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Countries by Total dependency ratio (2025)

Total dependency ratio in 2025: highest in Central African Republic (103.6%), lowest in Qatar (20.05%), median 55.06% across the 217 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Total dependency ratio (measured in %) across 261 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %261 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1960–2025

Highest Total dependency ratio, 2025

  1. 1.Central African Republic103.6%
  2. 2.Monaco99.13%
  3. 3.Somalia96.74%
  4. 4.DR Congo96.21%
  5. 5.Niger95.48%
  6. 6.Mali92.89%
  7. 7.Chad92.61%
  8. 8.Angola88.66%
  9. 9.Mozambique88.33%
  10. 10.Burundi87.02%

Lowest Total dependency ratio, 2025

  1. 208.Jamaica36.73%
  2. 209.Saudi Arabia36.38%
  3. 210.Singapore34.95%
  4. 211.Cayman Islands34.36%
  5. 212.British Virgin Islands31.91%
  6. 213.Maldives31.57%
  7. 214.Bahrain28.93%
  8. 215.Kuwait26.82%
  9. 216.United Arab Emirates21.61%
  10. 217.Qatar20.05%

All 217 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Total dependency ratio trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

Central African RepublicRank 1 of 217MonacoRank 2 of 217SomaliaRank 3 of 217DR CongoRank 4 of 217NigerRank 5 of 217MaliRank 6 of 217ChadRank 7 of 217AngolaRank 8 of 217MozambiqueRank 9 of 217BurundiRank 10 of 217MauritaniaRank 11 of 217TanzaniaRank 12 of 217UgandaRank 13 of 217AfghanistanRank 14 of 217BeninRank 15 of 217SamoaRank 16 of 217GuineaRank 17 of 217CameroonRank 18 of 217TogoRank 19 of 217Burkina FasoRank 20 of 217ZimbabweRank 21 of 217SudanRank 22 of 217NigeriaRank 23 of 217YemenRank 24 of 217Cote d'IvoireRank 25 of 217Republic of the CongoRank 26 of 217ZambiaRank 27 of 217The GambiaRank 28 of 217MalawiRank 29 of 217LiberiaRank 30 of 217MadagascarRank 31 of 217VanuatuRank 32 of 217EthiopiaRank 33 of 217EritreaRank 34 of 217TongaRank 35 of 217Guinea-BissauRank 36 of 217West Bank and GazaRank 37 of 217Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 38 of 217SenegalRank 39 of 217ComorosRank 40 of 217JapanRank 41 of 217South SudanRank 42 of 217RwandaRank 43 of 217Sierra LeoneRank 44 of 217Equatorial GuineaRank 45 of 217Saint MartinRank 46 of 217PakistanRank 47 of 217NamibiaRank 48 of 217GabonRank 49 of 217Solomon IslandsRank 50 of 217NauruRank 51 of 217TuvaluRank 52 of 217TajikistanRank 53 of 217IsraelRank 54 of 217US Virgin IslandsRank 55 of 217IraqRank 56 of 217KenyaRank 57 of 217GhanaRank 58 of 217GuamRank 59 of 217Marshall IslandsRank 60 of 217FranceRank 61 of 217KiribatiRank 62 of 217FinlandRank 63 of 217Timor-LesteRank 64 of 217KazakhstanRank 65 of 217LesothoRank 66 of 217Kyrgyz RepublicRank 67 of 217MicronesiaRank 68 of 217PortugalRank 69 of 217Faroe IslandsRank 70 of 217SwedenRank 71 of 217GermanyRank 72 of 217Isle of ManRank 73 of 217LatviaRank 74 of 217UzbekistanRank 75 of 217EswatiniRank 76 of 217CroatiaRank 77 of 217SerbiaRank 78 of 217GreeceRank 79 of 217EstoniaRank 80 of 217MongoliaRank 81 of 217EgyptRank 82 of 217ItalyRank 83 of 217Papua New GuineaRank 84 of 217AlgeriaRank 85 of 217SloveniaRank 86 of 217DenmarkRank 87 of 217United KingdomRank 88 of 217BelgiumRank 89 of 217BulgariaRank 90 of 217Puerto RicoRank 91 of 217GeorgiaRank 92 of 217MoldovaRank 93 of 217Czech RepublicRank 94 of 217MontenegroRank 95 of 217BotswanaRank 96 of 217LebanonRank 97 of 217TurkmenistanRank 98 of 217GuatemalaRank 99 of 217BermudaRank 100 of 217GuyanaRank 101 of 217CambodiaRank 102 of 217NetherlandsRank 103 of 217AustraliaRank 104 of 217Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 105 of 217RomaniaRank 106 of 217LiechtensteinRank 107 of 217HaitiRank 108 of 217HungaryRank 109 of 217New ZealandRank 110 of 217United StatesRank 111 of 217GibraltarRank 112 of 217SwitzerlandRank 113 of 217AustriaRank 114 of 217CanadaRank 115 of 217LithuaniaRank 116 of 217PolandRank 117 of 217BoliviaRank 118 of 217ParaguayRank 119 of 217North MacedoniaRank 120 of 217NorwayRank 121 of 217San MarinoRank 122 of 217JordanRank 123 of 217VenezuelaRank 124 of 217American SamoaRank 125 of 217RussiaRank 126 of 217HondurasRank 127 of 217NepalRank 128 of 217Lao PDRRank 129 of 217SlovakiaRank 130 of 217Channel IslandsRank 131 of 217Dominican RepublicRank 132 of 217BangladeshRank 133 of 217IrelandRank 134 of 217ArubaRank 135 of 217SpainRank 136 of 217AlbaniaRank 137 of 217PanamaRank 138 of 217UruguayRank 139 of 217Sri LankaRank 140 of 217BelarusRank 141 of 217BarbadosRank 142 of 217NicaraguaRank 143 of 217Hong KongRank 144 of 217DjiboutiRank 145 of 217ArgentinaRank 146 of 217MoroccoRank 147 of 217SurinameRank 148 of 217TunisiaRank 149 of 217IcelandRank 150 of 217FijiRank 151 of 217MaltaRank 152 of 217ArmeniaRank 153 of 217Syrian Arab RepublicRank 154 of 217St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 155 of 217PeruRank 156 of 217New CaledoniaRank 157 of 217PhilippinesRank 158 of 217El SalvadorRank 159 of 217UkraineRank 160 of 217MexicoRank 161 of 217South AfricaRank 162 of 217EcuadorRank 163 of 217VietnamRank 164 of 217GreenlandRank 165 of 217CubaRank 166 of 217LibyaRank 167 of 217Northern Mariana IslandsRank 168 of 217CuracaoRank 169 of 217Cabo VerdeRank 170 of 217IndonesiaRank 171 of 217North KoreaRank 172 of 217GrenadaRank 173 of 217MyanmarRank 174 of 217TurkeyRank 175 of 217IndiaRank 176 of 217LuxembourgRank 177 of 217BelizeRank 178 of 217ChileRank 179 of 217Costa RicaRank 180 of 217CyprusRank 181 of 217BrazilRank 182 of 217DominicaRank 183 of 217IranRank 184 of 217South KoreaRank 185 of 217KosovoRank 186 of 217ThailandRank 187 of 217Trinidad and TobagoRank 188 of 217French PolynesiaRank 189 of 217AzerbaijanRank 190 of 217ChinaRank 191 of 217ColombiaRank 192 of 217St. Kitts and NevisRank 193 of 217Antigua and BarbudaRank 194 of 217PalauRank 195 of 217The BahamasRank 196 of 217MalaysiaRank 197 of 217Sint MaartenRank 198 of 217MacaoRank 199 of 217MauritiusRank 200 of 217SeychellesRank 201 of 217AndorraRank 202 of 217Brunei DarussalamRank 203 of 217Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 204 of 217St. LuciaRank 205 of 217OmanRank 206 of 217BhutanRank 207 of 217JamaicaRank 208 of 217Saudi ArabiaRank 209 of 217SingaporeRank 210 of 217Cayman IslandsRank 211 of 217British Virgin IslandsRank 212 of 217MaldivesRank 213 of 217BahrainRank 214 of 217KuwaitRank 215 of 217United Arab EmiratesRank 216 of 217QatarRank 217 of 217

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Total dependency ratio Data Coverage

This page lists 261 countries with available Total dependency ratio data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.