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Countries by Youth dependency ratio (2025)

Youth dependency ratio in 2025: highest in Central African Republic (99.11%), lowest in South Korea (14.69%), median 32.97% across the 217 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Youth 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 Youth dependency ratio, 2025

  1. 1.Central African Republic99.11%
  2. 2.Somalia91.59%
  3. 3.Niger90.36%
  4. 4.DR Congo90.16%
  5. 5.Chad88.52%
  6. 6.Mali88.33%
  7. 7.Angola83.19%
  8. 8.Mozambique83.18%
  9. 9.Burundi82.25%
  10. 10.Uganda78.87%

Lowest Youth dependency ratio, 2025

  1. 208.Japan19.12%
  2. 209.British Virgin Islands18.58%
  3. 210.Italy18.43%
  4. 211.San Marino18.23%
  5. 212.Qatar18.01%
  6. 213.Puerto Rico17.7%
  7. 214.Andorra16.18%
  8. 215.Singapore15.77%
  9. 216.Hong Kong15.62%
  10. 217.South Korea14.69%

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

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

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

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Youth dependency ratio Data Coverage

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