British Virgin Islands – Dependency Ratio 1997

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
44.93 −0.45 from 1996 G20 rank: 15th

British Virgin Islands's dependency ratio was 44.93 in 1997, decreased +0.45 from 45.38 in 1996. This was the 15th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1997
Dependency Ratio by Country – 1997
RankCountryValueYoY
1st United Arab Emirates 33.91 -4.4%
2nd Singapore 34.04 -2.2%
3rd Cayman Islands 34.31 -1.0%
4th Andorra 36.51 0.9%
5th Qatar 36.53 -2.0%
6th Korea 39.30 -1.5%
7th Northern Mariana Islands 39.87 -8.4%
8th Hong Kong SAR, China 40.23 -0.6%
9th Liechtenstein 40.82 -0.5%
10th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 40.85 0.2%
11th San Marino 42.99 0.5%
12th Slovenia 43.40 -0.8%
13th Bermuda 43.52 0.1%
14th Japan 44.57 1.4%
15th British Virgin Islands 44.93 -1.0%
16th Thailand 45.28 -1.2%
17th Czechia 45.35 -1.4%
18th Aruba 45.36 -2.8%
19th Cuba 45.37 0.4%
20th Spain 45.76 -0.5%
21st Channel Islands 46.04 0.3%
22nd Germany 46.47 0.2%
23rd Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 46.55 0.3%
24th Italy 46.55 1.0%
25th Macao SAR, China 46.56 -1.0%
26th Netherlands 46.90 0.5%
27th Palau 47.21 -4.1%
28th Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.28 -3.9%
29th Croatia 47.30 1.0%
30th Hungary 47.30 -0.6%
31st Serbia 47.33 0.9%
32nd Turks and Caicos Islands 47.40 -0.9%
33rd Canada 47.57 -0.4%
34th Romania 47.58 -0.4%
35th Greenland 47.62 0.3%
36th Mauritius 48.11 -1.9%
37th Russian Federation 48.19 -1.5%
38th Portugal 48.25 -0.3%
39th Switzerland 48.36 0.4%
40th Slovak Republic 48.42 -2.1%
41st European Union 48.47 -0.2%
42nd Bulgaria 48.49 -0.8%
43rd Greece 48.62 -0.3%
44th Malta 48.66 -1.3%
45th China 48.68 -2.0%
46th Luxembourg 48.81 0.9%
47th Denmark 48.95 0.6%
48th Austria 49.05 -0.3%
49th Poland 49.75 -1.8%
50th Ukraine 49.92 -1.4%
51st Australia 49.93 -0.2%
52nd Finland 49.98 0.0%
53rd Montenegro 50.02 -0.5%
54th Bahrain 50.30 -2.2%
55th St. Martin (French part) 50.68 -0.7%
56th Cyprus 50.72 -1.8%
57th Kuwait 50.73 -2.9%
58th Trinidad and Tobago 50.78 -3.9%
59th Barbados 50.85 -0.7%
60th Belarus 51.05 -1.3%
61st North Macedonia 51.11 -0.7%
62nd United States 51.29 -0.7%
63rd Latvia 51.47 -0.9%
64th Estonia 51.69 -0.5%
65th Gibraltar 51.81 0.4%
66th Belgium 51.82 0.6%
67th Lithuania 51.92 0.2%
68th Sri Lanka 52.17 -2.0%
69th Ireland 52.31 -2.6%
70th Bahamas, The 52.71 0.3%
71st New Zealand 52.75 -0.1%
72nd France 53.08 0.1%
73rd Virgin Islands (US) 53.46 0.2%
74th Brunei Darussalam 53.51 -2.3%
75th New Caledonia 54.13 -0.5%
76th Guam 54.59 0.3%
77th United Kingdom 54.61 -0.4%
78th Iceland 54.73 -0.7%
79th Norway 54.88 0.0%
80th Puerto Rico (US) 54.91 -0.5%
81st Moldova 55.27 -1.6%
82nd Georgia 55.30 -0.4%
83rd Curaçao 55.33 0.4%
84th Chile 55.37 -0.5%
85th Isle of Man 55.41 -1.1%
86th Monaco 55.54 0.5%
87th Antigua and Barbuda 56.64 -1.3%
88th Sweden 56.69 -0.4%
89th Kazakhstan 56.96 -1.9%
90th Brazil 57.44 -2.1%
91st Seychelles 57.89 -1.6%
92nd Indonesia 58.53 -1.6%
93rd Uruguay 59.50 0.4%
94th Türkiye 59.56 -2.1%
95th Faroe Islands 59.79 -0.2%
96th Albania 59.89 -0.4%
97th Kosovo 60.16 -2.2%
98th Libya 60.21 -3.8%
99th Tunisia 60.61 -2.6%
100th French Polynesia 60.97 -1.9%
101st Azerbaijan 61.16 -1.6%
102nd Colombia 61.24 -1.4%
103rd Myanmar 61.81 -1.7%
104th Panama 61.87 -1.3%
105th Costa Rica 61.91 -2.0%
106th Argentina 62.03 -0.6%
107th Lebanon 62.49 -1.9%
108th Israel 63.42 -1.1%
109th St. Kitts and Nevis 63.50 -2.9%
110th Suriname 63.91 -2.1%
111th Malaysia 63.97 -0.9%
112th Armenia 64.11 -0.7%
113th Fiji 64.54 -2.0%
114th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 64.55 -2.2%
115th Morocco 66.05 -2.0%
116th Viet Nam 67.27 -3.1%
117th Mexico 67.41 -1.3%
118th Guyana 67.54 0.1%
119th Peru 67.57 -1.7%
120th Dominican Republic 68.36 -1.2%
121st Dominica 68.79 -1.2%
122nd Ecuador 69.07 -0.9%
123rd India 69.34 -1.2%
124th Jamaica 69.39 -1.7%
125th St. Lucia 69.62 -2.5%
126th Oman 69.97 -2.2%
127th Mongolia 70.10 -2.6%
128th Algeria 70.31 -3.3%
129th Grenada 71.01 0.7%
130th South Africa 71.62 -0.6%
131st Saudi Arabia 73.16 -2.2%
132nd Nauru 73.43 -2.4%
133rd American Samoa 73.44 0.0%
134th Bangladesh 73.55 -2.5%
135th El Salvador 73.70 -1.5%
136th Egypt, Arab Republic of 73.71 -1.7%
137th Tuvalu 74.04 0.3%
138th Kyrgyz Republic 74.13 -2.2%
139th Jordan 74.99 0.1%
140th Iran, Islamic Republic of 75.38 -5.9%
141st Papua New Guinea 75.52 -0.7%
142nd Uzbekistan 75.83 -1.2%
143rd Philippines 76.75 -1.1%
144th Turkmenistan 77.27 -2.1%
145th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 77.73 -0.5%
146th Botswana 78.24 -3.1%
147th Bhutan 78.84 -1.7%
148th Samoa 79.76 0.8%
149th Paraguay 79.78 -1.5%
150th Kiribati 80.12 -0.6%
151st Tonga 80.43 -1.0%
152nd Djibouti 80.59 -2.8%
153rd Haiti 81.15 -0.8%
154th Namibia 82.06 -0.6%
155th Nepal 82.26 -0.1%
156th Timor-Leste 82.60 0.0%
157th Micronesia, Federated States of 82.81 -2.6%
158th Belize 82.82 -2.2%
159th Nicaragua 83.72 -2.3%
160th Lesotho 83.76 -1.5%
161st Togo 86.27 -1.2%
162nd Liberia 86.47 -0.5%
163rd Ghana 86.85 -1.2%
164th Congo, Republic of 86.92 0.2%
165th Syrian Arab Republic 87.19 -1.6%
166th Equatorial Guinea 87.22 0.0%
167th Eritrea 87.89 3.6%
168th Gabon 88.35 -1.4%
169th Marshall Islands 88.92 -4.1%
170th Solomon Islands 89.05 -1.0%
171st Honduras 89.18 -1.3%
172nd Nigeria 89.23 -0.7%
173rd Lao PDR 89.24 -0.4%
174th Sierra Leone 89.43 0.2%
175th Iraq 89.83 -0.8%
176th Maldives 89.89 -3.4%
177th Vanuatu 89.95 -1.8%
178th Zimbabwe 90.53 -3.8%
179th Pakistan 90.77 -0.8%
180th Mozambique 90.88 -0.3%
181st Tanzania 91.08 0.5%
182nd Mauritania 91.50 0.4%
183rd Senegal 91.59 -0.9%
184th Cambodia 92.28 -2.9%
185th Tajikistan 92.30 -1.7%
186th Central African Republic 92.89 -0.2%
187th Madagascar 92.94 0.1%
188th Guatemala 93.04 -0.6%
189th Guinea 93.21 1.2%
190th Congo, Democratic Republic of 93.50 2.9%
191st Angola 93.78 0.1%
192nd Cabo Verde 94.05 -1.8%
193rd South Sudan 94.11 0.3%
194th Eswatini 94.35 -2.9%
195th São Tomé and Principe 94.44 -1.3%
196th Côte d'Ivoire 94.97 -0.8%
197th Cameroon 95.68 -1.0%
198th Niger 96.21 0.5%
199th Guinea-Bissau 96.34 -1.1%
200th Benin 96.64 -0.4%
201st Sudan 96.66 -0.3%
202nd Malawi 97.21 -0.3%
203rd Kenya 97.33 -1.2%
204th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 98.72 0.4%
205th Gambia, The 100.56 0.1%
206th Burkina Faso 101.02 -0.5%
207th Mali 101.45 -0.5%
208th West Bank and Gaza 102.11 -0.8%
209th Zambia 103.15 -0.3%
210th Chad 105.03 1.3%
211th Afghanistan 106.41 1.1%
212th Comoros 108.79 -0.1%
213th Rwanda 109.72 -3.7%
214th Burundi 110.14 1.2%
215th Uganda 110.44 0.9%
216th Yemen, Republic of 112.97 -1.4%