Data for 2020

Total Dependency Ratio, 2020

Name: Total Dependency Ratio, 2020
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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2020, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2020 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Vatican City is highest, at 106.654; Qatar is lowest, at 19.969. The middle country reads 54.981. Against 2019, 222 values changed (115 up, 107 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2020

HighestVatican City

106.654

LowestQatar

19.969

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

222countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
220distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Total Dependency Ratio, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Dependency Ratio, 2020: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	106.654	11.937	94.716
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	104.549	100.048	4.501
Niger`NER`Western Africa	102.207	97.098	5.108
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	100.055	95.958	4.097
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	99.243	94.280	4.962
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	98.294	93.263	5.031
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	97.596	92.785	4.812
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	97.081	25.219	71.863
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	96.613	90.545	6.068
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	92.291	86.886	5.405
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	91.370	86.154	5.216
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	89.702	85.790	3.911
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	88.950	82.790	6.160
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	87.321	82.509	4.812
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.248	82.809	4.439
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.538	80.906	5.632
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	84.589	79.591	4.998
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	84.526	79.025	5.501
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	84.384	77.780	6.604
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.139	78.541	5.598
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	83.787	77.456	6.330
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	82.884	77.806	5.078
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	82.291	78.995	3.296
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.215	77.306	4.909
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	81.193	76.181	5.012
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	80.756	76.244	4.512
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.499	74.685	5.815
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	80.263	75.289	4.974
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	80.160	72.789	7.370
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	79.933	74.554	5.380
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	78.249	73.710	4.539
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	78.242	68.798	9.444
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	78.121	71.838	6.283
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	77.858	72.457	5.401
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	77.855	71.026	6.830
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.181	71.832	5.349
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	77.125	71.539	5.586
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	77.053	71.619	5.434
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	75.638	68.508	7.130
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	75.291	69.785	5.506
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	75.077	68.817	6.260
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	74.628	66.826	7.802
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	74.314	68.255	6.059
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	72.795	66.397	6.398
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	72.734	61.791	10.943
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.632	67.817	4.815
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	72.065	65.144	6.922
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	71.984	66.205	5.779
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.061	61.592	9.469
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	70.584	64.643	5.941
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	69.892	20.762	49.130
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	68.951	62.204	6.746
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	68.676	62.645	6.031
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.615	62.766	5.849
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	66.973	63.438	3.535
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	66.910	46.792	20.117
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	65.850	60.443	5.407
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65.648	59.372	6.276
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	64.301	56.829	7.472
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	64.231	57.776	6.455
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	64.097	40.511	23.586
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	62.763	56.456	6.307
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	62.434	33.706	28.728
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	62.205	54.833	7.372
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	61.954	55.955	5.999
France`FRA`Western Europe	61.777	28.213	33.565
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	61.722	54.135	7.587
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	61.684	25.320	36.364
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	61.352	53.044	8.308
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	60.797	55.795	5.002
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	60.774	52.681	8.093
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	60.761	28.512	32.249
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	60.398	26.407	33.991
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	60.062	31.022	29.040
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	59.722	50.576	9.146
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.912	52.069	6.843
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.907	44.409	14.498
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.819	51.777	7.042
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	58.742	24.045	34.697
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	58.377	46.263	12.114
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	58.140	51.987	6.152
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	58.079	51.916	6.164
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.069	48.752	9.317
Bolivia`BOL`South America	57.913	48.985	8.928
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.903	25.261	32.642
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.824	25.944	31.881
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	57.726	40.737	16.989
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.659	28.326	29.334
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.639	22.338	35.301
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.521	48.954	8.567
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	57.004	25.602	31.402
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	56.978	25.121	31.857
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56.753	20.105	36.648
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	56.741	20.906	35.835
Honduras`HND`Central America	56.677	50.419	6.258
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	56.653	47.115	9.538
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.540	22.591	33.948
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	56.538	22.623	33.916
Venezuela`VEN`South America	56.485	43.552	12.934
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	56.343	46.391	9.952
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	56.310	26.261	30.049
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	56.201	39.056	17.144
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.977	32.756	23.221
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	55.881	49.269	6.612
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.841	20.849	34.992
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	55.841	22.224	33.616
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.295	21.371	33.924
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	55.239	47.227	8.011
Argentina`ARG`South America	55.021	36.739	18.282
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	54.999	48.063	6.936
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	54.999	27.991	27.008
Guyana`GUY`South America	54.962	45.662	9.299
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	54.818	47.502	7.316
Paraguay`PRY`South America	54.522	45.019	9.503
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	54.463	23.383	31.080
Uruguay`URY`South America	54.163	30.536	23.627
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	54.119	24.811	29.308
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	54.068	45.078	8.990
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	54.033	28.401	25.632
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	53.964	23.272	30.691
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.951	45.778	8.173
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	53.905	48.061	5.845
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	53.822	24.026	29.796
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	53.702	26.454	27.249
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	53.606	28.509	25.097
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	53.290	26.322	26.968
Panama`PAN`Central America	53.100	40.403	12.697
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.054	30.766	22.288
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	53.018	22.276	30.742
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52.998	29.099	23.899
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.654	42.259	10.396
United States`USA`Northern America	52.590	28.066	24.524
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	52.388	43.271	9.117
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	52.189	43.078	9.112
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	52.169	30.422	21.747
Peru`PER`South America	52.026	38.772	13.254
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	51.766	44.715	7.052
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	51.637	35.388	16.249
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	51.614	39.925	11.689
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.446	40.889	10.557
Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.413	39.964	11.450
Canada`CAN`Northern America	51.198	24.005	27.194
Suriname`SUR`South America	51.095	40.544	10.552
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.071	20.490	30.581
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	51.065	22.738	28.327
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	50.964	21.436	29.528
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	50.523	23.314	27.209
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	50.518	21.664	28.854
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	50.507	25.905	24.602
Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.309	39.057	11.252
Belize`BLZ`Central America	50.105	43.372	6.733
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	50.072	37.643	12.429
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	50.032	20.102	29.930
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	49.951	21.726	28.225
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	49.907	28.074	21.833
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	49.769	21.830	27.940
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.568	26.426	23.141
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	49.496	40.363	9.133
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	49.289	33.199	16.090
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	48.881	26.890	21.991
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	48.879	27.177	21.702
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	48.767	25.360	23.407
India`IND`Southern Asia	48.726	39.182	9.544
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48.409	23.530	24.879
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	48.274	33.069	15.205
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.176	29.886	18.290
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.022	38.241	9.781
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	47.885	22.602	25.283
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.686	25.878	21.809
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46.964	35.843	11.121
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	46.813	30.684	16.129
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.698	19.559	27.139
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.485	33.355	13.131
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.313	36.792	9.522
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	45.932	23.109	22.823
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	45.606	32.907	12.699
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	45.448	23.736	21.711
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	45.394	30.149	15.245
Chile`CHL`South America	45.011	26.701	18.310
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	44.994	27.326	17.668
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.935	34.457	10.478
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.271	34.569	9.702
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.092	25.872	18.221
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	44.008	23.004	21.004
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.912	30.663	13.249
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	43.809	28.024	15.785
Brazil`BRA`South America	43.586	29.804	13.782
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	43.417	33.545	9.872
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	43.199	27.320	15.879
Colombia`COL`South America	43.121	31.007	12.114
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	43.066	16.134	26.933
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	42.283	29.699	12.584
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	42.223	33.422	8.801
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	41.966	22.642	19.323
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	41.626	33.103	8.523
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	41.223	26.474	14.750
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.974	22.792	18.183
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	40.783	26.897	13.886
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	40.379	24.261	16.118
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	40.376	27.011	13.365
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	39.875	17.660	22.215
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	39.862	26.665	13.197
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	39.212	28.663	10.549
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	39.204	35.575	3.629
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	39.077	25.139	13.938
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	38.915	35.411	3.504
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	38.767	16.811	21.956
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.419	22.638	15.781
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.325	28.449	9.875
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	38.154	18.513	19.641
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	37.822	25.819	12.003
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	37.387	29.675	7.712
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	36.525	22.766	13.758
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	34.561	19.340	15.221
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	33.907	22.759	11.148
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	33.534	28.367	5.167
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	32.653	27.353	5.301
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	31.438	21.650	9.788
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	31.164	15.969	15.195
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	30.163	25.895	4.268
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	22.165	20.254	1.911
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	19.969	18.472	1.497

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

Vatican City106.654
Central African Republic104.549
Niger102.207
Chad100.055
Mali99.243

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 54.981. “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 Republic100.048
LowestVatican City11.937
Middle country: 35.400
Old-age dependency ratio (aged 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)
HighestVatican City94.716
LowestQatar1.497
Middle country: 11.135

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
115 · 107rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Oman36.233 → 39.204+2.971
Saint Martin57.103 → 60.062+2.959
Macau32.859 → 34.561+1.702
Monaco95.436 → 97.081+1.645
Moldova50.559 → 52.169+1.610

Fell most

Syria68.349 → 64.301−4.048
South Sudan85.830 → 82.215−3.615
Malawi86.685 → 84.589−2.096
Nepal58.700 → 56.653−2.047
Uganda91.570 → 89.702−1.868

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 2020.
220 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 55.841. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2020). Total Dependency Ratio, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2020

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