Canada - Dependency Ratio 2020
51.20
+0.79 from 2019
Canada's dependency ratio was 51.20 in 2020, increased +0.79 from 50.41 in 2019. This was the 80th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 19.97 | 7.0% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 22.17 | -0.2% |
| 3rd | Bahrain | 30.16 | 0.4% |
| 4th | Singapore | 31.16 | 3.2% |
| 5th | Cayman Islands | 31.44 | -0.1% |
| 6th | Kuwait | 32.65 | 1.3% |
| 7th | Maldives | 33.53 | -2.0% |
| 8th | British Virgin Islands | 33.91 | -1.3% |
| 9th | Macao SAR, China | 34.56 | 5.2% |
| 10th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 36.53 | 0.2% |
| 11th | Brunei Darussalam | 37.39 | -0.1% |
| 12th | St. Lucia | 37.82 | -0.8% |
| 13th | Andorra | 38.15 | 0.4% |
| 14th | Jamaica | 38.32 | -1.8% |
| 15th | Mauritius | 38.42 | -0.1% |
| 16th | Korea | 38.77 | 2.3% |
| 17th | Saudi Arabia | 38.91 | -0.9% |
| 18th | Oman | 39.20 | 8.2% |
| 19th | Seychelles | 39.21 | 0.3% |
| 20th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 39.86 | 1.1% |
| 21st | Palau | 40.37 | 1.1% |
| 22nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 40.38 | 1.3% |
| 23rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 40.78 | 0.4% |
| 24th | Thailand | 40.97 | 0.9% |
| 25th | Trinidad and Tobago | 41.22 | 2.5% |
| 26th | Bhutan | 41.63 | -3.3% |
| 27th | Cyprus | 41.97 | 1.2% |
| 28th | Northern Mariana Islands | 42.22 | 0.3% |
| 29th | Greenland | 42.28 | 1.5% |
| 30th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 43.07 | 3.2% |
| 31st | Colombia | 43.12 | -0.9% |
| 32nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 43.20 | 0.6% |
| 33rd | Azerbaijan | 43.42 | 0.5% |
| 34th | Brazil | 43.59 | 0.1% |
| 35th | Bahamas, The | 43.81 | -1.0% |
| 36th | French Polynesia | 43.91 | -0.4% |
| 37th | Luxembourg | 44.01 | 0.3% |
| 38th | China | 44.09 | 1.6% |
| 39th | Malaysia | 44.27 | -1.3% |
| 40th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.93 | 0.3% |
| 41st | Dominica | 44.99 | -0.6% |
| 42nd | Chile | 45.01 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Costa Rica | 45.39 | -0.1% |
| 44th | Curaçao | 45.45 | 2.9% |
| 45th | Kosovo | 45.61 | -1.7% |
| 46th | Cuba | 45.93 | 0.7% |
| 47th | Myanmar | 46.31 | -0.2% |
| 48th | Türkiye | 46.49 | 1.2% |
| 49th | Malta | 46.70 | -1.4% |
| 50th | Grenada | 46.81 | -0.4% |
| 51st | Viet Nam | 46.96 | 0.8% |
| 52nd | Albania | 47.69 | 1.4% |
| 53rd | Ukraine | 47.88 | 1.3% |
| 54th | Indonesia | 48.02 | -0.6% |
| 55th | Armenia | 48.18 | 0.8% |
| 56th | New Caledonia | 48.27 | -0.1% |
| 57th | Slovak Republic | 48.41 | 2.6% |
| 58th | India | 48.73 | -1.3% |
| 59th | Belarus | 48.77 | 2.0% |
| 60th | Aruba | 48.88 | 1.6% |
| 61st | Barbados | 48.88 | 1.4% |
| 62nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.29 | 0.1% |
| 63rd | South Africa | 49.50 | -1.2% |
| 64th | Russian Federation | 49.57 | 2.0% |
| 65th | Liechtenstein | 49.77 | 1.4% |
| 66th | Iceland | 49.91 | 0.5% |
| 67th | Bermuda | 49.95 | 2.1% |
| 68th | San Marino | 50.03 | 0.1% |
| 69th | Tunisia | 50.07 | 1.4% |
| 70th | Belize | 50.11 | -1.8% |
| 71st | Mexico | 50.31 | -0.9% |
| 72nd | North Macedonia | 50.51 | 2.5% |
| 73rd | Austria | 50.52 | 0.9% |
| 74th | Poland | 50.52 | 2.7% |
| 75th | Spain | 50.96 | -0.3% |
| 76th | Switzerland | 51.07 | 0.9% |
| 77th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.07 | 2.2% |
| 78th | Channel Islands | 51.08 | 0.6% |
| 79th | Suriname | 51.10 | -0.5% |
| 80th | Canada | 51.20 | 1.6% |
| 81st | Ecuador | 51.41 | -1.4% |
| 82nd | Morocco | 51.45 | 0.1% |
| 83rd | El Salvador | 51.61 | -1.1% |
| 84th | Sri Lanka | 51.64 | 0.1% |
| 85th | Libya | 51.77 | -1.8% |
| 86th | Peru | 52.03 | -1.3% |
| 87th | Moldova | 52.17 | 3.2% |
| 88th | Fiji | 52.19 | -0.7% |
| 89th | Cabo Verde | 52.39 | 0.8% |
| 90th | United States | 52.59 | 0.8% |
| 91st | Dominican Republic | 52.65 | -0.2% |
| 92nd | New Zealand | 53.00 | 0.8% |
| 93rd | Hungary | 53.02 | 2.2% |
| 94th | Ireland | 53.05 | 0.0% |
| 95th | Panama | 53.10 | -0.6% |
| 96th | Australia | 53.61 | 1.3% |
| 97th | Norway | 53.70 | 0.5% |
| 98th | Netherlands | 53.82 | 0.6% |
| 99th | Turkmenistan | 53.91 | 1.9% |
| 100th | Uzbekistan | 53.95 | 2.2% |
| 101st | Lithuania | 53.96 | 0.4% |
| 102nd | Montenegro | 54.03 | 2.0% |
| 103rd | Bangladesh | 54.07 | -0.2% |
| 104th | Romania | 54.12 | 2.1% |
| 105th | Uruguay | 54.16 | -0.7% |
| 106th | Slovenia | 54.46 | 1.3% |
| 107th | Paraguay | 54.52 | -0.2% |
| 108th | Philippines | 54.82 | -1.7% |
| 109th | Guyana | 54.96 | 1.8% |
| 110th | Djibouti | 55.00 | -2.1% |
| 111th | Gibraltar | 55.00 | -0.5% |
| 112th | Argentina | 55.02 | -1.0% |
| 113th | Nicaragua | 55.24 | -1.4% |
| 114th | Germany | 55.30 | 1.4% |
| 115th | European Union | 55.60 | 1.0% |
| 116th | Serbia | 55.84 | 2.3% |
| 117th | Puerto Rico (US) | 55.84 | 0.5% |
| 118th | Lao PDR | 55.88 | -1.1% |
| 119th | Georgia | 55.98 | 1.7% |
| 120th | Belgium | 56.31 | 0.5% |
| 121st | American Samoa | 56.34 | -1.4% |
| 122nd | Croatia | 56.54 | 1.8% |
| 123rd | Bulgaria | 56.54 | 1.1% |
| 124th | Nepal | 56.65 | -3.5% |
| 125th | Honduras | 56.68 | -1.5% |
| 126th | Portugal | 56.74 | 1.2% |
| 127th | Italy | 56.75 | 0.3% |
| 128th | Czechia | 56.98 | 1.9% |
| 129th | Denmark | 57.00 | 0.7% |
| 130th | Cambodia | 57.52 | -0.3% |
| 131st | Greece | 57.64 | 0.6% |
| 132nd | United Kingdom | 57.66 | 0.4% |
| 133rd | Guam | 57.73 | 2.2% |
| 134th | Estonia | 57.82 | 1.3% |
| 135th | Latvia | 57.90 | 1.4% |
| 136th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 57.91 | -1.4% |
| 137th | Algeria | 58.07 | 1.4% |
| 138th | Jordan | 58.08 | -1.4% |
| 139th | Botswana | 58.14 | -1.5% |
| 140th | Kazakhstan | 58.38 | 1.6% |
| 141st | Isle of Man | 58.74 | 0.0% |
| 142nd | Haiti | 58.82 | -1.1% |
| 143rd | Lebanon | 58.91 | 1.7% |
| 144th | Mongolia | 58.91 | 2.6% |
| 145th | Tuvalu | 59.71 | 0.4% |
| 146th | St. Martin (French part) | 60.06 | 5.2% |
| 147th | Virgin Islands (US) | 60.40 | 0.8% |
| 148th | Sweden | 60.76 | 0.3% |
| 149th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 60.77 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Papua New Guinea | 60.80 | -1.0% |
| 151st | Kyrgyz Republic | 61.35 | 1.0% |
| 152nd | Finland | 61.68 | 0.9% |
| 153rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 61.72 | -0.7% |
| 154th | France | 61.78 | 0.7% |
| 155th | Marshall Islands | 61.96 | -1.7% |
| 156th | Guatemala | 62.21 | -2.0% |
| 157th | Faroe Islands | 62.44 | 0.3% |
| 158th | Eswatini | 62.76 | -1.5% |
| 159th | Kiribati | 64.23 | 0.3% |
| 160th | Syrian Arab Republic | 64.30 | -5.9% |
| 161st | Lesotho | 65.65 | -0.9% |
| 162nd | Tajikistan | 65.85 | 0.8% |
| 163rd | Israel | 66.91 | 0.3% |
| 164th | Nauru | 66.96 | 2.0% |
| 165th | Ghana | 68.61 | -1.2% |
| 166th | Namibia | 68.68 | 0.7% |
| 167th | Gabon | 68.95 | 0.2% |
| 168th | Japan | 69.89 | 0.6% |
| 169th | Equatorial Guinea | 70.58 | -0.2% |
| 170th | Timor-Leste | 71.06 | -2.4% |
| 171st | Iraq | 71.98 | -1.5% |
| 172nd | Pakistan | 72.07 | -0.8% |
| 173rd | Kenya | 72.63 | -2.2% |
| 174th | Tonga | 72.73 | -0.5% |
| 175th | Solomon Islands | 72.80 | -1.3% |
| 176th | Rwanda | 74.31 | -1.6% |
| 177th | Comoros | 74.63 | -1.2% |
| 178th | West Bank and Gaza | 75.08 | -0.6% |
| 179th | Sierra Leone | 75.29 | -1.6% |
| 180th | Vanuatu | 75.64 | 0.2% |
| 181st | Madagascar | 77.13 | -0.8% |
| 182nd | Guinea-Bissau | 77.18 | -1.4% |
| 183rd | São Tomé and Principe | 77.86 | -2.1% |
| 184th | Togo | 77.86 | -0.6% |
| 185th | Senegal | 78.12 | -2.1% |
| 186th | Samoa | 78.24 | 1.1% |
| 187th | Yemen, Republic of | 78.25 | -0.3% |
| 188th | Sudan | 79.93 | -0.7% |
| 189th | Eritrea | 80.16 | -2.3% |
| 190th | Congo, Republic of | 80.26 | -0.6% |
| 191st | Liberia | 80.50 | -1.3% |
| 192nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 80.76 | -0.4% |
| 193rd | Gambia, The | 81.19 | -1.3% |
| 194th | South Sudan | 82.21 | -4.2% |
| 195th | Zambia | 82.29 | -1.6% |
| 196th | Cameroon | 82.88 | -0.8% |
| 197th | Guinea | 83.79 | -1.1% |
| 198th | Benin | 84.14 | -0.9% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | 84.38 | -1.2% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 84.53 | -1.6% |
| 201st | Malawi | 84.59 | -2.4% |
| 202nd | Tanzania | 86.54 | -0.8% |
| 203rd | Afghanistan | 87.25 | -1.4% |
| 204th | Burkina Faso | 87.32 | -1.8% |
| 205th | Mauritania | 88.95 | -0.8% |
| 206th | Uganda | 89.70 | -2.0% |
| 207th | Angola | 91.37 | -0.3% |
| 208th | Mozambique | 92.29 | -0.4% |
| 209th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 96.61 | 0.3% |
| 210th | Monaco | 97.08 | 1.7% |
| 211th | Burundi | 97.60 | -1.4% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 98.29 | -0.3% |
| 213th | Mali | 99.24 | -1.2% |
| 214th | Chad | 100.05 | -0.6% |
| 215th | Niger | 102.21 | -1.1% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 104.55 | -0.4% |
FAQ
What was Canada's dependency ratio in 2020?▾
Canada's dependency ratio in 2020 was 51.20. This ranked 80th globally.
How did Canada's dependency ratio change in 2020?▾
Canada's dependency ratio increased by 1.6% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2020?▾
Central African Republic had the highest dependency ratio in 2020 at 104.55.
What is the dependency ratio of Canada in 2020?▾
The dependency ratio of Canada in 2020 was 51.20. This ranked 80th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Canada's dependency ratio?▾
Canada's dependency ratio went from 50.41 in 2019 to 51.20 in 2020, a 1.6% increase.
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