Data for 2017

Total Dependency Ratio, 2017

Name: Total Dependency Ratio, 2017
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2017 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Vatican City is highest, at 112.237; Qatar is lowest, at 17.453. The middle country reads 53.627. Against 2016, 222 values changed (110 up, 112 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2017

HighestVatican City

112.237

LowestQatar

17.453

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
221distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Total Dependency Ratio, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Dependency Ratio, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	112.237	12.811	99.426
Niger`NER`Western Africa	105.292	100.214	5.078
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	104.594	100.302	4.291
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	101.880	96.679	5.201
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	101.801	97.669	4.132
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	101.068	96.411	4.657
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.504	94.593	4.912
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	95.798	89.720	6.078
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	95.640	91.760	3.881
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	93.242	87.877	5.366
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	92.072	86.914	5.158
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	91.692	23.492	68.200
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	91.294	86.780	4.514
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	91.139	86.247	4.892
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.787	84.328	6.459
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	90.731	85.918	4.813
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	90.616	85.094	5.523
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	88.418	82.828	5.589
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	88.126	82.551	5.575
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	87.512	81.160	6.352
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	86.345	79.865	6.481
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	86.088	82.826	3.262
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	85.998	80.366	5.632
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	84.890	77.492	7.397
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	84.453	79.281	5.171
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	84.184	79.324	4.860
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	82.910	77.828	5.081
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	82.887	77.057	5.830
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	82.663	76.273	6.390
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	81.912	75.235	6.677
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	81.458	76.951	4.507
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	81.061	76.205	4.856
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	80.985	75.597	5.388
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	80.363	75.152	5.211
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	79.164	74.463	4.701
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	79.161	73.888	5.273
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	79.072	73.463	5.609
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	79.053	73.828	5.226
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	77.638	69.828	7.810
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	77.587	69.752	7.835
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	77.482	71.904	5.578
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	77.160	72.660	4.501
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	76.304	66.616	9.687
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	75.936	67.234	8.702
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	75.690	69.794	5.896
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	75.459	69.071	6.388
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	75.060	69.544	5.516
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.553	67.768	6.785
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	73.749	63.205	10.544
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	73.577	66.827	6.750
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	71.242	65.518	5.724
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	71.001	65.212	5.789
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	68.423	61.695	6.728
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.310	21.220	47.089
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	67.490	61.124	6.366
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	67.276	61.335	5.942
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	65.980	63.012	2.968
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	65.951	46.879	19.072
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	65.721	58.612	7.108
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	65.441	59.525	5.916
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	65.108	59.833	5.275
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	64.646	59.648	4.998
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	63.378	57.181	6.197
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	63.303	41.835	21.468
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	62.747	57.968	4.779
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	62.525	55.428	7.097
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	61.967	33.934	28.033
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	60.894	51.582	9.312
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	60.859	54.053	6.806
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	60.851	53.924	6.927
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.392	54.434	5.958
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	60.339	54.687	5.652
France`FRA`Western Europe	60.261	28.737	31.525
Bolivia`BOL`South America	60.191	51.178	9.014
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.944	28.272	31.672
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.603	25.854	33.749
Honduras`HND`Central America	59.592	53.765	5.827
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	59.488	51.324	8.164
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	59.258	29.195	30.063
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	58.960	52.177	6.783
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	58.811	50.219	8.591
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	58.269	25.012	33.258
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	57.849	48.988	8.862
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	57.802	51.329	6.473
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.761	50.017	7.744
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	57.366	50.886	6.481
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	57.189	49.484	7.705
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56.480	28.199	28.281
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	56.437	22.558	33.878
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56.130	20.909	35.221
Argentina`ARG`South America	55.973	38.337	17.636
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	55.890	25.987	29.903
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.625	25.329	30.296
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	55.561	28.262	27.299
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.480	24.367	31.113
Guyana`GUY`South America	55.436	46.694	8.741
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	55.415	44.344	11.071
Uruguay`URY`South America	55.222	32.235	22.987
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	55.177	26.337	28.839
Paraguay`PRY`South America	54.890	45.928	8.962
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	54.830	46.365	8.465
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.779	21.519	33.259
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	54.644	46.511	8.133
Peru`PER`South America	54.434	41.456	12.978
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	54.364	39.811	14.553
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	54.358	23.619	30.739
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	54.317	47.238	7.079
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	53.951	38.034	15.917
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.944	21.816	32.128
Panama`PAN`Central America	53.789	42.091	11.698
Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.740	42.973	10.768
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.513	47.443	6.070
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	53.493	42.180	11.313
Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.364	42.623	10.741
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	53.359	41.325	12.034
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	53.258	20.624	32.634
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53.154	22.316	30.838
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	53.140	44.752	8.388
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	53.139	23.911	29.228
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.004	43.620	9.384
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	52.984	24.804	28.180
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	52.942	32.031	20.910
Belize`BLZ`Central America	52.936	46.522	6.415
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	52.906	30.926	21.979
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	52.819	27.174	25.645
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	52.470	22.731	29.738
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52.258	29.619	22.639
Suriname`SUR`South America	52.185	42.432	9.753
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	52.042	28.647	23.396
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.984	21.728	30.256
Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.818	41.243	10.576
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	51.549	22.753	28.796
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	51.338	36.668	14.670
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.267	42.753	8.513
United States`USA`Northern America	51.236	28.642	22.593
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.228	42.963	8.265
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.156	41.761	9.395
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	51.088	22.392	28.696
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	51.051	45.572	5.479
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.913	23.881	27.032
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.897	27.904	22.994
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.822	43.366	7.456
India`IND`Southern Asia	50.767	41.985	8.782
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	50.550	29.439	21.111
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	50.345	38.150	12.195
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	50.034	21.531	28.503
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	49.960	21.797	28.162
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	49.542	22.324	27.217
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	49.311	21.524	27.787
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	49.274	34.390	14.884
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	49.217	27.143	22.074
Canada`CAN`Northern America	49.098	24.112	24.986
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	48.948	25.858	23.091
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	48.905	20.891	28.014
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.813	39.530	9.284
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	48.689	34.735	13.954
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	47.916	36.095	11.821
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.858	36.959	10.899
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47.714	20.625	27.089
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	47.437	27.510	19.927
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	47.408	32.131	15.277
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	47.307	21.712	25.594
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	47.251	21.974	25.277
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	47.067	25.804	21.263
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	47.008	28.147	18.861
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	46.819	30.056	16.763
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.756	38.022	8.734
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	46.411	25.561	20.850
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	46.355	22.256	24.099
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	46.319	37.779	8.540
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.175	26.726	19.449
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	46.124	27.542	18.582
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	46.022	29.009	17.013
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46.010	24.404	21.606
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45.656	22.414	23.242
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.495	36.671	8.824
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.492	33.931	11.561
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	45.322	35.487	9.835
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	45.262	31.607	13.655
Chile`CHL`South America	45.241	28.084	17.157
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	45.193	33.759	11.434
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	45.106	29.850	15.257
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.991	23.598	21.393
Colombia`COL`South America	44.839	33.756	11.084
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	44.394	22.446	21.948
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	43.863	23.281	20.582
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.671	34.331	9.340
Brazil`BRA`South America	43.371	31.053	12.318
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	43.371	27.782	15.589
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	42.970	34.191	8.779
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	42.576	35.257	7.319
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	41.511	25.972	15.539
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	40.852	28.459	12.393
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	40.802	29.280	11.522
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	40.662	31.322	9.340
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	40.613	22.403	18.210
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.062	24.282	15.779
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	39.396	26.946	12.450
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	39.291	27.105	12.186
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	39.193	29.253	9.940
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	39.167	27.682	11.485
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	39.129	16.074	23.055
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	39.054	27.618	11.436
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	38.921	27.596	11.325
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	38.797	20.478	18.319
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	38.667	26.057	12.609
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.511	24.810	13.701
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	37.829	34.686	3.143
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	37.741	31.296	6.444
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	36.779	17.803	18.976
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	36.699	18.021	18.678
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	36.530	24.128	12.402
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	35.742	30.492	5.250
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	35.678	25.344	10.334
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	33.032	29.640	3.393
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	32.102	28.249	3.854
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	31.317	22.626	8.691
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	29.837	17.502	12.334
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	28.852	25.486	3.366
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	28.847	16.009	12.838
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	22.313	20.504	1.809
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17.453	16.135	1.318

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Vatican City112.237
Niger105.292
Central African Republic104.594
Mali101.880
Chad101.801

Lowest

Qatar17.453
United Arab Emirates22.313
Singapore28.847
Bahrain28.852
Macau29.837

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 53.627. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Child dependency ratio (aged 0–14 per 100 aged 15–64)
HighestCentral African Republic100.302
LowestVatican City12.811
Middle country: 36.670
Old-age dependency ratio (aged 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)
HighestVatican City99.426
LowestQatar1.318
Middle country: 10.439

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
110 · 112rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan86.095 → 90.731+4.636
Lebanon50.872 → 53.359+2.487
Monaco89.377 → 91.692+2.315
Moldova44.962 → 47.008+2.046
Mongolia51.726 → 53.513+1.787

Fell most

Syria80.125 → 77.638−2.487
Uganda97.947 → 95.640−2.307
Vatican City114.476 → 112.237−2.239
Malawi92.470 → 90.616−1.854
Timor-Leste78.049 → 76.304−1.745

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2017.
221 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 43.371. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

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