Costa Rica - Dependency Ratio 2023
45.03
−0.11 from 2022
Costa Rica's dependency ratio was 45.03 in 2023, decreased +0.11 from 45.14 in 2022. This was the 41st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 20.10 | 0.7% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 22.00 | -0.5% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 27.48 | -2.4% |
| 4th | Bahrain | 29.25 | 0.3% |
| 5th | British Virgin Islands | 32.17 | -2.2% |
| 6th | Maldives | 32.26 | -0.4% |
| 7th | Cayman Islands | 33.04 | 1.9% |
| 8th | Singapore | 33.13 | 1.0% |
| 9th | Saudi Arabia | 36.83 | -2.2% |
| 10th | Jamaica | 36.98 | -0.6% |
| 11th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 37.21 | 0.7% |
| 12th | St. Lucia | 37.30 | -0.1% |
| 13th | Brunei Darussalam | 38.00 | 0.8% |
| 14th | Macao SAR, China | 38.07 | 2.8% |
| 15th | Andorra | 38.25 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Bhutan | 38.56 | -2.2% |
| 17th | Oman | 38.67 | -4.8% |
| 18th | Mauritius | 39.02 | 1.0% |
| 19th | Seychelles | 39.80 | 0.1% |
| 20th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 40.86 | 0.0% |
| 21st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 40.91 | 1.1% |
| 22nd | Korea | 41.45 | 2.0% |
| 23rd | Palau | 41.62 | 0.9% |
| 24th | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.76 | 0.7% |
| 25th | Malaysia | 42.33 | -1.3% |
| 26th | Thailand | 42.47 | 1.3% |
| 27th | Bahamas, The | 42.50 | -0.8% |
| 28th | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.61 | 1.1% |
| 29th | Colombia | 42.80 | 0.1% |
| 30th | Azerbaijan | 43.59 | 0.1% |
| 31st | Cyprus | 43.63 | 1.3% |
| 32nd | French Polynesia | 43.80 | -0.1% |
| 33rd | Brazil | 44.03 | 0.5% |
| 34th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.41 | -0.4% |
| 35th | Dominica | 44.62 | -0.1% |
| 36th | China | 44.73 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Greenland | 44.76 | 2.6% |
| 38th | Luxembourg | 44.77 | 1.0% |
| 39th | Kosovo | 44.80 | -0.2% |
| 40th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 44.95 | 1.9% |
| 41st | Costa Rica | 45.03 | -0.2% |
| 42nd | Chile | 45.09 | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 45.60 | 2.8% |
| 44th | Curaçao | 46.04 | 0.7% |
| 45th | Myanmar | 46.21 | 0.0% |
| 46th | Cuba | 46.43 | 0.7% |
| 47th | Grenada | 46.45 | -0.1% |
| 48th | Belize | 46.70 | -2.2% |
| 49th | Türkiye | 46.72 | -0.3% |
| 50th | India | 47.01 | -0.9% |
| 51st | Indonesia | 47.02 | -0.5% |
| 52nd | Viet Nam | 47.55 | 0.3% |
| 53rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 47.81 | 3.5% |
| 54th | South Africa | 48.37 | -0.4% |
| 55th | New Caledonia | 48.40 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Armenia | 48.71 | -0.1% |
| 57th | Libya | 48.90 | -1.9% |
| 58th | Ukraine | 48.93 | 0.8% |
| 59th | Mexico | 49.04 | -0.7% |
| 60th | Cabo Verde | 49.14 | -2.5% |
| 61st | Malta | 49.15 | 2.1% |
| 62nd | Ecuador | 49.47 | -1.2% |
| 63rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.72 | 0.3% |
| 64th | El Salvador | 49.72 | -1.2% |
| 65th | Albania | 50.02 | 1.6% |
| 66th | Peru | 50.04 | -1.0% |
| 67th | Iceland | 50.16 | -0.4% |
| 68th | Aruba | 50.50 | 1.4% |
| 69th | Suriname | 50.53 | -0.2% |
| 70th | Barbados | 50.56 | 0.7% |
| 71st | Tunisia | 50.61 | 0.1% |
| 72nd | Fiji | 50.89 | -0.8% |
| 73rd | Belarus | 50.91 | 1.2% |
| 74th | Morocco | 51.20 | -0.2% |
| 75th | Philippines | 51.22 | -2.2% |
| 76th | Spain | 51.31 | 0.6% |
| 77th | Slovak Republic | 51.42 | 1.9% |
| 78th | Channel Islands | 51.65 | 0.5% |
| 79th | Sri Lanka | 51.75 | 0.1% |
| 80th | Russian Federation | 51.79 | 1.6% |
| 81st | Djibouti | 52.23 | -1.5% |
| 82nd | Panama | 52.28 | -0.5% |
| 83rd | San Marino | 52.39 | 1.4% |
| 84th | Argentina | 52.42 | -1.7% |
| 85th | Austria | 52.59 | 1.5% |
| 86th | Dominican Republic | 52.66 | 0.1% |
| 87th | Uruguay | 52.67 | -0.8% |
| 88th | Liechtenstein | 52.70 | 2.1% |
| 89th | Ireland | 52.81 | -0.3% |
| 90th | North Macedonia | 52.83 | 1.4% |
| 91st | Nicaragua | 52.87 | -1.3% |
| 92nd | Switzerland | 52.96 | 1.5% |
| 93rd | Poland | 53.04 | 1.4% |
| 94th | Canada | 53.05 | 0.8% |
| 95th | Bangladesh | 53.10 | -1.0% |
| 96th | Lithuania | 53.24 | -0.7% |
| 97th | Bermuda | 53.35 | 2.3% |
| 98th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.52 | 1.7% |
| 99th | Syrian Arab Republic | 53.90 | -6.6% |
| 100th | United States | 53.91 | 1.0% |
| 101st | Norway | 53.94 | -0.3% |
| 102nd | American Samoa | 53.99 | -0.5% |
| 103rd | Nepal | 54.02 | -0.3% |
| 104th | Lao PDR | 54.07 | -1.1% |
| 105th | Paraguay | 54.20 | 0.0% |
| 106th | New Zealand | 54.26 | 0.4% |
| 107th | Gibraltar | 54.47 | -0.4% |
| 108th | Honduras | 54.53 | -1.1% |
| 109th | Hungary | 54.57 | 0.6% |
| 110th | Netherlands | 54.63 | 0.3% |
| 111th | Australia | 54.83 | 0.5% |
| 112th | Jordan | 55.16 | -1.9% |
| 113th | Moldova | 55.30 | 1.5% |
| 114th | Romania | 55.35 | 0.4% |
| 115th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 55.50 | -1.2% |
| 116th | Montenegro | 55.76 | 0.8% |
| 117th | Guyana | 55.77 | 0.8% |
| 118th | Turkmenistan | 56.11 | 0.9% |
| 119th | Cambodia | 56.43 | -0.6% |
| 120th | Haiti | 56.72 | -1.2% |
| 121st | Czechia | 56.79 | -1.1% |
| 122nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 56.86 | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Botswana | 56.86 | -0.2% |
| 124th | Slovenia | 56.89 | 1.2% |
| 125th | European Union | 56.90 | 0.7% |
| 126th | Georgia | 57.13 | 0.3% |
| 127th | Italy | 57.14 | 0.2% |
| 128th | Bulgaria | 57.16 | 0.6% |
| 129th | Belgium | 57.32 | 0.6% |
| 130th | Denmark | 57.40 | 0.1% |
| 131st | Lebanon | 57.58 | -0.7% |
| 132nd | Uzbekistan | 57.64 | 2.0% |
| 133rd | United Kingdom | 57.85 | 0.4% |
| 134th | Serbia | 57.95 | 1.1% |
| 135th | Germany | 57.99 | 1.5% |
| 136th | Guatemala | 58.41 | -2.0% |
| 137th | Estonia | 58.43 | 0.1% |
| 138th | Croatia | 58.61 | 0.7% |
| 139th | Portugal | 58.74 | 1.4% |
| 140th | Algeria | 58.77 | -0.1% |
| 141st | Latvia | 58.79 | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Greece | 58.91 | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Papua New Guinea | 59.12 | -0.9% |
| 144th | Isle of Man | 59.33 | 0.7% |
| 145th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 59.76 | -1.2% |
| 146th | Mongolia | 60.00 | 0.0% |
| 147th | Sweden | 60.74 | -0.2% |
| 148th | Eswatini | 60.81 | -0.6% |
| 149th | Kazakhstan | 60.89 | 1.0% |
| 150th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 60.93 | 0.1% |
| 151st | Faroe Islands | 60.99 | -1.5% |
| 152nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 61.55 | -0.1% |
| 153rd | Guam | 61.65 | 2.2% |
| 154th | St. Martin (French part) | 62.17 | 4.5% |
| 155th | Finland | 62.64 | 0.3% |
| 156th | France | 62.69 | 0.5% |
| 157th | Lesotho | 63.27 | -1.4% |
| 158th | Virgin Islands (US) | 63.30 | 1.9% |
| 159th | Tuvalu | 63.60 | 4.3% |
| 160th | Kiribati | 64.06 | -0.2% |
| 161st | Marshall Islands | 64.17 | 1.5% |
| 162nd | Timor-Leste | 65.46 | -2.8% |
| 163rd | Ghana | 66.14 | -1.2% |
| 164th | Israel | 66.75 | -0.3% |
| 165th | Tajikistan | 67.10 | 0.4% |
| 166th | Kenya | 67.67 | -2.4% |
| 167th | Iraq | 68.03 | -2.0% |
| 168th | Gabon | 68.65 | -0.3% |
| 169th | Nauru | 69.09 | 0.4% |
| 170th | Namibia | 69.10 | -0.5% |
| 171st | Solomon Islands | 69.46 | -1.6% |
| 172nd | Equatorial Guinea | 69.80 | -0.6% |
| 173rd | Japan | 70.10 | -0.2% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 70.17 | -0.8% |
| 175th | Rwanda | 71.10 | -1.3% |
| 176th | Sierra Leone | 71.64 | -1.7% |
| 177th | Comoros | 72.04 | -1.2% |
| 178th | São Tomé and Principe | 72.85 | -2.0% |
| 179th | West Bank and Gaza | 72.93 | -0.9% |
| 180th | Senegal | 73.07 | -2.0% |
| 181st | Tonga | 73.09 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Guinea-Bissau | 73.57 | -1.7% |
| 183rd | South Sudan | 74.72 | -3.7% |
| 184th | Eritrea | 74.91 | -2.0% |
| 185th | Vanuatu | 74.92 | -0.6% |
| 186th | Madagascar | 75.15 | -0.9% |
| 187th | Togo | 75.58 | -1.2% |
| 188th | Liberia | 76.29 | -1.9% |
| 189th | Gambia, The | 77.65 | -1.5% |
| 190th | Yemen, Republic of | 77.73 | -0.3% |
| 191st | Congo, Republic of | 77.93 | -1.2% |
| 192nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 78.08 | -1.4% |
| 193rd | Zambia | 78.11 | -1.8% |
| 194th | Sudan | 78.13 | -0.7% |
| 195th | Malawi | 78.28 | -2.6% |
| 196th | Samoa | 79.96 | 0.4% |
| 197th | Nigeria | 80.25 | -1.8% |
| 198th | Cameroon | 80.30 | -1.2% |
| 199th | Guinea | 80.78 | -1.3% |
| 200th | Benin | 81.57 | -1.0% |
| 201st | Zimbabwe | 81.63 | -1.1% |
| 202nd | Burkina Faso | 81.89 | -2.2% |
| 203rd | Afghanistan | 83.84 | -1.3% |
| 204th | Tanzania | 84.39 | -0.7% |
| 205th | Uganda | 85.49 | -1.3% |
| 206th | Mauritania | 86.05 | -1.2% |
| 207th | Angola | 90.06 | -0.6% |
| 208th | Mozambique | 90.55 | -0.8% |
| 209th | Burundi | 91.85 | -2.4% |
| 210th | Chad | 95.36 | -2.6% |
| 211th | Mali | 95.56 | -1.2% |
| 212th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 96.68 | -0.1% |
| 213th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 97.02 | -0.5% |
| 214th | Monaco | 98.16 | -1.7% |
| 215th | Niger | 98.16 | -1.4% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 105.18 | -0.4% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's dependency ratio in 2023?▾
Costa Rica's dependency ratio in 2023 was 45.03. This ranked 41st globally.
How did Costa Rica's dependency ratio change in 2023?▾
Costa Rica's dependency ratio decreased by 0.2% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2023?▾
Central African Republic had the highest dependency ratio in 2023 at 105.18.
What is the dependency ratio of Costa Rica in 2023?▾
The dependency ratio of Costa Rica in 2023 was 45.03. This ranked 41st globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Costa Rica's dependency ratio?▾
Costa Rica's dependency ratio went from 45.14 in 2022 to 45.03 in 2023, a 0.2% decrease.
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