Faroe Islands – Dependency Ratio 2013

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
59.38 +0.80 from 2012 G20 rank: 140th

Faroe Islands's dependency ratio was 59.38 in 2013, increased +0.80 from 58.58 in 2012. This was the 140th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2013
Dependency Ratio by Country – 2013
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Qatar 18.67 1.6%
2nd United Arab Emirates 22.42 0.3%
3rd Macao SAR, China 25.51 3.9%
4th Singapore 27.02 0.5%
5th Bahrain 28.56 0.2%
6th Cayman Islands 31.22 0.2%
7th Kuwait 31.69 0.3%
8th Oman 32.49 -4.5%
9th Hong Kong SAR, China 34.96 2.1%
10th British Virgin Islands 36.49 -1.9%
11th Korea 36.53 -0.7%
12th Trinidad and Tobago 37.04 1.2%
13th Palau 37.25 1.1%
14th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 37.28 -0.3%
15th China 38.24 1.4%
16th Mauritius 38.44 -0.2%
17th Turks and Caicos Islands 38.51 -2.6%
18th Maldives 38.94 -2.5%
19th Moldova 38.99 1.2%
20th Saudi Arabia 39.14 -2.6%
21st Brunei Darussalam 39.32 -1.2%
22nd Cyprus 39.34 0.3%
23rd Andorra 39.46 0.5%
24th Thailand 39.49 -0.3%
25th Azerbaijan 39.55 1.9%
26th Slovak Republic 40.11 1.7%
27th Seychelles 40.45 -1.1%
28th Greenland 40.57 -0.5%
29th Iran, Islamic Republic of 40.61 0.9%
30th Russian Federation 40.78 2.7%
31st St. Kitts and Nevis 41.07 -2.3%
32nd Ukraine 41.32 1.2%
33rd Belarus 41.69 2.0%
34th Poland 41.92 1.8%
35th Northern Mariana Islands 42.03 0.2%
36th Antigua and Barbuda 42.37 -1.6%
37th St. Lucia 42.54 -2.5%
38th Aruba 43.04 0.4%
39th Viet Nam 43.07 0.0%
40th Armenia 43.60 1.1%
41st Brazil 44.18 -1.0%
42nd Liechtenstein 44.21 1.4%
43rd Cuba 44.35 0.6%
44th Luxembourg 44.80 -0.4%
45th Jamaica 44.85 -2.9%
46th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 44.92 -0.7%
47th North Macedonia 45.01 0.9%
48th Tunisia 45.06 1.1%
49th Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.14 0.5%
50th Chile 45.26 -0.3%
51st Bermuda 45.26 1.2%
52nd Canada 45.99 1.6%
53rd Costa Rica 46.15 -0.8%
54th Albania 46.23 -0.9%
55th Slovenia 46.45 2.4%
56th French Polynesia 46.55 -0.5%
57th Hungary 46.55 1.4%
58th Bahamas, The 46.68 -0.9%
59th Malta 46.70 2.7%
60th Malaysia 46.96 -1.2%
61st Czechia 47.08 3.5%
62nd Lebanon 47.09 -0.2%
63rd Barbados 47.15 0.1%
64th Türkiye 47.36 -1.4%
65th Romania 47.40 0.7%
66th Colombia 47.50 -1.6%
67th Channel Islands 47.51 1.9%
68th Mongolia 47.59 1.5%
69th Serbia 47.62 1.6%
70th Curaçao 47.76 0.6%
71st Montenegro 47.94 0.5%
72nd Switzerland 48.00 0.7%
73rd Myanmar 48.24 -1.4%
74th Austria 48.31 0.6%
75th Dominica 48.39 -3.6%
76th Georgia 48.40 1.1%
77th Uzbekistan 48.73 -0.7%
78th Grenada 49.02 -0.9%
79th Spain 49.08 1.9%
80th Lithuania 49.27 0.4%
81st Bulgaria 49.31 2.4%
82nd Algeria 49.43 1.9%
83rd San Marino 49.46 1.1%
84th United States 49.50 1.0%
85th Kazakhstan 49.53 2.6%
86th New Caledonia 49.55 -0.3%
87th Turkmenistan 49.65 -0.7%
88th Bhutan 49.84 -1.6%
89th Croatia 49.89 0.6%
90th Australia 49.92 1.2%
91st Sri Lanka 49.97 0.8%
92nd Indonesia 50.04 -0.7%
93rd Latvia 50.38 2.1%
94th St. Martin (French part) 50.41 1.0%
95th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 50.49 -1.0%
96th Iceland 50.74 0.8%
97th Kosovo 50.82 -1.6%
98th European Union 51.26 1.3%
99th Estonia 51.37 2.2%
100th Ireland 51.40 1.7%
101st Netherlands 51.43 1.5%
102nd South Africa 51.46 -0.8%
103rd Morocco 51.53 -0.5%
104th Germany 51.62 0.1%
105th Norway 51.67 0.4%
106th Guam 52.15 0.2%
107th Portugal 52.45 1.2%
108th New Zealand 52.70 0.9%
109th Puerto Rico (US) 53.06 -1.0%
110th Belgium 53.16 1.1%
111th Cabo Verde 53.17 -2.8%
112th Gibraltar 53.42 1.3%
113th Fiji 53.65 -0.3%
114th Greece 53.73 1.7%
115th Mexico 54.03 -1.0%
116th India 54.14 -1.7%
117th United Kingdom 54.15 1.7%
118th Panama 54.41 -0.3%
119th Italy 54.44 1.2%
120th Dominican Republic 54.48 -0.7%
121st Denmark 54.76 1.0%
122nd Suriname 54.84 -1.2%
123rd Finland 55.03 2.7%
124th Isle of Man 55.22 2.2%
125th Libya 55.51 -0.8%
126th Kyrgyz Republic 55.67 2.3%
127th Guyana 55.73 -0.9%
128th Virgin Islands (US) 55.99 2.2%
129th Argentina 56.05 -0.2%
130th Uruguay 56.19 -0.6%
131st Peru 56.27 -0.6%
132nd Sweden 56.84 2.1%
133rd Paraguay 56.89 -1.6%
134th Ecuador 57.06 -1.3%
135th France 57.17 1.6%
136th Cambodia 57.39 -0.4%
137th El Salvador 58.28 -2.6%
138th Bangladesh 58.86 -2.0%
139th Belize 59.37 -3.0%
140th Faroe Islands 59.38 1.4%
141st American Samoa 59.58 -1.3%
142nd Nicaragua 59.89 -1.5%
143rd Tuvalu 60.65 -0.5%
144th Botswana 60.74 0.9%
145th Philippines 61.18 -1.4%
146th Egypt, Arab Republic of 61.26 0.4%
147th Micronesia, Federated States of 62.08 -1.0%
148th Lao PDR 62.17 -2.2%
149th Jordan 62.31 -1.1%
150th Japan 62.61 3.4%
151st Israel 63.35 1.3%
152nd Bolivia, Plurinational State of 63.67 -1.4%
153rd Djibouti 63.95 -1.5%
154th Haiti 64.19 -1.4%
155th Nauru 64.81 1.4%
156th Kiribati 64.88 -1.3%
157th Nepal 64.89 -1.5%
158th Honduras 65.04 -2.3%
159th Tajikistan 65.22 -0.8%
160th Papua New Guinea 65.32 -1.0%
161st Namibia 66.97 -0.1%
162nd Lesotho 68.08 -0.2%
163rd Eswatini 69.05 -1.1%
164th Gabon 69.14 -0.9%
165th Marshall Islands 70.07 -1.6%
166th Guatemala 71.04 -2.1%
167th Equatorial Guinea 71.10 -0.1%
168th Syrian Arab Republic 71.70 7.1%
169th Vanuatu 71.75 0.8%
170th Ghana 73.04 -0.3%
171st Pakistan 74.62 -0.2%
172nd Samoa 75.43 -0.7%
173rd Tonga 75.66 -0.4%
174th West Bank and Gaza 77.94 -1.2%
175th Iraq 77.96 -0.6%
176th Solomon Islands 78.25 -0.8%
177th Congo, Republic of 78.61 1.5%
178th Comoros 79.58 -1.4%
179th Monaco 79.69 5.2%
180th Togo 79.85 0.0%
181st South Sudan 79.94 -0.2%
182nd Rwanda 80.16 -0.8%
183rd Côte d'Ivoire 80.76 -1.8%
184th Yemen, Republic of 82.09 -1.3%
185th Kenya 82.13 -1.1%
186th Timor-Leste 83.19 -1.4%
187th Guinea-Bissau 83.37 -0.7%
188th Madagascar 83.45 -1.7%
189th São Tomé and Principe 83.83 0.2%
190th Liberia 84.14 0.3%
191st Sierra Leone 84.35 -1.2%
192nd Eritrea 84.46 -0.4%
193rd Senegal 86.08 -0.1%
194th Cameroon 86.74 -0.4%
195th Gambia, The 87.17 -0.7%
196th Benin 87.34 -0.4%
197th Sudan 88.62 -0.6%
198th Zimbabwe 88.64 0.9%
199th Guinea 89.84 -1.0%
200th Nigeria 90.30 -0.1%
201st Zambia 90.42 -0.9%
202nd Tanzania 91.75 -0.5%
203rd Angola 91.95 0.1%
204th Mauritania 92.03 0.4%
205th Burkina Faso 93.38 -0.2%
206th Burundi 93.38 1.3%
207th Mozambique 94.39 0.0%
208th Congo, Democratic Republic of 96.45 0.0%
209th Malawi 96.91 -1.1%
210th Central African Republic 97.96 2.8%
211th Afghanistan 98.06 -1.7%
212th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 100.55 -0.5%
213th Mali 102.37 0.8%
214th Chad 102.90 -0.5%
215th Uganda 102.96 -1.0%
216th Niger 107.59 -0.2%