GM ECONOMY · INDICATOR PROFILE
Age Dependency Ratio
Age dependency ratio as a percentage of the working-age population.
Country coverage74 / 11465% of active countries
Time coverage1960–20244810 observations
Common ranking year202474 countries · 100%
Data qualityAdequate65 median observations / country
Minimum · 202420.12%
Median · 202453.68%
Maximum · 202478.77%
Data quality
Recency and time-series depthGood74latest within 1 year of the series maximum and at least 10 observations
Adequate0latest within 3 years and at least 5 observations
Limited0older or comparatively short series
Indicator metadata
Definition and machine-readable identifiersCountry ranking · 2024
74 comparable countries| Rank | Country | 2024 value | Latest year | Latest value | Observations | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 78.77% | 2024 | 78.77% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 73.28% | 2024 | 73.28% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 3 | Japan | 70.12% | 2024 | 70.12% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 69.39% | 2024 | 69.39% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 5 | Israel | 66.56% | 2024 | 66.56% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 6 | Kenya | 66.12% | 2024 | 66.12% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 7 | Ghana | 65.36% | 2024 | 65.36% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 8 | France | 63.00% | 2024 | 63.00% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 9 | Finland | 62.68% | 2024 | 62.68% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 61.36% | 2024 | 61.36% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 11 | Sweden | 60.60% | 2024 | 60.60% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 12 | Portugal | 59.57% | 2024 | 59.57% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 13 | Greece | 59.13% | 2024 | 59.13% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 14 | Latvia | 59.11% | 2024 | 59.11% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 15 | Croatia | 59.01% | 2024 | 59.01% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 16 | Egypt | 59.01% | 2024 | 59.01% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 17 | Germany | 59.00% | 2024 | 59.00% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 18 | Serbia | 58.72% | 2024 | 58.72% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 19 | Estonia | 58.57% | 2024 | 58.57% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 20 | Algeria | 58.51% | 2024 | 58.51% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 57.94% | 2024 | 57.94% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 22 | Denmark | 57.64% | 2024 | 57.64% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 23 | Belgium | 57.61% | 2024 | 57.61% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 24 | Italy | 57.52% | 2024 | 57.52% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 57.49% | 2024 | 57.49% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 26 | Slovenia | 57.45% | 2024 | 57.45% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 27 | Czech Republic | 56.84% | 2024 | 56.84% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 28 | Romania | 55.51% | 2024 | 55.51% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 29 | Australia | 55.21% | 2024 | 55.21% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 30 | Netherlands | 55.09% | 2024 | 55.09% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 31 | Hungary | 54.79% | 2024 | 54.79% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 32 | New Zealand | 54.59% | 2024 | 54.59% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 33 | United States | 54.45% | 2024 | 54.45% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 34 | Jordan | 54.30% | 2024 | 54.30% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 35 | Norway | 53.78% | 2024 | 53.78% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 36 | Switzerland | 53.77% | 2024 | 53.77% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 37 | Poland | 53.73% | 2024 | 53.73% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 38 | Canada | 53.64% | 2024 | 53.64% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 39 | Lithuania | 53.54% | 2024 | 53.54% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 40 | Austria | 53.46% | 2024 | 53.46% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 52.64% | 2024 | 52.64% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 42 | Russia | 52.57% | 2024 | 52.57% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 43 | Ireland | 52.55% | 2024 | 52.55% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 44 | Slovakia | 52.20% | 2024 | 52.20% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 45 | Spain | 51.67% | 2024 | 51.67% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 46 | Argentina | 51.56% | 2024 | 51.56% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 47 | Morocco | 50.99% | 2024 | 50.99% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 48 | Tunisia | 50.53% | 2024 | 50.53% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 49 | Iceland | 50.17% | 2024 | 50.17% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 50 | Philippines | 50.06% | 2024 | 50.06% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 51 | Peru | 49.70% | 2024 | 49.70% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 52 | Hong Kong | 49.64% | 2024 | 49.64% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 53 | Ukraine | 48.92% | 2024 | 48.92% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 54 | Mexico | 48.72% | 2024 | 48.72% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 55 | South Africa | 48.31% | 2024 | 48.31% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 56 | Vietnam | 47.65% | 2024 | 47.65% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 57 | Indonesia | 46.81% | 2024 | 46.81% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 58 | India | 46.56% | 2024 | 46.56% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 59 | Turkey | 46.48% | 2024 | 46.48% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 45.46% | 2024 | 45.46% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 61 | Chile | 45.14% | 2024 | 45.14% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 62 | Brazil | 44.33% | 2024 | 44.33% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 63 | China | 44.24% | 2024 | 44.24% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 64 | Thailand | 43.09% | 2024 | 43.09% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 65 | Colombia | 42.96% | 2024 | 42.96% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 66 | South Korea | 42.53% | 2024 | 42.53% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 67 | Malaysia | 41.89% | 2024 | 41.89% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 68 | Oman | 37.66% | 2024 | 37.66% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 36.55% | 2024 | 36.55% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 70 | Singapore | 33.94% | 2024 | 33.94% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 71 | Bahrain | 29.15% | 2024 | 29.15% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 72 | Kuwait | 27.10% | 2024 | 27.10% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 21.77% | 2024 | 21.77% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
| 74 | Qatar | 20.12% | 2024 | 20.12% | 65 | 1960–2024 |
The ranking uses a single common year rather than mixing each country’s latest observation. GM Economy selects the most recent year with data for at least 75% of countries covered by this indicator; if no year reaches that threshold, the year with the broadest coverage is used. Values are ordered from highest to lowest. This is a descriptive data ranking, not an assessment of whether a higher or lower value is preferable.