The CIA World Factbook Edition 2016 People and Society

Dependency ratios In 13 editions of 36.

Dependency ratios was published in 13 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2013 to 2025. The 2016 edition carries it in 198 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2016 edition
198
the first edition with it
2013
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Dependency ratios” (2013 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

total dependency ratio:
52.3%
youth dependency ratio:
39.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
12.6%
potential support ratio:
7.9% (2015 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total dependency ratio:
52.6%
youth dependency ratio:
43.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
9.1%
potential support ratio:
11% (2015 est.)

Angola

total dependency ratio:
99.9%
youth dependency ratio:
95.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.6%
potential support ratio:
21.6% (2015 est.)

Benin

total dependency ratio:
82%
youth dependency ratio:
76.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.3%
potential support ratio:
19% (2015 est.)

Botswana

total dependency ratio:
55.3%
youth dependency ratio:
49.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.6%
potential support ratio:
17.9% (2015 est.)

Burkina Faso

total dependency ratio:
92.2%
youth dependency ratio:
87.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.6%
potential support ratio:
21.7% (2015 est.)

Burundi

total dependency ratio:
89.7%
youth dependency ratio:
85%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.7%
potential support ratio:
21.3% (2015 est.)

Cabo Verde

total dependency ratio:
52%
youth dependency ratio:
45.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
7%
potential support ratio:
14.4% (2015 est.)

Cameroon

total dependency ratio:
84.3%
youth dependency ratio:
78.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.9%
potential support ratio:
16.9% (2015 est.)

Central African Republic

total dependency ratio:
75.2%
youth dependency ratio:
68.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.8%
potential support ratio:
14.8% (2015 est.)

Chad

total dependency ratio:
100.7%
youth dependency ratio:
95.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.9%
potential support ratio:
20.3% (2015 est.)

Comoros

total dependency ratio:
75.6%
youth dependency ratio:
70.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.9%
potential support ratio:
20.4% (2015 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total dependency ratio:
95.9%
youth dependency ratio:
90.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.8%
potential support ratio:
17.2% (2015 est.)

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

total dependency ratio:
86.2%
youth dependency ratio:
79.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.8%
potential support ratio:
14.7% (2015 est.)

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total dependency ratio:
83.5%
youth dependency ratio:
77.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.6%
potential support ratio:
18% (2015 est.)

Djibouti

total dependency ratio:
58.5%
youth dependency ratio:
51.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.6%
potential support ratio:
15.1% (2015 est.)

Egypt

total dependency ratio:
62.3%
youth dependency ratio:
53.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
8.5%
potential support ratio:
11.8% (2015 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total dependency ratio:
72.9%
youth dependency ratio:
67.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
5%
potential support ratio:
20% (2015 est.)

Eritrea

total dependency ratio:
83.2%
youth dependency ratio:
78.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.8%
potential support ratio:
20.7% (2015 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total dependency ratio:
69.3%
youth dependency ratio:
63.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.1%
potential support ratio:
16.5% (2015 est.)

Ethiopia

total dependency ratio:
81.6%
youth dependency ratio:
75.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.3%
potential support ratio:
15.8% (2015 est.)

Gabon

total dependency ratio:
73.1%
youth dependency ratio:
64.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
8.8%
potential support ratio:
11.3% (2015 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total dependency ratio:
94.2%
youth dependency ratio:
89.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.5%
potential support ratio:
22.3% (2015 est.)

Ghana

total dependency ratio:
73%
youth dependency ratio:
67.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.9%
potential support ratio:
17% (2015 est.)

Guinea

total dependency ratio:
83.8%
youth dependency ratio:
78.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.6%
potential support ratio:
17.8% (2015 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total dependency ratio:
78.4%
youth dependency ratio:
72.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.7%
potential support ratio:
17.7% (2015 est.)

Kenya

total dependency ratio:
80.9%
youth dependency ratio:
75.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.1%
potential support ratio:
19.7% (2015 est.)

Lesotho

total dependency ratio:
67.3%
youth dependency ratio:
60.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.9%
potential support ratio:
14.4% (2015 est.)

Liberia

total dependency ratio:
82.9%
youth dependency ratio:
77.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.5%
potential support ratio:
18.2% (2015 est.)

Libya

total dependency ratio:
52.4%
youth dependency ratio:
45.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.9%
potential support ratio:
14.5% (2015 est.)

Madagascar

total dependency ratio:
80.3%
youth dependency ratio:
75.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.1%
potential support ratio:
19.5% (2015 est.)

Malawi

total dependency ratio:
94.5%
youth dependency ratio:
87.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.7%
potential support ratio:
14.9% (2015 est.)

Mali

total dependency ratio:
100.2%
youth dependency ratio:
95.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
5%
potential support ratio:
19.8% (2015 est.)

Mauritania

total dependency ratio:
76.1%
youth dependency ratio:
70.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.7%
potential support ratio:
17.7% (2015 est.)

Mauritius

total dependency ratio:
40.6%
youth dependency ratio:
27.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
13.4%
potential support ratio:
7.4% (2015 est.)

Morocco

total dependency ratio:
50.1%
youth dependency ratio:
40.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
9.3%
potential support ratio:
10.8% (2015 est.)

Mozambique

total dependency ratio:
94.8%
youth dependency ratio:
88.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.5%
potential support ratio:
15.3% (2015 est.)

Namibia

total dependency ratio:
67.3%
youth dependency ratio:
61.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.9%
potential support ratio:
17% (2015 est.)

Niger

total dependency ratio:
113%
youth dependency ratio:
107.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.5%
potential support ratio:
18.2% (2015 est.)

Nigeria

total dependency ratio:
87.7%
youth dependency ratio:
82.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.1%
potential support ratio:
19.5% (2015 est.)

Rwanda

total dependency ratio:
78.1%
youth dependency ratio:
73.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
5%
potential support ratio:
20.1% (2015 est.)

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

total dependency ratio:
84.2%
youth dependency ratio:
78.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.7%
potential support ratio:
17.6% (2015 est.)

Senegal

total dependency ratio:
87.6%
youth dependency ratio:
82.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.5%
potential support ratio:
18.2% (2015 est.)

Seychelles

total dependency ratio:
43.5%
youth dependency ratio:
33.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
9.9%
potential support ratio:
10.1% (2015 est.)

Sierra Leone

total dependency ratio:
81.9%
youth dependency ratio:
77.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.9%
potential support ratio:
20.6% (2015 est.)

Somalia

total dependency ratio:
98.1%
youth dependency ratio:
92.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.6%
potential support ratio:
17.9% (2015 est.)

South Africa

total dependency ratio:
52.1%
youth dependency ratio:
44.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.7%
potential support ratio:
13.1% (2015 est.)

South Sudan

total dependency ratio:
83.7%
youth dependency ratio:
77.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.4%
potential support ratio:
15.7% (2015 est.)

Sudan

total dependency ratio:
78%
youth dependency ratio:
72.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.9%
potential support ratio:
16.9% (2015 est.)

Tanzania

total dependency ratio:
93.8%
youth dependency ratio:
87.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.2%
potential support ratio:
16.1% (2015 est.)

Togo

total dependency ratio:
81.8%
youth dependency ratio:
76.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
5%
potential support ratio:
19.9% (2015 est.)

Tunisia

total dependency ratio:
44.8%
youth dependency ratio:
33.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
11%
potential support ratio:
9.1% (2015 est.)

Uganda

total dependency ratio:
102.3%
youth dependency ratio:
97.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
5%
potential support ratio:
19.9% (2015 est.)

Western Sahara

total dependency ratio:
40.2%
youth dependency ratio:
36.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.1%
potential support ratio:
24.4% (2015 est.)

Zambia

total dependency ratio:
95.4%
youth dependency ratio:
89.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.7%
potential support ratio:
17.6% (2015 est.)

Zimbabwe

total dependency ratio:
80.4%
youth dependency ratio:
75%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.3%
potential support ratio:
18.7% (2015 est.)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

total dependency ratio:
51.6%
youth dependency ratio:
30.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
20.8%
potential support ratio:
4.8% (2015 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total dependency ratio:
87%
youth dependency ratio:
82.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.6%
potential support ratio:
21.7% (2015 est.)

Armenia

total dependency ratio:
41.3%
youth dependency ratio:
26%
elderly dependency ratio:
15.3%
potential support ratio:
6.5% (2015 est.)

Azerbaijan

total dependency ratio:
38%
youth dependency ratio:
30.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.8%
potential support ratio:
12.9% (2015 est.)

Bangladesh

total dependency ratio:
52.5%
youth dependency ratio:
44.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.6%
potential support ratio:
13.2% (2015 est.)

Bhutan

total dependency ratio:
46.9%
youth dependency ratio:
39.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.4%
potential support ratio:
13.4% (2015 est.)

China

total dependency ratio:
36.6%
youth dependency ratio:
23.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
13%
potential support ratio:
7.7% (2015 est.)

Georgia

total dependency ratio:
45.7%
youth dependency ratio:
25.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
20.4%
potential support ratio:
4.9% (2015 est.)

India

total dependency ratio:
52.4%
youth dependency ratio:
43.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
8.6%
potential support ratio:
11.7% (2015 est.)

Japan

total dependency ratio:
64.5%
youth dependency ratio:
21.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
43.3%
potential support ratio:
2.3% (2015 est.)

Kazakhstan

total dependency ratio:
50.3%
youth dependency ratio:
40.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.1%
potential support ratio:
9.9% (2015 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total dependency ratio:
44.3%
youth dependency ratio:
30.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
13.8%
potential support ratio:
7.3% (2015 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total dependency ratio:
37.2%
youth dependency ratio:
19.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
18%
potential support ratio:
5.6% (2015 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total dependency ratio:
55.3%
youth dependency ratio:
48.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.6%
potential support ratio:
15.2% (2015 est.)

Maldives

total dependency ratio:
47.4%
youth dependency ratio:
40.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.9%
potential support ratio:
14.4% (2015 est.)

Mongolia

total dependency ratio:
47.6%
youth dependency ratio:
41.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
6%
potential support ratio:
16.7% (2015 est.)

Nepal

total dependency ratio:
61.8%
youth dependency ratio:
52.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
9%
potential support ratio:
11.1% (2015 est.)

Pakistan

total dependency ratio:
65.3%
youth dependency ratio:
57.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.4%
potential support ratio:
13.5% (2015 est.)

Russia

total dependency ratio:
43.1%
youth dependency ratio:
24%
elderly dependency ratio:
19.1%
potential support ratio:
5.2% (2015 est.)

Sri Lanka

total dependency ratio:
51.2%
youth dependency ratio:
37.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
14.1%
potential support ratio:
7.1% (2015 est.)

Tajikistan

total dependency ratio:
60.9%
youth dependency ratio:
56%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.8%
potential support ratio:
20.7% (2015 est.)

Turkmenistan

total dependency ratio:
47.9%
youth dependency ratio:
41.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.1%
potential support ratio:
16.3% (2015 est.)

Uzbekistan

total dependency ratio:
49.7%
youth dependency ratio:
42.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
7%
potential support ratio:
14.3% (2015 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

22 entries

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

total dependency ratio:
45.7%
youth dependency ratio:
35.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.4%
potential support ratio:
9.6% (2015 est.)

Aruba

total dependency ratio:
44%
youth dependency ratio:
26.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
17.6%
potential support ratio:
5.7% (2015 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total dependency ratio:
41.2%
youth dependency ratio:
29.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
11.7%
potential support ratio:
8.5% (2015 est.)

Barbados

total dependency ratio:
50.4%
youth dependency ratio:
29.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
21.3%
potential support ratio:
4.7% (2015 est.)

Belize

total dependency ratio:
56.8%
youth dependency ratio:
50.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.9%
potential support ratio:
17% (2015 est.)

Costa Rica

total dependency ratio:
45.4%
youth dependency ratio:
32.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
12.9%
potential support ratio:
7.7% (2015 est.)

Cuba

total dependency ratio:
43.4%
youth dependency ratio:
23.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
20%
potential support ratio:
5% (2015 est.)

Curacao

total dependency ratio:
51.1%
youth dependency ratio:
28.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
22.4%
potential support ratio:
4.5% (2015 est.)

Dominican Republic

total dependency ratio:
57.8%
youth dependency ratio:
47.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.5%
potential support ratio:
9.5% (2015 est.)

El Salvador

total dependency ratio:
54.3%
youth dependency ratio:
41.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
12.6%
potential support ratio:
7.9% (2015 est.)

Grenada

total dependency ratio:
50.7%
youth dependency ratio:
39.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.8%
potential support ratio:
9.3% (2015 est.)

Guatemala

total dependency ratio:
70.9%
youth dependency ratio:
62.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
8.3%
potential support ratio:
12.1% (2015 est.)

Haiti

total dependency ratio:
62.3%
youth dependency ratio:
54.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.5%
potential support ratio:
13.3% (2015 est.)

Honduras

total dependency ratio:
57.8%
youth dependency ratio:
50.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.7%
potential support ratio:
13.1% (2015 est.)

Jamaica

total dependency ratio:
48.6%
youth dependency ratio:
35%
elderly dependency ratio:
13.6%
potential support ratio:
7.4% (2015 est.)

Nicaragua

total dependency ratio:
54.1%
youth dependency ratio:
46.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.8%
potential support ratio:
12.8% (2015 est.)

Panama

total dependency ratio:
53.4%
youth dependency ratio:
41.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
11.7%
potential support ratio:
8.5% (2015 est.)

Puerto Rico

total dependency ratio:
50%
youth dependency ratio:
28.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
21.7%
potential support ratio:
4.6% (2015 est.)

Saint Lucia

total dependency ratio:
47.3%
youth dependency ratio:
34.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
13.3%
potential support ratio:
7.5% (2015 est.)

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total dependency ratio:
46.8%
youth dependency ratio:
36%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.8%
potential support ratio:
9.3% (2015 est.)

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

total dependency ratio:
43.2%
youth dependency ratio:
29.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
13.5%
potential support ratio:
7.4% (2015 est.)

Virgin Islands

total dependency ratio:
61.2%
youth dependency ratio:
32.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
28.4%
potential support ratio:
3.5% (2015 est.)

Europe

39 entries

Albania

total dependency ratio:
44.8%
youth dependency ratio:
26.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
18%
potential support ratio:
5.6% (2015 est.)

Austria

total dependency ratio:
49.2%
youth dependency ratio:
21.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
28%
potential support ratio:
3.6% (2015 est.)

Belarus

total dependency ratio:
43%
youth dependency ratio:
23%
elderly dependency ratio:
20%
potential support ratio:
5% (2015 est.)

Belgium

total dependency ratio:
54.2%
youth dependency ratio:
26.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
28.1%
potential support ratio:
3.6% (2015 est.)

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

total dependency ratio:
40.7%
youth dependency ratio:
19%
elderly dependency ratio:
21.7%
potential support ratio:
4.6% (2015 est.)

Bulgaria

total dependency ratio:
51.9%
youth dependency ratio:
21.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
30.4%
potential support ratio:
3.3% (2015 est.)

Croatia

total dependency ratio:
51.1%
youth dependency ratio:
22.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
28.6%
potential support ratio:
3.5% (2015 est.)

Czechia

total dependency ratio:
49.5%
youth dependency ratio:
22.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
27%
potential support ratio:
3.7% (2015 est.)

Denmark

total dependency ratio:
55.9%
youth dependency ratio:
26.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
29.6%
potential support ratio:
3.4% (2015 est.)

Estonia

total dependency ratio:
53.5%
youth dependency ratio:
24.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
28.8%
potential support ratio:
3.5% (2015 est.)

Finland

total dependency ratio:
58.3%
youth dependency ratio:
25.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
32.4%
potential support ratio:
3.1% (2015 est.)

France

total dependency ratio:
60.3%
youth dependency ratio:
29.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
30.6%
potential support ratio:
3.3% (2015 est.)

Germany

total dependency ratio:
51.8%
youth dependency ratio:
19.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
32.2%
potential support ratio:
3.1% (2015 est.)

Greece

total dependency ratio:
56.2%
youth dependency ratio:
22.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
33.4%
potential support ratio:
3% (2015 est.)

Guernsey

total dependency ratio:
47%
youth dependency ratio:
21.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
25.4%
potential support ratio:
3.9%

note: data represent the Channel Islands (2015 est.)

Hungary

total dependency ratio:
47.9%
youth dependency ratio:
21.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
26.3%
potential support ratio:
3.8% (2015 est.)

Ireland

total dependency ratio:
53.7%
youth dependency ratio:
33.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
20.2%
potential support ratio:
5% (2015 est.)

Italy

total dependency ratio:
56.5%
youth dependency ratio:
21.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
35.1%
potential support ratio:
2.9% (2015 est.)

Jersey

total dependency ratio:
47%
youth dependency ratio:
21.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
25.4%
potential support ratio:
3.9%

note: data represent the Channel Islands (2015 est.)

Latvia

total dependency ratio:
52.2%
youth dependency ratio:
22.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
29.5%
potential support ratio:
3.4% (2015 est.)

Lithuania

total dependency ratio:
50.1%
youth dependency ratio:
21.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
28.3%
potential support ratio:
3.5% (2015 est.)

Luxembourg

total dependency ratio:
43.7%
youth dependency ratio:
23.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
20.1%
potential support ratio:
5% (2015 est.)

Malta

total dependency ratio:
50.8%
youth dependency ratio:
21.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
29%
potential support ratio:
3.4% (2015 est.)

Moldova

total dependency ratio:
34.6%
youth dependency ratio:
21.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
13.4%
potential support ratio:
7.5% (2015 est.)

Montenegro

total dependency ratio:
47.7%
youth dependency ratio:
27.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
20.2%
potential support ratio:
5% (2015 est.)

Netherlands

total dependency ratio:
53.3%
youth dependency ratio:
25.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
27.9%
potential support ratio:
3.6% (2015 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total dependency ratio:
41.4%
youth dependency ratio:
24%
elderly dependency ratio:
17.4%
potential support ratio:
5.7% (2015 est.)

Norway

total dependency ratio:
52.2%
youth dependency ratio:
27.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
24.9%
potential support ratio:
4% (2015 est.)

Poland

total dependency ratio:
43.8%
youth dependency ratio:
21.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
22.3%
potential support ratio:
4.5% (2015 est.)

Portugal

total dependency ratio:
53.5%
youth dependency ratio:
21.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
31.9%
potential support ratio:
3.1% (2015 est.)

Romania

total dependency ratio:
48.9%
youth dependency ratio:
23.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
25.8%
potential support ratio:
3.9% (2015 est.)

Serbia

total dependency ratio:
50.1%
youth dependency ratio:
24.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
25.6%
potential support ratio:
3.9% (2015 est.)

Slovakia

total dependency ratio:
40.8%
youth dependency ratio:
21.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
19.5%
potential support ratio:
5.1% (2015 est.)

Slovenia

total dependency ratio:
48.7%
youth dependency ratio:
22%
elderly dependency ratio:
26.7%
potential support ratio:
3.7% (2015 est.)

Spain

total dependency ratio:
50.8%
youth dependency ratio:
22.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
28.3%
potential support ratio:
3.5% (2015 est.)

Sweden

total dependency ratio:
59.3%
youth dependency ratio:
27.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
31.8%
potential support ratio:
3.1% (2015 est.)

Switzerland

total dependency ratio:
48.8%
youth dependency ratio:
22%
elderly dependency ratio:
26.9%
potential support ratio:
3.7% (2015 est.)

Ukraine

total dependency ratio:
43.3%
youth dependency ratio:
21.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
21.9%
potential support ratio:
4.6% (2015 est.)

United Kingdom

total dependency ratio:
55.1%
youth dependency ratio:
27.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
27.6%
potential support ratio:
3.6% (2015 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total dependency ratio:
31.4%
youth dependency ratio:
28.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
3.2%
potential support ratio:
31.6% (2015 est.)

Cyprus

total dependency ratio:
41.6%
youth dependency ratio:
23.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
18.2%
potential support ratio:
5.5% (2015 est.)

Gaza Strip

total dependency ratio:
76%
youth dependency ratio:
70.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.2%
potential support ratio:
19.2%

note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank (2015 est.)

Iran

total dependency ratio:
40.2%
youth dependency ratio:
33.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.1%
potential support ratio:
14.1% (2015 est.)

Iraq

total dependency ratio:
78.7%
youth dependency ratio:
73.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.5%
potential support ratio:
18.3% (2015 est.)

Israel

total dependency ratio:
64.1%
youth dependency ratio:
45.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
18.4%
potential support ratio:
5.4% (2015 est.)

Jordan

total dependency ratio:
64.8%
youth dependency ratio:
58.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.2%
potential support ratio:
16% (2015 est.)

Kuwait

total dependency ratio:
32.1%
youth dependency ratio:
29.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
2.6%
potential support ratio:
38.4% (2015 est.)

Lebanon

total dependency ratio:
47.3%
youth dependency ratio:
35.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
12%
potential support ratio:
8.3% (2015 est.)

Oman

total dependency ratio:
30%
youth dependency ratio:
26.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
3.4%
potential support ratio:
29.8% (2015 est.)

Qatar

total dependency ratio:
20.1%
youth dependency ratio:
18.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
1.4%
potential support ratio:
70.4% (2015 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total dependency ratio:
45.9%
youth dependency ratio:
41.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.2%
potential support ratio:
24% (2015 est.)

Syria

total dependency ratio:
70%
youth dependency ratio:
63.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.9%
potential support ratio:
14.5% (2015 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total dependency ratio:
49.7%
youth dependency ratio:
38.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
11.3%
potential support ratio:
8.9% (2015 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total dependency ratio:
17.8%
youth dependency ratio:
16.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
1.3%
potential support ratio:
74.6% (2015 est.)

West Bank

total dependency ratio:
76%
youth dependency ratio:
70.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.2%
potential support ratio:
19.2%

note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank (2015 est.)

Yemen

total dependency ratio:
75.6%
youth dependency ratio:
70.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
4.9%
potential support ratio:
20.4% (2015 est.)

North America

3 entries

Canada

total dependency ratio:
47.3%
youth dependency ratio:
23.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
23.8%
potential support ratio:
4.2% (2015 est.)

Mexico

total dependency ratio:
51.7%
youth dependency ratio:
41.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
9.8%
potential support ratio:
10.2% (2015 est.)

United States

total dependency ratio:
50.9%
youth dependency ratio:
28.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
22.3%
potential support ratio:
4.5% (2015 est.)

Oceania

13 entries

Australia

total dependency ratio:
50.9%
youth dependency ratio:
28.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
22.7%
potential support ratio:
4.4% (2015 est.)

Fiji

total dependency ratio:
52.8%
youth dependency ratio:
43.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
8.9%
potential support ratio:
11.2% (2015 est.)

French Polynesia

total dependency ratio:
42.2%
youth dependency ratio:
31.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.7%
potential support ratio:
9.3% (2015 est.)

Guam

total dependency ratio:
52%
youth dependency ratio:
38.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
13.3%
potential support ratio:
7.5% (2015 est.)

Kiribati

total dependency ratio:
63%
youth dependency ratio:
57%
elderly dependency ratio:
6%
potential support ratio:
16.6% (2015 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

total dependency ratio:
62.4%
youth dependency ratio:
55.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.1%
potential support ratio:
14.1% (2015 est.)

New Caledonia

total dependency ratio:
47.9%
youth dependency ratio:
32.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
15%
potential support ratio:
6.6% (2015 est.)

New Zealand

total dependency ratio:
54%
youth dependency ratio:
31.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
22.9%
potential support ratio:
4.4% (2015 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total dependency ratio:
67.1%
youth dependency ratio:
62.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
5%
potential support ratio:
19.9% (2015 est.)

Samoa

total dependency ratio:
74%
youth dependency ratio:
64.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
9.1%
potential support ratio:
11% (2015 est.)

Solomon Islands

total dependency ratio:
75.1%
youth dependency ratio:
69.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
5.9%
potential support ratio:
16.8% (2015 est.)

Tonga

total dependency ratio:
74.3%
youth dependency ratio:
64.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.2%
potential support ratio:
9.8% (2015 est.)

Vanuatu

total dependency ratio:
68.7%
youth dependency ratio:
61.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.1%
potential support ratio:
14.1% (2015 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

total dependency ratio:
56.5%
youth dependency ratio:
39.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
17.1%
potential support ratio:
5.8% (2015 est.)

Bolivia

total dependency ratio:
63.7%
youth dependency ratio:
53.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.6%
potential support ratio:
9.4% (2015 est.)

Brazil

total dependency ratio:
44.7%
youth dependency ratio:
33.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
11.3%
potential support ratio:
8.8% (2015 est.)

Chile

total dependency ratio:
45.2%
youth dependency ratio:
29.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
16%
potential support ratio:
6.3% (2015 est.)

Colombia

total dependency ratio:
45.6%
youth dependency ratio:
35.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.2%
potential support ratio:
9.8% (2015 est.)

Ecuador

total dependency ratio:
55.6%
youth dependency ratio:
45.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.4%
potential support ratio:
9.6% (2015 est.)

Guyana

total dependency ratio:
51.1%
youth dependency ratio:
43.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.6%
potential support ratio:
13.2% (2015 est.)

Paraguay

total dependency ratio:
56.6%
youth dependency ratio:
47.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
9.4%
potential support ratio:
10.6% (2015 est.)

Peru

total dependency ratio:
53.2%
youth dependency ratio:
42.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.5%
potential support ratio:
9.6% (2015 est.)

Suriname

total dependency ratio:
50.8%
youth dependency ratio:
40.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.4%
potential support ratio:
9.6% (2015 est.)

Uruguay

total dependency ratio:
55.9%
youth dependency ratio:
33.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
22.5%
potential support ratio:
4.4% (2015 est.)

Venezuela

total dependency ratio:
52.4%
youth dependency ratio:
42.8%
elderly dependency ratio:
9.5%
potential support ratio:
10.5% (2015 est.)

Southeast Asia

13 entries

Brunei

total dependency ratio:
38%
youth dependency ratio:
31.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.1%
potential support ratio:
16.4% (2015 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total dependency ratio:
49.1%
youth dependency ratio:
41.1%
elderly dependency ratio:
8%
potential support ratio:
12.5% (2015 est.)

Cambodia

total dependency ratio:
55.6%
youth dependency ratio:
49.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.4%
potential support ratio:
15.6% (2015 est.)

Hong Kong

total dependency ratio:
37%
youth dependency ratio:
16.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
20.6%
potential support ratio:
4.8% (2015 est.)

Indonesia

total dependency ratio:
49%
youth dependency ratio:
41.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.7%
potential support ratio:
13% (2015 est.)

Laos

total dependency ratio:
62.8%
youth dependency ratio:
56.6%
elderly dependency ratio:
6.2%
potential support ratio:
16.1% (2015 est.)

Macau

total dependency ratio:
28.2%
youth dependency ratio:
16.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
11.5%
potential support ratio:
8.7% (2015 est.)

Malaysia

total dependency ratio:
43.6%
youth dependency ratio:
35.2%
elderly dependency ratio:
8.4%
potential support ratio:
11.9% (2015 est.)

Philippines

total dependency ratio:
57.6%
youth dependency ratio:
50.3%
elderly dependency ratio:
7.2%
potential support ratio:
13.9% (2015 est.)

Singapore

total dependency ratio:
37.4%
youth dependency ratio:
21.4%
elderly dependency ratio:
16.1%
potential support ratio:
6.2% (2015 est.)

Thailand

total dependency ratio:
39.2%
youth dependency ratio:
24.7%
elderly dependency ratio:
14.6%
potential support ratio:
6.9% (2015 est.)

Timor-Leste

total dependency ratio:
92.3%
youth dependency ratio:
81.5%
elderly dependency ratio:
10.7%
potential support ratio:
9.3% (2015 est.)

Vietnam

total dependency ratio:
42.5%
youth dependency ratio:
32.9%
elderly dependency ratio:
9.6%
potential support ratio:
10.4% (2015 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2016, “Dependency ratios”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/dependency-ratios/2016.

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