Country rankings
Age Dependency Ratio by Country
Central African Republic has the highest Age Dependency Ratio in 2023 (105.2%), followed by Niger (98.2%) and Monaco (98.2%). Qatar has the lowest (20.1%).
215 of 235 countries
Age Dependency Ratio, 2023
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 215 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
54.6%
Middle half 48.6% – 66.4%
Average
57.8%
215 countries
Highest
105.2%
Central African Republic
Lowest
20.1%
Qatar
Over time · 2019–2023
The top 5 in 2023, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Central African Republic
- Niger
- Monaco
- Somalia
- DR Congo
Data
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215 countries · # = rank by Age Dependency Ratio
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Central African Republic | 105.2% | 4.3% | 100.9% |
| 2 |  Niger | 98.2% | 5.09% | 93.1% |
| 2 |  Monaco | 98.2% | 72.0% | 26.1% |
| 4 |  Somalia | 97.0% | 5.05% | 92.0% |
| 5 |  DR Congo | 96.7% | 6.03% | 90.7% |
| 6 |  Mali | 95.6% | 4.7% | 90.9% |
| 7 |  Chad | 95.4% | 4.05% | 91.3% |
| 8 |  Burundi | 91.9% | 4.82% | 87.0% |
| 9 |  Mozambique | 90.6% | 5.27% | 85.3% |
| 10 |  Angola | 90.1% | 5.34% | 84.7% |
| 11 |  Mauritania | 86.1% | 5.98% | 80.1% |
| 12 |  Uganda | 85.5% | 3.99% | 81.5% |
| 13 |  Tanzania | 84.4% | 5.61% | 78.8% |
| 14 |  Afghanistan | 83.8% | 4.37% | 79.5% |
| 15 |  Burkina Faso | 81.9% | 4.77% | 77.1% |
| 16 |  Zimbabwe | 81.6% | 6.57% | 75.1% |
| 17 |  Benin | 81.6% | 5.61% | 76.0% |
| 18 |  Guinea | 80.8% | 6.22% | 74.6% |
| 19 |  Cameroon | 80.3% | 5% | 75.3% |
| 20 |  Nigeria | 80.3% | 5.46% | 74.8% |
| 21 |  Samoa | 80.0% | 10.3% | 69.7% |
| 22 |  Malawi | 78.3% | 4.62% | 73.7% |
| 23 |  Sudan | 78.1% | 5.72% | 72.4% |
| 24 |  Zambia | 78.1% | 3.38% | 74.7% |
| 25 |  Ivory Coast | 78.1% | 4.57% | 73.5% |
| 26 |  Republic of the Congo | 77.9% | 5.19% | 72.7% |
| 27 |  Yemen | 77.7% | 4.46% | 73.3% |
| 28 |  Gambia | 77.7% | 5.29% | 72.4% |
| 29 |  Liberia | 76.3% | 5.78% | 70.5% |
| 30 |  Togo | 75.6% | 5.55% | 70.0% |
| 31 |  Madagascar | 75.2% | 5.84% | 69.3% |
| 32 |  Vanuatu | 74.9% | 7.38% | 67.5% |
| 33 |  Eritrea | 74.9% | 7.26% | 67.7% |
| 34 |  South Sudan | 74.7% | 5.09% | 69.6% |
| 35 |  Ethiopia | 74.0% | 5.52% | 68.5% |
| 36 |  Guinea-Bissau | 73.6% | 5.45% | 68.1% |
| 37 |  Tonga | 73.1% | 11.4% | 61.7% |
| 38 |  Senegal | 73.1% | 6.21% | 66.9% |
| 39 |  Palestine | 72.9% | 6.58% | 66.4% |
| 40 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 72.9% | 6.68% | 66.2% |
| 41 |  Comoros | 72.0% | 7.7% | 64.4% |
| 42 |  Sierra Leone | 71.6% | 5.5% | 66.1% |
| 43 |  Rwanda | 71.1% | 6.54% | 64.6% |
| 44 |  Pakistan | 70.2% | 7.14% | 63.0% |
| 45 |  Japan | 70.1% | 50.3% | 19.8% |
| 46 |  Equatorial Guinea | 69.8% | 6.15% | 63.7% |
| 47 |  Solomon Islands | 69.5% | 6.15% | 63.3% |
| 48 |  Namibia | 69.1% | 6.04% | 63.1% |
| 49 |  Nauru | 69.1% | 4.53% | 64.6% |
| 50 |  Gabon | 68.7% | 6.82% | 61.8% |
| 51 |  Iraq | 68.0% | 5.71% | 62.3% |
| 52 |  Kenya | 67.7% | 4.88% | 62.8% |
| 53 |  Tajikistan | 67.1% | 6.1% | 61.0% |
| 54 |  Israel | 66.8% | 20.7% | 46.1% |
| 55 |  Ghana | 66.1% | 6.03% | 60.1% |
| 56 |  Timor-Leste | 65.5% | 8.83% | 56.6% |
| 57 |  Marshall Islands | 64.2% | 7.19% | 57.0% |
| 58 |  Kiribati | 64.1% | 6.76% | 57.3% |
| 59 |  Tuvalu | 63.6% | 10.3% | 53.3% |
| 60 |  United States Virgin Islands | 63.3% | 36.3% | 27.0% |
| 61 |  Lesotho | 63.3% | 6.25% | 57.0% |
| 62 |  France | 62.7% | 35.4% | 27.3% |
| 63 |  Finland | 62.6% | 38.4% | 24.3% |
| 64 |  Saint Martin | 62.2% | 27.9% | 34.3% |
| 65 |  Guam | 61.7% | 19.6% | 42.1% |
| 66 |  Kyrgyzstan | 61.6% | 8.77% | 52.8% |
| 67 |  Faroe Islands | 61.0% | 28.5% | 32.5% |
| 68 |  Micronesia | 60.9% | 9.22% | 51.7% |
| 69 |  Kazakhstan | 60.9% | 13.4% | 47.5% |
| 70 |  Eswatini | 60.8% | 6.67% | 54.1% |
| 71 |  Sweden | 60.7% | 33.0% | 27.7% |
| 72 |  Mongolia | 60.0% | 7.78% | 52.2% |
| 73 |  Egypt | 59.8% | 7.94% | 51.8% |
| 74 |  Isle of Man | 59.3% | 36.2% | 23.1% |
| 75 |  Papua New Guinea | 59.1% | 5.33% | 53.8% |
| 76 |  Greece | 58.9% | 37.3% | 21.6% |
| 77 |  Latvia | 58.8% | 33.9% | 24.9% |
| 78 |  Algeria | 58.8% | 10.1% | 48.7% |
| 79 |  Portugal | 58.7% | 38.3% | 20.5% |
| 80 |  Croatia | 58.6% | 36.2% | 22.4% |
| 81 |  Estonia | 58.4% | 33.1% | 25.3% |
| 82 |  Guatemala | 58.4% | 7.5% | 50.9% |
| 83 |  Germany | 58.0% | 36.0% | 22.0% |
| 84 |  Serbia | 58.0% | 35.3% | 22.7% |
| 85 |  United Kingdom | 57.9% | 30.4% | 27.5% |
| 86 |  Uzbekistan | 57.6% | 8.98% | 48.7% |
| 87 |  Lebanon | 57.6% | 15.5% | 42.1% |
| 88 |  Denmark | 57.4% | 32.4% | 25.0% |
| 89 |  Belgium | 57.3% | 31.7% | 25.6% |
| 90 |  Bulgaria | 57.2% | 34.3% | 22.9% |
| 91 |  Italy | 57.1% | 38.1% | 19.1% |
| 92 |  Georgia | 57.1% | 24.1% | 33.1% |
| 93 |  Slovenia | 56.9% | 33.5% | 23.4% |
| 94 |  Puerto Rico | 56.9% | 38.0% | 18.8% |
| 94 |  Botswana | 56.9% | 6.23% | 50.6% |
| 96 |  Czechia | 56.8% | 32.2% | 24.6% |
| 97 |  Haiti | 56.7% | 7.24% | 49.5% |
| 98 |  Cambodia | 56.4% | 9.32% | 47.1% |
| 99 |  Turkmenistan | 56.1% | 6.67% | 49.4% |
| 100 |  Guyana | 55.8% | 10.1% | 45.7% |
| 101 |  Montenegro | 55.8% | 27.2% | 28.6% |
| 102 |  Bolivia | 55.5% | 8.63% | 46.9% |
| 103 |  Romania | 55.4% | 30.7% | 24.7% |
| 104 |  Moldova | 55.3% | 24.3% | 31.1% |
| 105 |  Jordan | 55.2% | 6.71% | 48.5% |
| 106 |  Venezuela | 55.0% | 14.5% | 40.5% |
| 107 |  Australia | 54.8% | 26.9% | 27.9% |
| 108 |  Netherlands | 54.6% | 31.2% | 23.5% |
| 109 |  Hungary | 54.6% | 32.2% | 22.4% |
| 110 |  Honduras | 54.5% | 6.63% | 47.9% |
| 111 |  Gibraltar | 54.5% | 27.0% | 27.5% |
| 112 |  New Zealand | 54.3% | 25.9% | 28.3% |
| 113 |  Paraguay | 54.2% | 9.82% | 44.4% |
| 114 |  Laos | 54.1% | 6.99% | 47.1% |
| 115 |  Nepal | 54.0% | 9.8% | 44.2% |
| 116 |  American Samoa | 54.0% | 11.6% | 42.4% |
| 117 |  Norway | 53.9% | 28.5% | 25.4% |
| 118 |  United States | 53.9% | 26.8% | 27.1% |
| 119 |  Syria | 53.9% | 7.21% | 46.7% |
| 120 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.5% | 33.2% | 20.3% |
| 121 |  Bermuda | 53.4% | 32.1% | 21.3% |
| 122 |  Lithuania | 53.2% | 30.4% | 22.8% |
| 123 |  Bangladesh | 53.1% | 9.68% | 43.4% |
| 124 |  Canada | 53.1% | 29.6% | 23.4% |
| 125 |  Poland | 53.0% | 29.9% | 23.1% |
| 126 |  Switzerland | 53.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% |
| 127 |  Nicaragua | 52.9% | 8.22% | 44.6% |
| 128 |  North Macedonia | 52.8% | 26.8% | 26.1% |
| 129 |  Ireland | 52.8% | 23.8% | 29.1% |
| 130 |  Liechtenstein | 52.7% | 30.8% | 21.9% |
| 131 |  Uruguay | 52.7% | 24.1% | 28.5% |
| 132 |  Dominican Republic | 52.7% | 11.6% | 41.1% |
| 133 |  Austria | 52.6% | 30.8% | 21.8% |
| 134 |  Argentina | 52.4% | 18.6% | 33.8% |
| 135 |  San Marino | 52.4% | 33.0% | 19.4% |
| 136 |  Panama | 52.3% | 13.8% | 38.5% |
| 137 |  Djibouti | 52.2% | 7.21% | 45.0% |
| 138 |  Russia | 51.8% | 25.2% | 26.6% |
| 139 |  Sri Lanka | 51.8% | 17.8% | 33.9% |
| 140 |  Slovakia | 51.4% | 27.3% | 24.1% |
| 141 |  Spain | 51.3% | 31.3% | 20.1% |
| 142 |  Philippines | 51.2% | 7.96% | 43.3% |
| 143 |  Morocco | 51.2% | 11.8% | 39.4% |
| 144 |  Belarus | 50.9% | 25.8% | 25.2% |
| 145 |  Fiji | 50.9% | 9.57% | 41.3% |
| 146 |  Tunisia | 50.6% | 13.8% | 36.8% |
| 147 |  Barbados | 50.6% | 24.2% | 26.3% |
| 148 |  Suriname | 50.5% | 11.5% | 39.1% |
| 149 |  Aruba | 50.5% | 24.6% | 25.9% |
| 150 |  Iceland | 50.2% | 23.1% | 27.1% |
| 151 |  Peru | 50.0% | 13.5% | 36.6% |
| 152 |  Albania | 50.0% | 24.5% | 25.6% |
| 153 |  El Salvador | 49.7% | 12.0% | 37.8% |
| 153 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.7% | 17.3% | 32.4% |
| 155 |  Ecuador | 49.5% | 12.1% | 37.4% |
| 156 |  Malta | 49.2% | 29.5% | 19.6% |
| 157 |  Cape Verde | 49.1% | 9.81% | 39.3% |
| 158 |  Mexico | 49.0% | 11.9% | 37.1% |
| 159 |  Ukraine | 48.9% | 27.6% | 21.3% |
| 160 |  Libya | 48.9% | 7.26% | 41.6% |
| 161 |  Armenia | 48.7% | 19.7% | 29.1% |
| 162 |  New Caledonia | 48.4% | 16.5% | 32.0% |
| 163 |  South Africa | 48.4% | 9.67% | 38.7% |
| 164 |  Hong Kong | 47.8% | 32.0% | 15.8% |
| 165 |  Vietnam | 47.6% | 12.7% | 34.8% |
| 166 |  Indonesia | 47.0% | 10.4% | 36.7% |
| 167 |  India | 47.0% | 10.2% | 36.8% |
| 168 |  Turkey | 46.7% | 14.7% | 32.0% |
| 169 |  Belize | 46.7% | 7.1% | 39.6% |
| 170 |  Grenada | 46.5% | 17.4% | 29.1% |
| 171 |  Cuba | 46.4% | 23.7% | 22.7% |
| 172 |  Myanmar | 46.2% | 10.4% | 35.8% |
| 173 |  Curacao | 46.0% | 23.8% | 22.3% |
| 174 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 45.6% | 12.7% | 32.9% |
| 175 |  Chile | 45.1% | 19.9% | 25.2% |
| 176 |  Costa Rica | 45.0% | 17.0% | 28.0% |
| 177 |  North Korea | 45.0% | 17.4% | 27.5% |
| 178 |  Luxembourg | 44.8% | 21.9% | 22.9% |
| 179 |  Greenland | 44.8% | 14.7% | 30.1% |
| 180 |  China | 44.7% | 20.7% | 24.0% |
| 181 |  Dominica | 44.6% | 18.4% | 26.2% |
| 182 |  Iran | 44.4% | 11.4% | 33.0% |
| 183 |  Brazil | 44.0% | 15.3% | 28.7% |
| 184 |  French Polynesia | 43.8% | 15.4% | 28.4% |
| 185 |  Cyprus | 43.6% | 20.6% | 23.1% |
| 186 |  Azerbaijan | 43.6% | 11.5% | 32.1% |
| 187 |  Colombia | 42.8% | 13.4% | 29.4% |
| 188 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 42.6% | 16.9% | 25.7% |
| 189 |  Bahamas | 42.5% | 16.4% | 26.1% |
| 190 |  Thailand | 42.5% | 21.0% | 21.5% |
| 191 |  Malaysia | 42.3% | 10.6% | 31.7% |
| 192 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 41.8% | 15.9% | 25.8% |
| 193 |  Palau | 41.6% | 15.4% | 26.3% |
| 194 |  South Korea | 41.5% | 25.9% | 15.5% |
| 195 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 40.9% | 15.1% | 25.8% |
| 196 |  Sint Maarten | 40.9% | 18.9% | 21.9% |
| 197 |  Seychelles | 39.8% | 11.7% | 28.2% |
| 198 |  Mauritius | 39.0% | 18.0% | 21.0% |
| 199 |  Oman | 38.7% | 3.69% | 35.0% |
| 200 |  Bhutan | 38.6% | 8.82% | 29.7% |
| 201 |  Andorra | 38.3% | 21.3% | 16.9% |
| 202 |  Macau | 38.1% | 18.6% | 19.5% |
| 203 |  Brunei | 38.0% | 8.99% | 29.0% |
| 204 |  Saint Lucia | 37.3% | 12.8% | 24.5% |
| 205 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 37.2% | 15.0% | 22.3% |
| 206 |  Jamaica | 37.0% | 10.8% | 26.2% |
| 207 |  Saudi Arabia | 36.8% | 3.86% | 33.0% |
| 208 |  Singapore | 33.1% | 17.4% | 15.7% |
| 209 |  Cayman Islands | 33.0% | 11.4% | 21.7% |
| 210 |  Maldives | 32.3% | 5.75% | 26.5% |
| 211 |  British Virgin Islands | 32.2% | 12.2% | 20.0% |
| 212 |  Bahrain | 29.3% | 4.7% | 24.6% |
| 213 |  Kuwait | 27.5% | 3.76% | 23.7% |
| 214 |  United Arab Emirates | 22.0% | 2.07% | 19.9% |
| 215 |  Qatar | 20.1% | 1.89% | 18.2% |
What correlates with Age Dependency Ratio (2023)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Age Dependency Ratio?
- Central African Republic has the highest Age Dependency Ratio in 2023, at 105.2%, followed by Niger (98.2%) and Monaco (98.2%).
- Which country has the lowest Age Dependency Ratio?
- Qatar has the lowest Age Dependency Ratio in 2023, at 20.1%.
- What is the median Age Dependency Ratio across countries?
- The median is 54.6% across the 215 countries with data in 2023.
- Where does this age dependency ratio by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: DataBank- World Development Indicators - World bank; What Is the Dependency Ratio, and How Do You Calculate It? - Investopedia; Dependency Ratio - Wiki; List of Countries by Dependency Ratio - Wiki.