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Botswana – Dependency Ratio 1980

Ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population (15-64). Higher ratios imply greater economic burden on workers. · World Bank
96.34 +0.18 from 1979 G20 rank: 180th

Botswana's dependency ratio was 96.34 in 1980, increased +0.18 from 96.16 in 1979. This was the 180th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1980
RankCountryValueYoY
1st United Arab Emirates 40.08 0.8%
2nd Andorra 42.38 -2.9%
3rd Bermuda 44.66 -1.7%
4th Serbia 45.04 -1.0%
5th Singapore 45.22 -5.0%
6th Qatar 45.53 -4.8%
7th Hong Kong SAR, China 46.67 -3.1%
8th Russian Federation 46.74 0.8%
9th Canada 47.40 -1.7%
10th Liechtenstein 47.60 -2.4%
11th Finland 47.67 -0.5%
12th Luxembourg 47.79 -1.4%
13th Japan 48.15 0.0%
14th Croatia 48.42 -0.5%
15th San Marino 48.53 -2.5%
16th Greenland 48.88 -5.8%
17th Malta 49.60 -0.1%
18th Ukraine 49.91 0.0%
19th Channel Islands 50.01 -1.7%
20th Latvia 50.21 -0.1%
21st Belarus 50.28 -1.2%
22nd United States 50.32 -0.9%
23rd Switzerland 50.58 -1.9%
24th Netherlands 51.13 -2.0%
25th Bulgaria 51.48 1.2%
26th Germany 51.64 -2.8%
27th Estonia 51.80 0.1%
28th Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.90 -2.5%
29th Slovenia 52.08 -0.7%
30th Moldova 52.08 0.8%
31st Nauru 52.24 4.7%
32nd Poland 52.39 0.7%
33rd Georgia 52.41 -1.2%
34th Gibraltar 52.75 -1.0%
35th Lithuania 52.95 -1.4%
36th Belgium 53.06 -1.5%
37th Macao SAR, China 53.25 -15.7%
38th Australia 53.52 -0.8%
39th Aruba 53.62 -2.0%
40th Cyprus 54.07 -2.6%
41st Denmark 54.46 -1.5%
42nd Hungary 54.63 0.8%
43rd Cayman Islands 54.77 -3.5%
44th European Union 54.92 -1.1%
45th Italy 54.98 -1.9%
46th Montenegro 55.49 -1.8%
47th North Macedonia 55.53 -1.6%
48th Armenia 55.65 -2.1%
49th Austria 55.79 -2.5%
50th Monaco 55.85 -2.2%
51st Sweden 55.97 -0.7%
52nd United Kingdom 56.18 -1.3%
53rd Barbados 56.51 -3.1%
54th Greece 56.66 0.3%
55th France 57.00 -1.5%
56th Slovak Republic 57.62 -0.2%
57th Czechia 58.45 -0.1%
58th Norway 58.54 -0.9%
59th New Zealand 58.55 -1.6%
60th Spain 59.03 -1.0%
61st Portugal 59.09 -1.1%
62nd Curaçao 59.31 -3.3%
63rd Guam 59.38 -0.8%
64th Iceland 59.69 -1.2%
65th Romania 59.77 1.4%
66th Bahrain 59.88 -3.2%
67th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 60.13 -0.3%
68th Uruguay 60.13 0.1%
69th Korea 60.92 -2.8%
70th Mauritius 61.13 -2.2%
71st Chile 61.49 -1.6%
72nd Tuvalu 61.52 -2.0%
73rd Argentina 61.84 1.2%
74th Faroe Islands 61.87 -1.3%
75th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 63.19 -3.5%
76th Trinidad and Tobago 63.31 -1.4%
77th Azerbaijan 63.38 -2.9%
78th Cuba 64.51 -4.2%
79th Bahamas, The 65.38 -3.1%
80th Antigua and Barbuda 65.94 -3.0%
81st Timor-Leste 66.43 -0.5%
82nd British Virgin Islands 66.68 -0.9%
83rd Puerto Rico (US) 66.69 -1.6%
84th Isle of Man 66.90 -1.4%
85th Kazakhstan 67.10 3.4%
86th Virgin Islands (US) 67.38 -4.1%
87th China 68.05 -4.1%
88th Kuwait 68.64 -2.5%
89th Sri Lanka 69.12 -0.6%
90th Ireland 69.89 -0.6%
91st Brunei Darussalam 70.17 -1.7%
92nd Costa Rica 70.55 -1.8%
93rd Albania 70.73 -2.1%
94th Israel 71.57 0.5%
95th Brazil 72.24 -1.2%
96th Thailand 72.35 -3.2%
97th Fiji 73.58 -1.3%
98th Northern Mariana Islands 73.71 -6.2%
99th St. Martin (French part) 73.79 -5.4%
100th Malaysia 74.08 -1.6%
101st New Caledonia 74.66 -1.4%
102nd Kyrgyz Republic 75.11 -1.3%
103rd Kosovo 75.82 -2.5%
104th Myanmar 76.52 -0.7%
105th Seychelles 76.96 -3.0%
106th Lebanon 77.00 -1.8%
107th American Samoa 77.20 -2.3%
108th French Polynesia 77.50 -1.9%
109th Colombia 77.61 -2.2%
110th India 77.76 -0.6%
111th Indonesia 79.27 -1.2%
112th Nepal 79.77 0.2%
113th Türkiye 80.08 -1.2%
114th Panama 80.48 -1.9%
115th Kiribati 80.64 -2.6%
116th South Africa 80.93 -1.3%
117th Papua New Guinea 81.37 -1.6%
118th Uzbekistan 81.90 -2.2%
119th Egypt, Arab Republic of 82.46 0.2%
120th Palau 82.47 -3.0%
121st Bolivia, Plurinational State of 82.48 -0.2%
122nd Suriname 82.68 -3.7%
123rd Bhutan 82.87 0.5%
124th Haiti 82.98 0.2%
125th Turkmenistan 83.51 -1.7%
126th Tunisia 83.90 -2.1%
127th Viet Nam 83.90 -0.4%
128th Cambodia 84.20 -1.8%
129th Grenada 84.35 -1.0%
130th Lesotho 84.78 1.1%
131st Paraguay 84.86 -1.3%
132nd Ecuador 85.37 -1.2%
133rd Sierra Leone 85.42 0.4%
134th Dominican Republic 85.97 -1.8%
135th Equatorial Guinea 86.07 0.6%
136th Saudi Arabia 86.09 -0.7%
137th Guyana 86.19 -1.7%
138th Gabon 86.33 1.2%
139th St. Kitts and Nevis 86.38 -1.8%
140th Iran, Islamic Republic of 86.69 0.6%
141st Turks and Caicos Islands 86.79 -3.9%
142nd Guinea 87.03 0.9%
143rd Pakistan 87.24 -1.2%
144th Peru 87.67 -1.2%
145th Central African Republic 87.72 -0.1%
146th El Salvador 88.25 -1.4%
147th Eritrea 88.44 0.2%
148th Philippines 88.47 -1.6%
149th Liberia 88.47 0.4%
150th Tajikistan 88.49 -0.4%
151st Morocco 88.67 -1.5%
152nd Angola 88.77 -0.8%
153rd Congo, Democratic Republic of 89.05 -0.2%
154th Jamaica 89.49 -2.2%
155th Lao PDR 89.87 0.8%
156th Mali 90.30 1.4%
157th Gambia, The 91.44 1.7%
158th Dominica 91.47 -2.8%
159th Nigeria 91.49 0.8%
160th Tonga 91.51 -1.5%
161st Somalia, Fed. Rep. 92.18 0.5%
162nd South Sudan 93.18 0.7%
163rd Bangladesh 93.18 0.3%
164th Djibouti 93.20 -0.1%
165th Guatemala 93.21 0.2%
166th Burkina Faso 93.22 1.0%
167th Mozambique 93.61 1.6%
168th Cameroon 93.97 0.4%
169th Malawi 94.07 0.7%
170th Mongolia 94.11 -1.8%
171st Maldives 94.21 0.2%
172nd Afghanistan 94.45 0.8%
173rd Burundi 94.59 -1.7%
174th Mexico 95.14 -1.7%
175th Ghana 95.48 -1.4%
176th Niger 95.51 0.0%
177th Mauritania 95.76 0.1%
178th Vanuatu 95.76 2.4%
179th Belize 96.10 -1.3%
180th Botswana 96.34 0.2%
181st Congo, Republic of 96.35 -0.5%
182nd Senegal 96.44 1.5%
183rd Togo 96.51 0.1%
184th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 96.55 -2.1%
185th Rwanda 97.14 0.7%
186th Sudan 97.23 -1.2%
187th São Tomé and Principe 97.44 -0.7%
188th Samoa 97.47 -2.0%
189th Benin 98.09 0.2%
190th Côte d'Ivoire 98.24 1.1%
191st St. Lucia 98.25 -2.5%
192nd Algeria 98.87 -1.3%
193rd Guinea-Bissau 99.18 -0.2%
194th Nicaragua 99.70 0.2%
195th Oman 100.20 -0.3%
196th Tanzania 100.34 1.1%
197th Libya 100.44 -0.9%
198th Madagascar 101.50 0.1%
199th Chad 101.65 3.9%
200th Honduras 101.93 -0.1%
201st Micronesia, Federated States of 102.26 0.0%
202nd Namibia 102.88 1.1%
203rd Uganda 103.54 0.9%
204th Iraq 105.09 -0.7%
205th Comoros 105.22 -0.2%
206th Yemen, Republic of 105.65 1.6%
207th Solomon Islands 106.12 -0.2%
208th Syrian Arab Republic 106.69 -0.2%
209th Eswatini 106.89 0.8%
210th Zimbabwe 108.91 -0.8%
211th Jordan 109.35 -1.1%
212th Zambia 111.11 0.1%
213th Cabo Verde 111.84 0.1%
214th Marshall Islands 114.26 0.9%
215th Kenya 115.47 -0.8%
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Botswana matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1980. Historically: 329 occurrences, 239 successful (73%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.1%. View full analysis →