Based on a comparison of 178 countries in 2024, Central African Republic ranked the highest in dependency ratio with 105% followed by Monaco and Niger. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 20.1%, United Arab Emirates with 21.8% and Kuwait with 27.1%.
Average dependency ratio reached 54.7% in 2024 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 -0.362 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Total Dependency Ratio indicator page.
| Total Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Afghanistan | % | 89.8% | 88.5% | 87.2% | 86.1% | 85.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Angola | % | 91.9% | 91.6% | 91.4% | 91.0% | 90.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 85.5% | 84.9% | 84.1% | 83.3% | 82.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 100% | 99.0% | 97.6% | 96.0% | 94.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 105% | 105% | 105% | 105% | 106% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 101% | 101% | 100% | 98.9% | 97.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 95.9% | 96.4% | 96.6% | 96.7% | 96.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 101% | 100% | 99.2% | 98.0% | 96.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 90.3% | 89.7% | 88.9% | 88.1% | 87.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | % | 94.3% | 95.4% | 97.1% | 100% | 99.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 92.9% | 92.7% | 92.3% | 91.8% | 91.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 104% | 103% | 102% | 101% | 99.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 99.0% | 98.6% | 98.3% | 98.0% | 97.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 87.8% | 87.2% | 86.5% | 85.7% | 85.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 93.6% | 91.6% | 89.7% | 88.0% | 86.6% |
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