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Countries Ranked by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SP.POP.DPND.YG

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 217 countries reporting, the median value is 33.45, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Samoa

69.11

Europe & Central Asia

Tajikistan

60.55

Latin America & Caribbean

Guatemala

49.67

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Afghanistan

78.39

North America

United States

26.76

South Asia

Nepal

43.69

Sub-Saharan Africa

Central African Republic

100.32

Rank Country Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1 Central African Republic 100.32
2 Niger 91.73
3 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 91.69
4 Congo, Dem. Rep. 90.45
5 Mali 89.64
6 Chad 88.87
7 Burundi 84.71
8 Mozambique 84.29
9 Angola 84.00
10 Uganda 80.24
11 Mauritania 79.01
12 Afghanistan 78.39
13 Tanzania 78.16
14 Burkina Faso 75.26
15 Benin 75.10
16 Cameroon 74.32
17 Zimbabwe 73.61
18 Guinea 73.51
19 Nigeria 73.32
20 Zambia 73.25
21 Yemen, Rep. 72.99
22 Cote d'Ivoire 72.31
23 Sudan 71.98
24 Malawi 71.78
25 Congo, Rep. 71.50
26 Gambia, The 71.02
27 Liberia 69.15
28 Samoa 69.11
29 Togo 69.03
30 Madagascar 68.47
31 Ethiopia 67.68
32 South Sudan 66.99
33 Guinea-Bissau 66.85
34 Vanuatu 66.76
35 Eritrea 66.14
36 Senegal 65.61
37 West Bank and Gaza 65.47
38 Sierra Leone 64.92
39 Sao Tome and Principe 64.92
40 Rwanda 63.63
41 Nauru 63.63
42 Comoros 63.56
43 Equatorial Guinea 63.17
44 Namibia 62.31
45 Solomon Islands 62.25
46 Pakistan 62.14
47 Gabon 61.39
48 Kenya 61.19
49 Tonga 61.16
50 Iraq 60.96
51 Tajikistan 60.55
52 Ghana 59.23
53 Kiribati 56.81
54 Marshall Islands 56.62
55 Lesotho 56.02
56 Timor-Leste 55.12
57 Tuvalu 54.56
58 Eswatini 53.46
59 Papua New Guinea 53.09
60 Kyrgyz Republic 52.18
61 Mongolia 51.37
62 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 51.20
63 Egypt, Arab Rep. 50.87
64 Botswana 50.33
65 Guatemala 49.67
66 Uzbekistan 49.35
67 Turkmenistan 49.26
68 Haiti 48.65
69 Algeria 48.07
70 Kazakhstan 47.40
71 Jordan 47.32
72 Honduras 47.14
73 Cambodia 46.52
74 Lao PDR 46.36
75 Bolivia 46.13
76 Israel 45.65
77 Guyana 45.49
78 Djibouti 44.21
79 Syrian Arab Republic 44.12
80 Paraguay 44.07
81 Nicaragua 43.77
82 Nepal 43.69
83 Bangladesh 42.72
84 Guam 42.31
85 Philippines 41.82
86 American Samoa 41.58
87 Lebanon 41.13
88 Fiji 40.79
89 Libya 40.57
90 Dominican Republic 40.55
91 Venezuela, RB 39.40
92 Belize 38.86
93 Morocco 38.70
94 Suriname 38.58
95 South Africa 38.39
96 Panama 37.86
97 Cabo Verde 37.79
98 El Salvador 37.00
99 Mexico 36.45
100 Ecuador 36.39
101 Tunisia 36.19
102 Indonesia 36.11
103 India 36.09
104 Peru 35.88
105 Myanmar 35.53
106 St. Martin (French part) 35.41
107 Viet Nam 34.29
108 Oman 34.02
109 Sri Lanka 33.45
110 Argentina 32.74
111 Georgia 32.72
112 Saudi Arabia 32.53
113 Iran, Islamic Rep. 32.37
114 Northern Mariana Islands 32.24
115 Faroe Islands 32.05
116 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 31.86
117 New Caledonia 31.67
118 Turkiye 31.42
119 Azerbaijan 31.32
120 Moldova 30.92
121 Malaysia 30.91
122 Greenland 30.42
123 Kosovo 29.92
124 Colombia 28.98
125 Bhutan 28.80
126 Brunei Darussalam 28.80
127 Armenia 28.69
128 Grenada 28.46
129 Brazil 28.38
130 Ireland 28.31
131 Montenegro 28.30
132 New Zealand 28.01
133 Seychelles 27.90
134 Uruguay 27.86
135 Australia 27.69
136 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 27.60
137 French Polynesia 27.45
138 Sweden 27.28
139 Gibraltar 27.26
140 Costa Rica 27.25
141 United Kingdom 27.14
142 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 27.13
143 France 26.90
144 United States 26.76
145 Monaco 26.75
146 Iceland 26.68
147 Russian Federation 26.36
148 Barbados 26.04
149 Palau 25.91
150 Maldives 25.86
151 Dominica 25.84
152 North Macedonia 25.82
153 St. Kitts and Nevis 25.77
154 Jamaica 25.59
155 Aruba 25.49
156 Bahamas, The 25.48
157 Albania 25.43
158 Trinidad and Tobago 25.42
159 Antigua and Barbuda 25.28
160 Belgium 25.21
161 Norway 24.90
162 Estonia 24.80
163 Denmark 24.74
164 Belarus 24.68
165 Chile 24.62
166 Latvia 24.52
167 Romania 24.44
168 Bahrain 24.17
169 Czechia 24.15
170 St. Lucia 24.07
171 Slovak Republic 23.99
172 Finland 23.81
173 Netherlands 23.30
174 Canada 23.22
175 Cyprus 23.19
176 Slovenia 23.17
177 Kuwait 23.16
178 China 23.09
179 Switzerland 22.99
180 Luxembourg 22.95
181 Bulgaria 22.80
182 Poland 22.76
183 Serbia 22.71
184 Isle of Man 22.71
185 Lithuania 22.58
186 Cuba 22.45
187 Hungary 22.29
188 Croatia 22.14
189 Germany 22.12
190 Turks and Caicos Islands 22.11
191 Liechtenstein 21.94
192 Curacao 21.86
193 Austria 21.83
194 Cayman Islands 21.64
195 Channel Islands 21.60
196 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 21.34
197 Thailand 21.10
198 Bermuda 21.05
199 Greece 21.04
200 Ukraine 20.68
201 Mauritius 20.67
202 Portugal 20.43
203 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.14
204 United Arab Emirates 19.62
205 Spain 19.60
206 Malta 19.52
207 Japan 19.45
208 Macao SAR, China 19.37
209 British Virgin Islands 19.10
210 San Marino 18.76
211 Italy 18.73
212 Puerto Rico (US) 18.27
213 Qatar 18.10
214 Andorra 16.47
215 Hong Kong SAR, China 15.72
216 Singapore 15.65
217 Korea, Rep. 15.06

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.DPND.YG), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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