Dependency ratios

Dependency ratios are a measure of the age structure of a population. They relate the number of individuals that are likely to be economically "dependent" on the support of others. Dependency ratios contrast the ratio of youths (ages 0-14) and the elderly (ages 65+) to the number of those in the working-age group (ages 15-64). Changes in the dependency ratio provide an indication of potential social support requirements resulting from changes in population age structures. As fertility levels decline, the dependency ratio initially falls because the proportion of youths decreases while the proportion of the population of working age increases. As fertility levels continue to decline, dependency ratios eventually increase because the proportion of the population of working age starts to decline and the proportion of elderly persons continues to increase.

total dependency ratio - The total dependency ratio is the ratio of combined youth population (ages 0-14) and elderly population (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64). A high total dependency ratio indicates that the working-age population and the overall economy face a greater burden to support and provide social services for youth and elderly persons, who are often economically dependent.

youth dependency ratio - The youth dependency ratio is the ratio of the youth population (ages 0-14) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64). A high youth dependency ratio indicates that a greater investment needs to be made in schooling and other services for children.

elderly dependency ratio - The elderly dependency ratio is the ratio of the elderly population (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64). Increases in the elderly dependency ratio put added pressure on governments to fund pensions and healthcare.

potential support ratio - The potential support ratio is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.

• Afghanistan

  total dependency ratio: 88.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 75.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.8
  
  potential support ratio: 21 (2020 est.)

• Akrotiri

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Albania

  total dependency ratio: 46.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 25.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 21.6
  
  potential support ratio: 4.6 (2020 est.)

• Algeria

  total dependency ratio: 60.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 49.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 10.8
  
  potential support ratio: 9.3 (2020 est.)

• American Samoa

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Andorra

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Angola

  total dependency ratio: 94.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 90.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.3
  
  potential support ratio: 23.5 (2020 est.)

• Anguilla

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Antigua and Barbuda

  total dependency ratio: 45.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 31.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.6
  
  potential support ratio: 7.4 (2020 est.)

• Argentina

  total dependency ratio: 56.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 38.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 17.7
  
  potential support ratio: 5.6 (2020 est.)

• Armenia

  total dependency ratio: 48.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 30.9
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 17.5
  
  potential support ratio: 5.7 (2020 est.)

• Aruba

  total dependency ratio: 47
  
  youth dependency ratio: 25.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 21.5
  
  potential support ratio: 4.7 (2020 est.)

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Australia

  total dependency ratio: 55.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 29.9
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 25.1
  
  potential support ratio: 4 (2020 est.)

• Austria

  total dependency ratio: 50.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 21.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 28.9
  
  potential support ratio: 3.5 (2020 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  total dependency ratio: 43.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 33.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 9.7
  
  potential support ratio: 10.3 (2020 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  total dependency ratio: 41.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 30.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 11
  
  potential support ratio: 9.1 (2020 est.)

• Bahrain

  total dependency ratio: 26.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 3.4
  
  potential support ratio: 29.8 (2020 est.)

• Bangladesh

  total dependency ratio: 47
  
  youth dependency ratio: 39.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.7
  
  potential support ratio: 13 (2020 est.)

• Barbados

  total dependency ratio: 50.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 25.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 25.1
  
  potential support ratio: 4 (2020 est.)

• Belarus

  total dependency ratio: 48.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 25.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 23.2
  
  potential support ratio: 4.3 (2020 est.)

• Belgium

  total dependency ratio: 57
  
  youth dependency ratio: 26.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 30.2
  
  potential support ratio: 3.3 (2020 est.)

• Belize

  total dependency ratio: 52
  
  youth dependency ratio: 44.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.6
  
  potential support ratio: 13.1 (2020 est.)

• Benin

  total dependency ratio: 82.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 76.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6
  
  potential support ratio: 16.7 (2020 est.)

• Bermuda

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Bhutan

  total dependency ratio: 45.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 36.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 9
  
  potential support ratio: 11.1 (2020 est.)

• Bolivia

  total dependency ratio: 60.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 48.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 12
  
  potential support ratio: 8.3 (2020 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  total dependency ratio: 48
  
  youth dependency ratio: 21.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 26.5
  
  potential support ratio: 3.8 (2020 est.)

• Botswana

  total dependency ratio: 61.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 53.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.3
  
  potential support ratio: 13.8 (2020 est.)

• Bouvet Island

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Brazil

  total dependency ratio: 43.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 29.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.8
  
  potential support ratio: 7.3 (2020 est.)

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• British Virgin Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Brunei

  total dependency ratio: 38.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 31
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.7
  
  potential support ratio: 12.9 (2020 est.)

• Bulgaria

  total dependency ratio: 56.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 33.6
  
  potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  total dependency ratio: 87.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 83.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.5
  
  potential support ratio: 22.1 (2020 est.)

• Burma

  total dependency ratio: 46.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 37.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 9.1
  
  potential support ratio: 10.9 (2020 est.)

• Burundi

  total dependency ratio: 91
  
  youth dependency ratio: 86.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.5
  
  potential support ratio: 22 (2020 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  total dependency ratio: 49
  
  youth dependency ratio: 41.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.1
  
  potential support ratio: 14 (2020 est.)

• Cambodia

  total dependency ratio: 55.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 48.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.6
  
  potential support ratio: 13.2 (2020 est.)

• Cameroon

  total dependency ratio: 81.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 76.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.9
  
  potential support ratio: 20.3 (2020 est.)

• Canada

  total dependency ratio: 51.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23.9
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 27.4
  
  potential support ratio: 3.7 (2020 est.)

• Cayman Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Central African Republic

  total dependency ratio: 86.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 81.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.2
  
  potential support ratio: 19.2 (2020 est.)

• Chad

  total dependency ratio: 96
  
  youth dependency ratio: 91.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.9
  
  potential support ratio: 20.4 (2020 est.)

• Chile

  total dependency ratio: 45.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 28.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 17.9
  
  potential support ratio: 5.6 (2020 est.)

• China

  total dependency ratio: 42.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 25.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 17
  
  potential support ratio: 5.9 (2020 est.)
  
  data do not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan

• Christmas Island

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Clipperton Island

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Colombia

  total dependency ratio: 45.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 32.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.2
  
  potential support ratio: 7.6 (2020 est.)

• Comoros

  total dependency ratio: 75.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 67.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.4
  
  potential support ratio: 18.6 (2020 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  total dependency ratio: 95.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 89.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.9
  
  potential support ratio: 17 (2020 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  total dependency ratio: 78.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 73.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.9
  
  potential support ratio: 20.3 (2020 est.)

• Cook Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Coral Sea Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Costa Rica

  total dependency ratio: 45.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 30.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 14.9
  
  potential support ratio: 6.7 (2020 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  total dependency ratio: 79.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 74.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.2
  
  potential support ratio: 19.3 (2020 est.)

• Croatia

  total dependency ratio: 55.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 22.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 33.1
  
  potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.)

• Cuba

  total dependency ratio: 46.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 23.3
  
  potential support ratio: 4.3 (2020 est.)

• Curacao

  total dependency ratio: 55.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 28.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 27.5
  
  potential support ratio: 3.6 (2020 est.)

• Cyprus

  total dependency ratio: 44.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 24
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 20.9
  
  potential support ratio: 4.8 (2020 est.)
  
  note: data represent the whole country

• Czechia

  total dependency ratio: 56
  
  youth dependency ratio: 24.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 31.4
  
  potential support ratio: 3.2 (2020 est.)

• Denmark

  total dependency ratio: 57.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 25.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 31.7
  
  potential support ratio: 3.2 (2020 est.)

• Dhekelia

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Djibouti

  total dependency ratio: 50.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 43.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.1
  
  potential support ratio: 14.1 (2020 est.)

• Dominica

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Dominican Republic

  total dependency ratio: 53.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 42.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 11.6
  
  potential support ratio: 8.6 (2020 est.)

• Ecuador

  total dependency ratio: 53.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 42.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 11.7
  
  potential support ratio: 8.6 (2020 est.)

• Egypt

  total dependency ratio: 64.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 55.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 8.8
  
  potential support ratio: 11.4 (2020 est.)

• El Salvador

  total dependency ratio: 54.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 41.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.4
  
  potential support ratio: 7.5 (2020 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  total dependency ratio: 64.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 60.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 3.9
  
  potential support ratio: 25.5 (2020 est.)

• Eritrea

  total dependency ratio: 83.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 75.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 8.3
  
  potential support ratio: 12.1 (2020 est.)

• Estonia

  total dependency ratio: 58.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 26.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 32.3
  
  potential support ratio: 3.1 (2020 est.)

• Eswatini

  total dependency ratio: 70.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 64
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.9
  
  potential support ratio: 14.6 (2020 est.)

• Ethiopia

  total dependency ratio: 76.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 70.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.3
  
  potential support ratio: 16 (2020 est.)

• European Union

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Faroe Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Fiji

  total dependency ratio: 53.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 44.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 8.9
  
  potential support ratio: 11.2 (2020 est.)

• Finland

  total dependency ratio: 62.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 25.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 36.6
  
  potential support ratio: 2.7 (2020 est.)

• France

  total dependency ratio: 62.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 28.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 33.7
  
  potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.)

• French Polynesia

  total dependency ratio: 45.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 32.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.2
  
  potential support ratio: 7.6 (2020 est.)

• French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Gabon

  total dependency ratio: 68.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 62.9
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6
  
  potential support ratio: 16.8 (2020 est.)

• Gambia, The

  total dependency ratio: 86.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 82.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.7
  
  potential support ratio: 21.1 (2020 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  total dependency ratio: 71.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 65.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.5
  
  potential support ratio: 18.2 (2020 est.)
  
  note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• Georgia

  total dependency ratio: 55
  
  youth dependency ratio: 31.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 23.6
  
  potential support ratio: 4.2 (2020 est.)

• Germany

  total dependency ratio: 55.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 21.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 33.7
  
  potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.)

• Ghana

  total dependency ratio: 67.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 62.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.3
  
  potential support ratio: 17.1 (2020 est.)

• Gibraltar

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Greece

  total dependency ratio: 56.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 21.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 34.8
  
  potential support ratio: 2.9 (2020 est.)

• Greenland

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Grenada

  total dependency ratio: 50.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 35.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 14.7
  
  potential support ratio: 6.8 (2020 est.)

• Guam

  total dependency ratio: 52.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 36.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 16.1
  
  potential support ratio: 6.2 (2020 est.)

• Guatemala

  total dependency ratio: 62.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 54.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 8.2
  
  potential support ratio: 12.2 (2020 est.)

• Guernsey

  total dependency ratio: 49
  
  youth dependency ratio: 22.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 26.7
  
  potential support ratio: 3.7 (2020 est.)
  
  note: data represent Guernsey and Jersey

• Guinea

  total dependency ratio: 85.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 79.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.5
  
  potential support ratio: 18.3 (2020 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  total dependency ratio: 81.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 76
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.2
  
  potential support ratio: 19.1 (2020 est.)

• Guyana

  total dependency ratio: 53.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 42.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 10.7
  
  potential support ratio: 9.3 (2020 est.)

• Haiti

  total dependency ratio: 60.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 52.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 8.3
  
  potential support ratio: 13.3 (2020 est.)

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Honduras

  total dependency ratio: 55.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 47.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.7
  
  potential support ratio: 13 (2020 est.)

• Hong Kong

  total dependency ratio: 44.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 18.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 26.3
  
  potential support ratio: 3.8 (2020 est.)

• Hungary

  total dependency ratio: 46.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 22
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 30.8
  
  potential support ratio: 3.2 (2020 est.)

• Iceland

  total dependency ratio: 54
  
  youth dependency ratio: 29.9
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 24.1
  
  potential support ratio: 4.2 (2020 est.)

• India

  total dependency ratio: 48.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 38.9
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 9.8
  
  potential support ratio: 10.2 (2020 est.)

• Indonesia

  total dependency ratio: 47.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 38.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 9.2
  
  potential support ratio: 10.8 (2020 est.)

• Iran

  total dependency ratio: 45.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 36
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 9.6
  
  potential support ratio: 14.2 (2020 est.)

• Iraq

  total dependency ratio: 69.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 64.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.9
  
  potential support ratio: 17.1 (2020 est.)

• Ireland

  total dependency ratio: 54.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 32.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 22.6
  
  potential support ratio: 4.4 (2020 est.)

• Isle of Man

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Israel

  total dependency ratio: 67.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 46.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 20.8
  
  potential support ratio: 4.8 (2020 est.)

• Italy

  total dependency ratio: 57
  
  youth dependency ratio: 20.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 36.6
  
  potential support ratio: 2.7 (2020 est.)

• Jamaica

  total dependency ratio: 48
  
  youth dependency ratio: 34.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.4
  
  potential support ratio: 7.4 (2020 est.)

• Jan Mayen

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Japan

  total dependency ratio: 69
  
  youth dependency ratio: 21
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 48
  
  potential support ratio: 2.1 (2020 est.)

• Jersey

  total dependency ratio: 49
  
  youth dependency ratio: 22.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 26.7
  
  potential support ratio: 3.7 (2020 est.)
  
  note: data represent Guernsey and Jersey

• Jordan

  total dependency ratio: 58.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 52
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.3
  
  potential support ratio: 16 (2020 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  total dependency ratio: 58.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 46.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 12.6
  
  potential support ratio: 8 (2020 est.)

• Kenya

  total dependency ratio: 69.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 65.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.3
  
  potential support ratio: 23.5 (2020 est.)

• Kiribati

  total dependency ratio: 67
  
  youth dependency ratio: 60
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7
  
  potential support ratio: 14.2 (2020 est.)

• Korea, North

  total dependency ratio: 41.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 28
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.2
  
  potential support ratio: 7.6 (2020 est.)

• Korea, South

  total dependency ratio: 39.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 17.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 22
  
  potential support ratio: 4.5 (2020 est.)

• Kosovo

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Kuwait

  total dependency ratio: 32.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 28.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4
  
  potential support ratio: 24.9 (2020 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  total dependency ratio: 59.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 52.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.5
  
  potential support ratio: 13.2 (2020 est.)

• Laos

  total dependency ratio: 56.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 50.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.7
  
  potential support ratio: 15 (2020 est.)

• Latvia

  total dependency ratio: 59
  
  youth dependency ratio: 26.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 32.9
  
  potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.)

• Lebanon

  total dependency ratio: 48.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 37.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 11.2
  
  potential support ratio: 8.9 (2020 est.)

• Lesotho

  total dependency ratio: 59.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 51.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.9
  
  potential support ratio: 12.7 (2020 est.)

• Liberia

  total dependency ratio: 77.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 71.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.9
  
  potential support ratio: 17 (2020 est.)

• Libya

  total dependency ratio: 47.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 41
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.7
  
  potential support ratio: 15 (2020 est.)

• Liechtenstein

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Lithuania

  total dependency ratio: 56.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 24.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 32.3
  
  potential support ratio: 3.1 (2020 est.)

• Luxembourg

  total dependency ratio: 42.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 22.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 20.5
  
  potential support ratio: 4.9 (2020 est.)

• Macau

  total dependency ratio: 35.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 19.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 16.2
  
  potential support ratio: 6.2 (2020 est.)

• Madagascar

  total dependency ratio: 75.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 70.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.5
  
  potential support ratio: 18.3 (2020 est.)

• Malawi

  total dependency ratio: 83.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 79.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.9
  
  potential support ratio: 20.6 (2020 est.)

• Malaysia

  total dependency ratio: 44.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 33.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 10.4
  
  potential support ratio: 9.7 (2020 est.)

• Maldives

  total dependency ratio: 30.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 25.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.7
  
  potential support ratio: 21.4 (2020 est.)

• Mali

  total dependency ratio: 98
  
  youth dependency ratio: 93.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.9
  
  potential support ratio: 20.4 (2020 est.)

• Malta

  total dependency ratio: 55.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 22.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 33.2
  
  potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.)

• Marshall Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Mauritania

  total dependency ratio: 75
  
  youth dependency ratio: 69.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.6
  
  potential support ratio: 18 (2020 est.)

• Mauritius

  total dependency ratio: 41.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 17.7
  
  potential support ratio: 5.6 (2020 est.)

• Mexico

  total dependency ratio: 50.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 38.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 11.4
  
  potential support ratio: 8.7 (2020 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  total dependency ratio: 55.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 48.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.8
  
  potential support ratio: 14.7 (2020 est.)

• Moldova

  total dependency ratio: 39.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 22.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 17.4
  
  potential support ratio: 5.7 (2020 est.)

• Monaco

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Mongolia

  total dependency ratio: 54.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 48.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.7
  
  potential support ratio: 15 (2020 est.)

• Montenegro

  total dependency ratio: 51.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 27.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 23.8
  
  potential support ratio: 4.2 (2020 est.)

• Montserrat

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Morocco

  total dependency ratio: 52.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 40.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 11.6
  
  potential support ratio: 8.6 (2020 est.)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  total dependency ratio: 88.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 83
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.4
  
  potential support ratio: 18.5 (2020 est.)

• Namibia

  total dependency ratio: 67.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 61.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6
  
  potential support ratio: 16.6 (2020 est.)

• Nauru

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Navassa Island

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Nepal

  total dependency ratio: 53
  
  youth dependency ratio: 44.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 8.9
  
  potential support ratio: 11.2 (2020 est.)

• Netherlands

  total dependency ratio: 55.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 24.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 31.2
  
  potential support ratio: 3.2 (2020 est.)

• New Caledonia

  total dependency ratio: 46.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 32.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 14.2
  
  potential support ratio: 7 (2020 est.)

• New Zealand

  total dependency ratio: 55.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 30.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 25.5
  
  potential support ratio: 3.9 (2020 est.)

• Nicaragua

  total dependency ratio: 54.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 45.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 8.8
  
  potential support ratio: 11.4 (2020 est.)

• Niger

  total dependency ratio: 109.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 104.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.4
  
  potential support ratio: 18.4 (2020 est.)

• Nigeria

  total dependency ratio: 86
  
  youth dependency ratio: 80.9
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.1
  
  potential support ratio: 19.6 (2020 est.)

• Niue

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Norfolk Island

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• North Macedonia

  total dependency ratio: 44.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 20.9
  
  potential support ratio: 4.8 (2020 est.)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Norway

  total dependency ratio: 53.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 26.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 26.9
  
  potential support ratio: 3.7 (2020 est.)
  
  note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

• Oman

  total dependency ratio: 33.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 30
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 3.3
  
  potential support ratio: 29.9 (2020 est.)

• Pakistan

  total dependency ratio: 64.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 57.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.1
  
  potential support ratio: 14 (2020 est.)

• Palau

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Panama

  total dependency ratio: 53.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 40.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.1
  
  potential support ratio: 7.6 (2020 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  total dependency ratio: 63.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 57.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.8
  
  potential support ratio: 17.2 (2020 est.)

• Paracel Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Paraguay

  total dependency ratio: 55.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 49.9
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 10.6
  
  potential support ratio: 9.4 (2020 est.)

• Peru

  total dependency ratio: 50.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 37.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.1
  
  potential support ratio: 7.6 (2020 est.)

• Philippines

  total dependency ratio: 55.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 46.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 8.6
  
  potential support ratio: 11.7 (2020 est.)

• Pitcairn Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Poland

  total dependency ratio: 51.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 28.4
  
  potential support ratio: 3.5 (2020 est.)

• Portugal

  total dependency ratio: 55.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 20.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 35.5
  
  potential support ratio: 2.8 (2020 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  total dependency ratio: 57.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 24.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 32.8
  
  potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.)

• Qatar

  total dependency ratio: 18.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 16.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 2
  
  potential support ratio: 50.1 (2020 est.)

• Romania

  total dependency ratio: 53.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 29.5
  
  potential support ratio: 3.4 (2020 est.)

• Russia

  total dependency ratio: 51.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 27.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 23.5
  
  potential support ratio: 4.3 (2020 est.)

• Rwanda

  total dependency ratio: 74.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 68.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.4
  
  potential support ratio: 18.4 (2020 est.)

• Saint Barthelemy

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Saint Lucia

  total dependency ratio: 39.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 25
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 14.4
  
  potential support ratio: 7 (2020 est.)

• Saint Martin

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  total dependency ratio: 46.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 32.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 14.5
  
  potential support ratio: 6.9 (2020 est.)

• Samoa

  total dependency ratio: 73.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 64.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 8.8
  
  potential support ratio: 11.4 (2020 est.)

• San Marino

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Sao Tome and Principe

  total dependency ratio: 81
  
  youth dependency ratio: 75.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.4
  
  potential support ratio: 18.4 (2020 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  total dependency ratio: 39.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 34.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.9
  
  potential support ratio: 20.5 (2020 est.)

• Senegal

  total dependency ratio: 84.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 78.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.7
  
  potential support ratio: 17.5 (2020 est.)

• Serbia

  total dependency ratio: 52.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 29.1
  
  potential support ratio: 3.4 (2020 est.)
  
  note: data include Kosovo

• Seychelles

  total dependency ratio: 46.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 34.9
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 11.8
  
  potential support ratio: 8.5 (2020 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  total dependency ratio: 76.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 71.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.2
  
  potential support ratio: 19.4 (2020 est.)

• Singapore

  total dependency ratio: 34.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 16.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 18
  
  potential support ratio: 5.6 (2020 est.)

• Sint Maarten

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Slovakia

  total dependency ratio: 47.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 24.6
  
  potential support ratio: 4.1 (2020 est.)

• Slovenia

  total dependency ratio: 55.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 32.3
  
  potential support ratio: 3.1 (2020 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  total dependency ratio: 77.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 71.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.5
  
  potential support ratio: 15.3 (2020 est.)

• Somalia

  total dependency ratio: 96.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 90.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.7
  
  potential support ratio: 17.6 (2020 est.)

• South Africa

  total dependency ratio: 52.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 43.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 8.4
  
  potential support ratio: 11.9 (2020 est.)

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• South Sudan

  total dependency ratio: 80.8
  
  youth dependency ratio: 74.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.1
  
  potential support ratio: 16.5 (2020 est.)

• Spain

  total dependency ratio: 52.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 21.9
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 30.4
  
  potential support ratio: 3.3 (2020 est.)

• Spratly Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Sri Lanka

  total dependency ratio: 53.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 36.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 17.3
  
  potential support ratio: 5.8 (2020 est.)

• Sudan

  total dependency ratio: 76.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 70.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.5
  
  potential support ratio: 15.4 (2020 est.)

• Suriname

  total dependency ratio: 51.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 40.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 10.8
  
  potential support ratio: 9.3 (2020 est.)

• Svalbard

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Sweden

  total dependency ratio: 61.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 28.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 32.8
  
  potential support ratio: 3.1 (2020 est.)

• Switzerland

  total dependency ratio: 51.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 22.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 29
  
  potential support ratio: 3.5 (2020 est.)

• Syria

  total dependency ratio: 55.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 47.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.6
  
  potential support ratio: 13.2 (2020 est.)

• Taiwan

  total dependency ratio: 40
  
  youth dependency ratio: 17.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 22.2
  
  potential support ratio: 4.5 (2020 est.)

• Tajikistan

  total dependency ratio: 67.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 62.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.3
  
  potential support ratio: 18.7 (2020 est.)

• Tanzania

  total dependency ratio: 85.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 81
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4.9
  
  potential support ratio: 20.4 (2020 est.)

• Thailand

  total dependency ratio: 41.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 18.4
  
  potential support ratio: 5.4 (2020 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  total dependency ratio: 90.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 83.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 6.6
  
  potential support ratio: 15.2 (2020 est.)

• Togo

  total dependency ratio: 77.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 72
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.1
  
  potential support ratio: 19.4 (2020 est.)

• Tokelau

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Tonga

  total dependency ratio: 68.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 58.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 10
  
  potential support ratio: 10 (2020 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  total dependency ratio: 46.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 29.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 16.8
  
  potential support ratio: 7.4 (2020 est.)

• Tunisia

  total dependency ratio: 49.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 36.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.3
  
  potential support ratio: 7.5 (2020 est.)

• Turkey

  total dependency ratio: 49.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 35.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 13.4
  
  potential support ratio: 7.5 (2020 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  total dependency ratio: 55.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 47.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.4
  
  potential support ratio: 13.5 (2020 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Tuvalu

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Uganda

  total dependency ratio: 92.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 88.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 3.8
  
  potential support ratio: 26.2 (2020 est.)

• Ukraine

  total dependency ratio: 49.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 23.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 25.3
  
  potential support ratio: 4 (2020 est.)
  
  note: data include Crimea

• United Arab Emirates

  total dependency ratio: 19.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 17.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 1.5
  
  potential support ratio: 66.4 (2020 est.)

• United Kingdom

  total dependency ratio: 57.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 27.8
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 29.3
  
  potential support ratio: 3.4 (2020 est.)

• United States

  total dependency ratio: 53.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 28.3
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 25.6
  
  potential support ratio: 3.9 (2020 est.)

• United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Uruguay

  total dependency ratio: 54.9
  
  youth dependency ratio: 31.5
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 23.4
  
  potential support ratio: 4.3 (2020 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  total dependency ratio: 50.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 43.4
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 7.2
  
  potential support ratio: 13.9 (2020 est.)

• Vanuatu

  total dependency ratio: 72.5
  
  youth dependency ratio: 66.2
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 12.3
  
  potential support ratio: 8.1 (2020 est.)

• Venezuela

  total dependency ratio: 54.4
  
  youth dependency ratio: 42.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 12.3
  
  potential support ratio: 8.1 (2020 est.)

• Vietnam

  total dependency ratio: 45.1
  
  youth dependency ratio: 33.6
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 11.4
  
  potential support ratio: 8.8 (2020 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  total dependency ratio: 66
  
  youth dependency ratio: 32
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 34
  
  potential support ratio: 2.9 (2020 est.)

• Wake Island

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• Wallis and Futuna

  total dependency ratio: NA
  
  youth dependency ratio: NA
  
  elderly dependency ratio: NA
  
  potential support ratio: NA

• West Bank

  total dependency ratio: 71.2
  
  youth dependency ratio: 65.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.5
  
  potential support ratio: 18.2 (2020 est.)
  
  note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• World

  total dependency ratio: 53.3
  
  youth dependency ratio: 39
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 14.3
  
  potential support ratio: 7 (2020 est.)

• Yemen

  total dependency ratio: 71.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 66.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5
  
  potential support ratio: 19.9 (2020 est.)

• Zambia

  total dependency ratio: 85.7
  
  youth dependency ratio: 81.7
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 4
  
  potential support ratio: 25.3 (2020 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  total dependency ratio: 81.6
  
  youth dependency ratio: 76.1
  
  elderly dependency ratio: 5.5
  
  potential support ratio: 18.3 (2020 est.)