 101% 101% 100% 99.8% 99.4%
Tanzania % 91.1% 90.5% 89.6% 88.7% 87.7%
Uganda % 95.8% 93.7% 91.7% 89.9% 88.2%
Zambia % 87.1% 85.8% 84.5% 83.2% 81.8%

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