Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) by country
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Countries reporting
217
Highest
99.1%
Central African Republic
Lowest
14.7%
Republic of Korea
Median
33.0%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,526
What the numbers show
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 99.1% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 14.7% in Republic of Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.0%, and the mean is 40.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 181 fell. The largest increase was in Monaco (up 19.8%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 41.9%).
Age dependency ratio, young: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 99.1% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 91.6% | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 90.4% | 2025 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 90.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 5 | Chad | 88.5% | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 6 | Mali | 88.3% | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 7 | Angola | 83.2% | 2025 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 8 | Mozambique | 83.2% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 9 | Burundi | 82.3% | 2025 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 10 | Uganda | 78.9% | 2025 | down 18.0% | flat |
| 11 | Mauritania | 78.0% | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 12 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 77.5% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 77.4% | 2025 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 14 | Benin | 74.2% | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 15 | Cameroon | 73.3% | 2025 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 73.3% | 2025 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 17 | Yemen | 72.7% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 18 | Guinea | 72.4% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 19 | Togo | 72.1% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 20 | Zambia | 71.8% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 21 | Nigeria | 71.8% | 2025 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 71.7% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 23 | Sudan | 71.3% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 71.1% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 25 | Congo | 70.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 26 | Malawi | 70.0% | 2025 | down 20.6% | flat |
| 27 | Gambia | 69.6% | 2025 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 28 | Samoa | 68.1% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 29 | Liberia | 67.9% | 2025 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 30 | Madagascar | 67.6% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 66.9% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 32 | Vanuatu | 65.8% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 65.6% | 2025 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 34 | Eritrea | 64.6% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 35 | South Sudan | 64.5% | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 36 | Senegal | 64.4% | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 37 | Palestine, State of | 64.2% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 63.9% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 63.7% | 2025 | down 16.2% | flat |
| 40 | Comoros | 62.8% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 41 | Rwanda | 62.8% | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 42 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.7% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 43 | Naoero | 62.1% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 44 | Namibia | 61.5% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 61.2% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 61.0% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 47 | Gabon | 60.8% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 48 | Tonga | 60.0% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 59.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 50 | Kenya | 59.7% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 51 | Iraq | 59.5% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 52 | Ghana | 58.3% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 53 | Kiribati | 56.1% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 54 | Marshall Islands | 55.4% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 55 | Tuvalu | 55.1% | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 56 | Lesotho | 55.0% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 57 | Timor-Leste | 53.7% | 2025 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 58 | Eswatini | 52.7% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 52.4% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 51.4% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 61 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 50.5% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 62 | Mongolia | 50.1% | 2025 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 63 | Botswana | 50.0% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 50.0% | 2025 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 65 | Egypt | 50.0% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 48.8% | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 67 | Guatemala | 48.5% | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 68 | Haiti | 47.8% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 69 | Algeria | 47.3% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 47.1% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 71 | Jordan | 46.4% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 72 | Honduras | 46.4% | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 73 | Cambodia | 46.0% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 74 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 45.7% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 75 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 45.4% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 76 | Israel | 45.2% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 77 | Guyana | 45.1% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 78 | Paraguay | 43.7% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 79 | Djibouti | 43.5% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 80 | Nepal | 42.9% | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 42.9% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 82 | Syrian Arab Republic | 42.6% | 2025 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 83 | Guam | 42.4% | 2025 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 84 | Bangladesh | 42.1% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 85 | American Samoa | 40.5% | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 86 | Philippines | 40.4% | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 87 | Fiji | 40.3% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 88 | Lebanon | 40.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 39.9% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 90 | Libya | 39.5% | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 91 | Belize | 38.3% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 92 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 38.3% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 93 | South Africa | 38.2% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 94 | Suriname | 38.1% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 95 | Morocco | 38.0% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 96 | Panama | 37.3% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 36.2% | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 98 | El Salvador | 36.2% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 99 | Mexico | 35.8% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 100 | Indonesia | 35.5% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 101 | Saint Martin (French part) | 35.5% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 102 | Tunisia | 35.4% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 103 | Ecuador | 35.4% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 104 | India | 35.4% | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 105 | Peru | 35.3% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 106 | Myanmar | 35.2% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 107 | Viet Nam | 33.8% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 108 | Oman | 33.3% | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 109 | Sri Lanka | 33.0% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 110 | Georgia | 32.3% | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 111 | Saudi Arabia | 32.2% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 112 | Faroe Islands | 31.9% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 113 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 31.7% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 114 | Argentina | 31.7% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 31.4% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 116 | Northern Mariana Islands | 31.2% | 2025 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.2% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 118 | Türkiye | 30.7% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 119 | Republic of Moldova | 30.7% | 2025 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 120 | Greenland | 30.6% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 30.4% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 122 | Malaysia | 30.2% | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 123 | Kosovo | 28.8% | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 123 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 28.8% | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 125 | Colombia | 28.6% | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 126 | Brunei Darussalam | 28.6% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 127 | Armenia | 28.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 128 | Brazil | 28.0% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 129 | Montenegro | 28.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 130 | Bhutan | 27.9% | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 131 | Grenada | 27.8% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 132 | New Zealand | 27.7% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 133 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 27.7% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 134 | Seychelles | 27.6% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 135 | Ireland | 27.5% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 136 | Australia | 27.5% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 137 | Monaco | 27.4% | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 138 | United States Virgin Islands | 27.2% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 139 | Gibraltar | 27.2% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 140 | Uruguay | 27.2% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 141 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 26.8% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 142 | Sweden | 26.8% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 26.6% | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 144 | French Polynesia | 26.5% | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 145 | United States of America | 26.5% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 146 | France | 26.5% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 147 | Iceland | 26.3% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 148 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26.2% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 149 | Russian Federation | 26.1% | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 150 | Barbados | 25.9% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 151 | Palau | 25.5% | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Dominica | 25.5% | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 153 | North Macedonia | 25.5% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 154 | Albania | 25.2% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.1% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 156 | Aruba | 25.1% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 157 | Maldives | 25.0% | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 158 | Jamaica | 25.0% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 159 | Bahamas | 24.9% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.9% | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 161 | Belgium | 24.8% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 162 | Denmark | 24.6% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 163 | Norway | 24.5% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 164 | Latvia | 24.3% | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 165 | Estonia | 24.2% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 166 | Romania | 24.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 167 | Belarus | 24.1% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 168 | Chile | 24.0% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 169 | Slovakia | 23.8% | 2025 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 170 | Bahrain | 23.7% | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 23.7% | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 172 | Czechia | 23.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 173 | Finland | 23.3% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 174 | Cyprus | 23.3% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 175 | Netherlands | 23.3% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 176 | Canada | 23.1% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 177 | Switzerland | 23.0% | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 178 | Luxembourg | 23.0% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 179 | Slovenia | 22.9% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 180 | Kuwait | 22.8% | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 181 | Serbia | 22.7% | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 182 | Bulgaria | 22.7% | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 183 | Lithuania | 22.4% | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 184 | Poland | 22.3% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 185 | Hungary | 22.3% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 186 | Isle of Man | 22.3% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 187 | Germany | 22.2% | 2025 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 188 | Cuba | 22.1% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 189 | China | 22.1% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 190 | Liechtenstein | 22.1% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 191 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 22.1% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 192 | Croatia | 21.9% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 193 | Austria | 21.8% | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 194 | Cayman Islands | 21.6% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 195 | Curaçao | 21.4% | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 196 | Sint Maarten | 20.9% | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 197 | Bermuda | 20.9% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 198 | Thailand | 20.7% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 199 | Greece | 20.5% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 200 | Portugal | 20.4% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 201 | Mauritius | 20.4% | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 202 | Ukraine | 20.3% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 203 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.0% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 204 | United Arab Emirates | 19.4% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 205 | Malta | 19.4% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 206 | Macau, China | 19.3% | 2025 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Spain | 19.2% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 208 | Japan | 19.1% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 209 | British Virgin Islands | 18.6% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 210 | Italy | 18.4% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 211 | San Marino | 18.2% | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 212 | Qatar | 18.0% | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 213 | Puerto Rico | 17.7% | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 214 | Andorra | 16.2% | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 215 | Singapore | 15.8% | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 216 | Hong Kong, China | 15.6% | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 217 | Republic of Korea | 14.7% | 2025 | down 21.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pre-demographic dividend 75.0%
- European Union 22.4%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 73.9%
- Euro area 22.1%
- Low income 73.3%
- Chagai 21.4%
- Channel Islands 21.4%
- Africa Western and Central 72.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 71.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 71.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 71.6%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 70.7%
- Least developed countries 66.6%
- IDA blend 64.9%
- IDA total 64.4%
- IDA only 64.1%
- Pacific island small states 53.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 52.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 52.6%
- Arab World 50.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 50.3%
- Lower middle income 45.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 40.6%
- Low & middle income 40.2%
- IDA & IBRD total 39.8%
- World 37.4%
- Middle income 36.7%
- Small states 36.6%
- South Asia 36.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 36.1%
- Other small states 35.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 34.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 33.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 33.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean 32.7%
- Caribbean Small States 31.8%
- IBRD only 31.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 30.3%
- Upper middle income 28.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 26.7%
About this data
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.