Based on a comparison of 178 countries in 2022, Niger ranked the highest in dependency ratio with 107% followed by Monaco and Mali. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 14.9%, United Arab Emirates with 17.4% and Bahrain with 26.2%.
Average dependency ratio reached 48.7% in 2022 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 0.661 % more than in the previous year and 5.59 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average dependency ratio reached an all time high of 77.2% in 1966 and an all time low of 47.5% in 2030. The average annual growth amounted to -0.363 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Total Dependency Ratio indicator page.
| Total Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Angola | % | 93.0% | 92.7% | 92.3% | 91.9% | 91.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 100% | 99.7% | 98.2% | 96.8% | 95.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 101% | 100% | 99.9% | 99.4% | 98.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | % | 76.6% | 74.6% | 72.5% | 70.4% | 68.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 90.3% | 89.2% | 87.9% | 86.5% | 85.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 93.5% | 91.4% | 89.2% | 87.0% | 84.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 103% | 102% | 101% | 100% | 99.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | % | 90.0% | 91.1% | 92.6% | 94.0% | 95.2% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 88.8% | 88.1% | 87.5% | 86.8% | 86.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 106% | 106% | 106% | 106% | 105% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 89.0% | 88.3% | 87.7% | 86.9% | 86.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 101% | 101% | 100% | 99.8% | 99.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 91.1% | 90.5% | 89.6% | 88.7% | 87.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 95.8% | 93.7% | 91.7% | 89.9% | 88.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 87.1% | 85.8% | 84.5% | 83.2% | 81.8% |
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