Demography

Youth dependency ratio

Name: Youth dependency ratio by country, 2023
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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216 countries · 2023

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Youth dependency ratio league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Central African Republic	100.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Niger	93.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	92%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Chad	91.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Mali	90.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Congo, Dem. Rep.	90.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Burundi	87%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Mozambique	85.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Angola	84.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
10	Uganda	81.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Mauritania	80.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Afghanistan	79.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
13	Tanzania	78.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Burkina Faso	77.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
15	Benin	76%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Cameroon	75.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
17	Zimbabwe	75.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Nigeria	74.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
19	Zambia	74.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Guinea	74.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	Togo	74.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Malawi	73.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Cote d'Ivoire	73.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Yemen, Rep.	73.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
25	Congo, Rep.	72.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Sudan	72.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Gambia, The	72.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Liberia	70.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Samoa	69.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
30	South Sudan	69.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Madagascar	69.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Ethiopia	68.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Guinea-Bissau	68.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
34	Eritrea	67.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Vanuatu	67.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
36	Senegal	66.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	West Bank and Gaza	66.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
38	Sao Tome and Principe	66.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Sierra Leone	66.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Rwanda	64.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Naoero	64.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
42	Comoros	64.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Equatorial Guinea	63.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
44	Solomon Islands	63.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
45	Namibia	63.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Pakistan	63%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
47	Kenya	62.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Iraq	62.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
49	Gabon	61.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
50	Tonga	61.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
51	Tajikistan	61%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
52	Ghana	60.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Kiribati	57.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
54	Lesotho	57%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Marshall Islands	57%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
56	Timor-Leste	56.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
57	Eswatini	54.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Papua New Guinea	53.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
59	Tuvalu	53.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
60	Kyrgyz Republic	52.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
61	Mongolia	52.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
62	Egypt, Arab Rep.	51.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
63	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	51.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
64	Guatemala	50.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
65	Botswana	50.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
66	Haiti	49.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
67	Turkmenistan	49.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
68	Uzbekistan	48.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
69	Algeria	48.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
70	Jordan	48.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
71	Honduras	47.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
72	Kazakhstan	47.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
73	Cambodia	47.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
74	Lao PDR	47.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
75	Bolivia	46.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
76	Syrian Arab Republic	46.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
77	Israel	46%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
78	Guyana	45.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
79	Djibouti	45%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
80	Nicaragua	44.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
81	Paraguay	44.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Nepal	44.2%	South Asia	Lower middle income
83	Bangladesh	43.4%	South Asia	Lower middle income
84	Philippines	43.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
85	American Samoa	42.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
86	Lebanon	42.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
87	Guam	42.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
88	Libya	41.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
89	Fiji	41.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
90	Dominican Republic	41.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Venezuela, RB	40.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
92	Belize	39.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Morocco	39.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
94	Cabo Verde	39.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
95	Suriname	39.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	South Africa	38.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
97	Panama	38.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
98	El Salvador	37.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	Ecuador	37.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Mexico	37.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
101	India	36.8%	South Asia	Lower middle income
102	Tunisia	36.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
103	Indonesia	36.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
104	Peru	36.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Myanmar	35.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
106	Oman	35%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
107	Viet Nam	34.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
108	St. Martin (French part)	34.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Sri Lanka	33.9%	South Asia	Upper middle income
110	Argentina	33.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
111	Georgia	33.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Iran, Islamic Rep.	33%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
113	Saudi Arabia	33%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
114	Northern Mariana Islands	32.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
115	Faroe Islands	32.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	32.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Azerbaijan	32.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Turkiye	32%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	New Caledonia	31.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
120	Malaysia	31.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
121	Moldova	31%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
122	Greenland	30.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Bhutan	29.7%	South Asia	Lower middle income
124	Colombia	29.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	Grenada	29.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
126	Armenia	29.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
127	Ireland	29.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
128	Brunei Darussalam	29%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
129	Brazil	28.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
130	Montenegro	28.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
131	Uruguay	28.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	French Polynesia	28.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
133	New Zealand	28.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
134	Seychelles	28.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
135	Costa Rica	28%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
136	Australia	27.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
137	Sweden	27.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	27.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
139	Gibraltar	27.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	United Kingdom	27.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	France	27.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	Iceland	27.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	United States	27.1%	North America	High income
144	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	27%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
145	Russian Federation	26.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Maldives	26.5%	South Asia	Upper middle income
147	Barbados	26.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
148	Palau	26.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
149	Jamaica	26.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
150	Dominica	26.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
151	Bahamas, The	26.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
152	Monaco	26.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	North Macedonia	26.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
154	Aruba	25.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
155	St. Kitts and Nevis	25.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
156	Antigua and Barbuda	25.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
157	Trinidad and Tobago	25.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
158	Belgium	25.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Albania	25.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
160	Norway	25.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Estonia	25.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Chile	25.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
163	Belarus	25.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
164	Denmark	25%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Latvia	24.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Romania	24.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Czechia	24.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Bahrain	24.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
169	St. Lucia	24.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
170	Finland	24.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Slovak Republic	24.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
172	China	24%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	Kuwait	23.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
174	Netherlands	23.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
175	Canada	23.4%	North America	High income
176	Slovenia	23.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Isle of Man	23.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Poland	23.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	Cyprus	23.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Switzerland	23%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
181	Luxembourg	22.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
182	Bulgaria	22.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
183	Lithuania	22.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	Cuba	22.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
185	Serbia	22.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
186	Croatia	22.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
187	Hungary	22.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
188	Curacao	22.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
189	Turks and Caicos Islands	22.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
190	Germany	22%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
191	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	21.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
192	Liechtenstein	21.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
193	Austria	21.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
194	Cayman Islands	21.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
195	Greece	21.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
196	Thailand	21.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
197	Ukraine	21.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
198	Bermuda	21.3%	North America	High income
199	Mauritius	21%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
200	Portugal	20.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
201	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
202	Spain	20.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
203	British Virgin Islands	20%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
204	United Arab Emirates	19.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
205	Japan	19.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
206	Malta	19.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
207	Macao SAR, China	19.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
208	San Marino	19.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
209	Italy	19.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
210	Puerto Rico (US)	18.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
211	Qatar	18.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
212	Taiwan	17.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
213	Andorra	16.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
214	Hong Kong SAR, China	15.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
215	Singapore	15.7%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
216	Korea, Rep.	15.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income

Youth dependency ratio