Costa Rica - Dependency Ratio 2003
54.05
−1.30 from 2002
Costa Rica's dependency ratio was 54.05 in 2003, decreased +1.30 from 55.35 in 2002. This was the 96th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | 24.71 | -3.4% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 30.46 | -2.1% |
| 3rd | Singapore | 33.04 | -0.3% |
| 4th | Cayman Islands | 33.24 | -0.7% |
| 5th | Macao SAR, China | 36.01 | -6.1% |
| 6th | Northern Mariana Islands | 36.58 | 3.7% |
| 7th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 38.08 | -0.9% |
| 8th | Andorra | 38.88 | -1.7% |
| 9th | Kuwait | 39.07 | -4.3% |
| 10th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 39.34 | -1.7% |
| 11th | Bahrain | 39.53 | -6.8% |
| 12th | Korea | 39.53 | 0.2% |
| 13th | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.83 | -3.4% |
| 14th | British Virgin Islands | 40.47 | -3.7% |
| 15th | Liechtenstein | 40.74 | 0.1% |
| 16th | Russian Federation | 41.11 | -1.0% |
| 17th | Czechia | 41.23 | -1.6% |
| 18th | Slovak Republic | 41.60 | -2.4% |
| 19th | Slovenia | 42.02 | -0.6% |
| 20th | Palau | 42.03 | 0.9% |
| 21st | China | 42.09 | -3.3% |
| 22nd | Thailand | 42.63 | -0.8% |
| 23rd | Aruba | 42.88 | -0.5% |
| 24th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.31 | -0.5% |
| 25th | Ukraine | 43.50 | -0.6% |
| 26th | Poland | 43.66 | -1.8% |
| 27th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 44.18 | -2.3% |
| 28th | Bermuda | 44.20 | 0.9% |
| 29th | Cuba | 44.60 | -0.5% |
| 30th | Belarus | 44.77 | -1.7% |
| 31st | Mauritius | 45.04 | -1.2% |
| 32nd | Brunei Darussalam | 45.06 | -3.1% |
| 33rd | Greenland | 45.11 | -1.5% |
| 34th | Cyprus | 45.15 | -1.5% |
| 35th | San Marino | 45.16 | 1.1% |
| 36th | Canada | 45.22 | -0.9% |
| 37th | Moldova | 45.23 | -3.7% |
| 38th | Hungary | 45.53 | -0.5% |
| 39th | Romania | 45.60 | -1.3% |
| 40th | Spain | 45.69 | -0.6% |
| 41st | Malta | 45.80 | -0.9% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 45.95 | -1.3% |
| 43rd | Channel Islands | 46.41 | 0.2% |
| 44th | Latvia | 46.73 | -0.9% |
| 45th | Austria | 46.85 | -0.8% |
| 46th | Ireland | 47.15 | -0.9% |
| 47th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 47.27 | 0.2% |
| 48th | Estonia | 47.36 | -0.7% |
| 49th | Switzerland | 47.51 | -0.6% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 47.88 | 0.2% |
| 51st | North Macedonia | 48.03 | -1.0% |
| 52nd | Sri Lanka | 48.27 | -0.6% |
| 53rd | Serbia | 48.28 | 0.1% |
| 54th | European Union | 48.45 | -0.1% |
| 55th | Germany | 48.66 | 0.9% |
| 56th | Barbados | 48.76 | -0.5% |
| 57th | Kazakhstan | 48.79 | -1.9% |
| 58th | Luxembourg | 48.84 | -0.3% |
| 59th | Australia | 48.84 | -0.5% |
| 60th | United States | 48.87 | -0.8% |
| 61st | Portugal | 49.02 | 0.7% |
| 62nd | Japan | 49.35 | 1.7% |
| 63rd | Montenegro | 49.37 | 0.2% |
| 64th | Lithuania | 49.47 | -1.0% |
| 65th | St. Martin (French part) | 49.51 | 0.4% |
| 66th | Finland | 49.64 | 0.3% |
| 67th | Croatia | 49.79 | 0.3% |
| 68th | Azerbaijan | 49.81 | -3.8% |
| 69th | Greece | 49.81 | 0.4% |
| 70th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 49.83 | -5.7% |
| 71st | Italy | 49.86 | 1.0% |
| 72nd | Armenia | 50.01 | -2.1% |
| 73rd | Seychelles | 50.13 | -2.4% |
| 74th | Tunisia | 50.26 | -3.2% |
| 75th | Brazil | 50.75 | -1.9% |
| 76th | Denmark | 50.84 | 0.5% |
| 77th | New Zealand | 51.35 | -1.2% |
| 78th | Antigua and Barbuda | 51.54 | -1.9% |
| 79th | Chile | 51.55 | -1.6% |
| 80th | Virgin Islands (US) | 51.61 | -0.7% |
| 81st | Bahamas, The | 51.86 | -0.7% |
| 82nd | Georgia | 51.89 | -0.4% |
| 83rd | Gibraltar | 52.00 | 0.9% |
| 84th | United Kingdom | 52.36 | -0.3% |
| 85th | Belgium | 52.48 | -0.1% |
| 86th | Isle of Man | 52.67 | -0.3% |
| 87th | Iceland | 52.69 | -0.8% |
| 88th | French Polynesia | 52.78 | -2.3% |
| 89th | Norway | 53.16 | -0.8% |
| 90th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 53.41 | -3.6% |
| 91st | Curaçao | 53.48 | -2.2% |
| 92nd | New Caledonia | 53.61 | -0.8% |
| 93rd | France | 53.78 | -0.1% |
| 94th | Türkiye | 53.91 | -1.3% |
| 95th | Indonesia | 53.93 | -1.1% |
| 96th | Costa Rica | 54.05 | -2.4% |
| 97th | Sweden | 54.05 | -0.9% |
| 98th | Libya | 54.23 | -0.5% |
| 99th | Algeria | 54.29 | -3.8% |
| 100th | Viet Nam | 54.66 | -2.8% |
| 101st | Mongolia | 54.67 | -4.6% |
| 102nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 54.72 | 0.2% |
| 103rd | Lebanon | 55.25 | -2.2% |
| 104th | Guam | 55.53 | 0.0% |
| 105th | Albania | 55.61 | -2.0% |
| 106th | Myanmar | 55.77 | -1.2% |
| 107th | Colombia | 56.46 | -1.4% |
| 108th | Monaco | 57.51 | 1.4% |
| 109th | Panama | 57.66 | -1.0% |
| 110th | St. Lucia | 57.68 | -3.1% |
| 111th | Suriname | 57.98 | -0.7% |
| 112th | Fiji | 57.98 | -1.3% |
| 113th | Oman | 58.04 | -3.5% |
| 114th | Malaysia | 58.05 | -1.9% |
| 115th | Faroe Islands | 58.31 | -0.7% |
| 116th | Morocco | 58.68 | -2.0% |
| 117th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 58.78 | -2.4% |
| 118th | South Africa | 59.46 | -3.2% |
| 119th | Argentina | 59.52 | -0.8% |
| 120th | Uruguay | 59.70 | -0.2% |
| 121st | Jamaica | 59.91 | -2.5% |
| 122nd | Israel | 60.84 | 0.1% |
| 123rd | Kosovo | 61.13 | -4.6% |
| 124th | Saudi Arabia | 61.19 | -4.5% |
| 125th | Peru | 61.24 | -1.3% |
| 126th | Dominica | 61.92 | -2.5% |
| 127th | Mexico | 62.38 | -1.3% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | 62.98 | -2.5% |
| 129th | Dominican Republic | 63.23 | -1.3% |
| 130th | Grenada | 63.30 | -4.2% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 63.60 | -3.4% |
| 132nd | Turkmenistan | 63.78 | -3.1% |
| 133rd | India | 63.84 | -1.4% |
| 134th | Nauru | 64.41 | -2.0% |
| 135th | Ecuador | 64.73 | -1.1% |
| 136th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 65.20 | -2.0% |
| 137th | Botswana | 66.29 | -2.4% |
| 138th | Bhutan | 66.30 | -3.7% |
| 139th | Maldives | 66.42 | -5.3% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | 66.51 | -0.9% |
| 141st | Guyana | 66.93 | -0.8% |
| 142nd | Philippines | 69.88 | -1.4% |
| 143rd | American Samoa | 70.52 | -0.8% |
| 144th | El Salvador | 70.57 | -0.6% |
| 145th | Paraguay | 70.80 | -2.2% |
| 146th | Tuvalu | 71.26 | -1.3% |
| 147th | Djibouti | 71.87 | -0.5% |
| 148th | Papua New Guinea | 72.04 | -0.9% |
| 149th | Nicaragua | 72.75 | -2.3% |
| 150th | Jordan | 72.92 | -0.9% |
| 151st | Marshall Islands | 72.95 | -2.6% |
| 152nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 73.26 | -1.5% |
| 153rd | Kiribati | 73.27 | -1.8% |
| 154th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 73.83 | -1.4% |
| 155th | Cambodia | 74.38 | -3.5% |
| 156th | Belize | 74.48 | -1.6% |
| 157th | Lesotho | 74.80 | -1.7% |
| 158th | Haiti | 75.41 | -1.5% |
| 159th | Tajikistan | 77.21 | -3.0% |
| 160th | Syrian Arab Republic | 77.29 | -2.1% |
| 161st | Tonga | 77.54 | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Namibia | 77.57 | -1.7% |
| 163rd | Cabo Verde | 78.37 | -3.7% |
| 164th | Nepal | 78.61 | -1.2% |
| 165th | Vanuatu | 78.83 | -2.2% |
| 166th | Equatorial Guinea | 79.35 | -2.6% |
| 167th | Eswatini | 79.52 | -1.8% |
| 168th | Ghana | 79.72 | -1.4% |
| 169th | Gabon | 80.02 | -1.8% |
| 170th | Timor-Leste | 80.99 | -0.4% |
| 171st | Samoa | 81.14 | -1.1% |
| 172nd | Congo, Republic of | 81.14 | -0.6% |
| 173rd | Zimbabwe | 81.15 | 0.2% |
| 174th | Honduras | 81.38 | -1.7% |
| 175th | Togo | 81.61 | -0.6% |
| 176th | Solomon Islands | 82.95 | -1.1% |
| 177th | Lao PDR | 83.15 | -1.8% |
| 178th | Pakistan | 84.44 | -1.3% |
| 179th | Liberia | 85.51 | 0.0% |
| 180th | Iraq | 85.61 | -0.9% |
| 181st | Rwanda | 85.99 | -2.0% |
| 182nd | São Tomé and Principe | 86.22 | -0.7% |
| 183rd | Senegal | 87.14 | -0.8% |
| 184th | Guatemala | 87.73 | -1.4% |
| 185th | Nigeria | 88.20 | 0.2% |
| 186th | Eritrea | 88.60 | -2.8% |
| 187th | Kenya | 89.26 | -1.4% |
| 188th | Mauritania | 89.72 | 0.1% |
| 189th | Sierra Leone | 89.94 | -0.1% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 90.05 | 0.2% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | 90.08 | -0.7% |
| 192nd | Guinea-Bissau | 90.29 | -1.0% |
| 193rd | Cameroon | 90.69 | -0.9% |
| 194th | Mozambique | 92.07 | 0.2% |
| 195th | Benin | 92.33 | -0.8% |
| 196th | Angola | 92.58 | -0.3% |
| 197th | Madagascar | 92.96 | -0.2% |
| 198th | Sudan | 93.67 | -0.4% |
| 199th | South Sudan | 93.74 | 0.8% |
| 200th | Côte d'Ivoire | 94.48 | 0.1% |
| 201st | West Bank and Gaza | 94.62 | -1.7% |
| 202nd | Burkina Faso | 94.71 | -1.0% |
| 203rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 95.40 | 0.4% |
| 204th | Burundi | 96.42 | -2.0% |
| 205th | Gambia, The | 96.82 | -1.0% |
| 206th | Guinea | 97.19 | -0.5% |
| 207th | Mali | 97.62 | -0.4% |
| 208th | Zambia | 98.48 | -1.0% |
| 209th | Malawi | 99.18 | 0.4% |
| 210th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 101.05 | 0.5% |
| 211th | Niger | 101.09 | 1.0% |
| 212th | Comoros | 101.12 | -1.2% |
| 213th | Yemen, Republic of | 101.44 | -1.9% |
| 214th | Chad | 106.77 | -0.8% |
| 215th | Uganda | 110.40 | -0.5% |
| 216th | Afghanistan | 110.56 | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's dependency ratio in 2003?▾
Costa Rica's dependency ratio in 2003 was 54.05. This ranked 96th globally.
How did Costa Rica's dependency ratio change in 2003?▾
Costa Rica's dependency ratio decreased by 2.4% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2003?▾
Afghanistan had the highest dependency ratio in 2003 at 110.56.
What is the dependency ratio of Costa Rica in 2003?▾
The dependency ratio of Costa Rica in 2003 was 54.05. This ranked 96th globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Costa Rica's dependency ratio?▾
Costa Rica's dependency ratio went from 55.35 in 2002 to 54.05 in 2003, a 2.4% decrease.
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