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Guinea-Bissau - Dependency Ratio 2025

Name: Guinea-Bissau Dependency Ratio 2025
Creator: World Bank
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

71.15 −1.20 from 2024 Global rank: 36th

Guinea-Bissau's dependency ratio was 71.15 in 2025, decreased +1.20 from 72.35 in 2024. This was the 36th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2025▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 2025
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Central African Republic	105.17	0.4%
2nd	Monaco	99.03	0.5%
3rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	96.57	0.1%
4th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	96.32	-0.5%
5th	Niger	95.48	-1.4%
6th	Mali	93.06	-1.3%
7th	Chad	91.67	-1.3%
8th	Mozambique	89.05	-0.5%
9th	Angola	89.02	-0.4%
10th	Burundi	87.70	-2.0%
11th	Mauritania	84.04	-1.1%
12th	Tanzania	83.02	-0.9%
13th	Uganda	82.81	-1.7%
14th	Afghanistan	81.62	-1.4%
15th	Samoa	80.46	1.0%
16th	Benin	79.87	-1.1%
17th	Zimbabwe	79.31	-1.0%
18th	Guinea	78.73	-1.2%
19th	Cameroon	78.50	-1.1%
20th	Burkina Faso	78.23	-2.2%
21st	Nigeria	77.36	-1.8%
22nd	Yemen, Republic of	77.32	-0.2%
23rd	Sudan	77.18	-0.9%
24th	Côte d'Ivoire	76.11	-1.1%
25th	Congo, Republic of	76.10	-0.9%
26th	Zambia	75.30	-1.8%
27th	Gambia, The	75.27	-1.5%
28th	Malawi	74.20	-2.8%
29th	Vanuatu	74.12	-0.2%
30th	Togo	73.93	-1.0%
31st	Madagascar	73.77	-0.9%
32nd	Liberia	73.52	-1.9%
33rd	Tonga	72.97	0.3%
34th	Eritrea	71.60	-2.5%
35th	West Bank and Gaza	71.37	-1.0%
36th	Guinea-Bissau	71.15	-1.7%
37th	Comoros	70.35	-1.2%
38th	Japan	70.21	0.1%
39th	Senegal	70.02	-2.5%
40th	São Tomé and Principe	69.84	-2.5%
41st	South Sudan	69.72	-3.4%
42nd	Nauru	69.46	1.5%
43rd	Sierra Leone	69.23	-1.7%
44th	Equatorial Guinea	69.19	-0.3%
45th	Rwanda	69.17	-1.6%
46th	Namibia	68.86	0.5%
47th	Pakistan	68.78	-0.9%
48th	Gabon	68.23	0.0%
49th	Tajikistan	67.53	0.8%
50th	Solomon Islands	67.26	-1.6%
51st	Tuvalu	66.61	1.5%
52nd	Israel	66.55	0.0%
53rd	St. Martin (French part)	65.86	-0.1%
54th	Iraq	65.36	-1.9%
55th	Virgin Islands (US)	65.35	1.4%
56th	Marshall Islands	65.14	1.4%
57th	Ghana	64.52	-1.3%
58th	Kenya	64.44	-2.5%
59th	Guam	64.16	2.1%
60th	Kiribati	63.75	0.0%
61st	France	63.30	0.5%
62nd	Finland	63.07	0.6%
63rd	Kazakhstan	62.30	1.5%
64th	Timor-Leste	61.86	-3.0%
65th	Lesotho	61.53	-1.2%
66th	Kyrgyz Republic	61.48	0.2%
67th	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.87	0.2%
68th	Sweden	60.62	0.0%
69th	Portugal	60.19	1.0%
70th	Mongolia	60.13	0.9%
71st	Faroe Islands	60.06	-0.8%
72nd	Uzbekistan	59.94	2.2%
73rd	Germany	59.88	1.5%
74th	Isle of Man	59.83	0.2%
75th	Croatia	59.80	1.3%
76th	Greece	59.65	0.9%
77th	Eswatini	59.59	-1.2%
78th	Serbia	59.41	1.2%
79th	Latvia	59.40	0.5%
80th	Algeria	58.87	0.6%
81st	Estonia	58.79	0.4%
82nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	58.38	-1.1%
83rd	Slovenia	58.33	1.5%
84th	Papua New Guinea	58.02	-1.0%
85th	United Kingdom	57.98	0.1%
86th	Belgium	57.97	0.6%
87th	European Union	57.80	0.7%
88th	Georgia	57.76	0.8%
89th	Denmark	57.74	0.2%
90th	Bulgaria	57.65	0.3%
91st	Italy	57.60	0.1%
92nd	Puerto Rico (US)	57.48	0.7%
93rd	Moldova	57.33	1.9%
94th	Turkmenistan	57.20	1.5%
95th	Czechia	56.78	-0.1%
96th	Montenegro	56.77	1.1%
97th	Lebanon	56.61	-0.8%
98th	Guyana	56.26	0.5%
99th	Botswana	56.16	-0.9%
100th	Guatemala	55.99	-2.3%
101st	Romania	55.98	0.8%
102nd	Bermuda	55.77	2.0%
103rd	Cambodia	55.76	-0.7%
104th	Australia	55.63	0.8%
105th	Hungary	55.37	1.1%
106th	Netherlands	55.33	0.4%
107th	Haiti	55.29	-1.2%
108th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	55.26	1.4%
109th	New Zealand	55.05	0.8%
110th	United States	54.86	0.8%
111th	Liechtenstein	54.76	1.7%
112th	Poland	54.60	1.6%
113th	Switzerland	54.36	1.1%
114th	Canada	54.28	1.2%
115th	North Macedonia	54.28	1.5%
116th	Gibraltar	54.27	-0.4%
117th	Austria	54.11	1.2%
118th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	54.02	-1.5%
119th	Paraguay	54.02	-0.2%
120th	Norway	53.94	0.3%
121st	San Marino	53.90	1.6%
122nd	Jordan	53.31	-1.8%
123rd	Russian Federation	53.29	1.4%
124th	Slovak Republic	53.26	2.0%
125th	Lithuania	53.20	-0.6%
126th	Honduras	53.19	-1.4%
127th	American Samoa	52.97	-1.9%
128th	Lao PDR	52.90	-1.2%
129th	Nepal	52.64	-2.0%
130th	Dominican Republic	52.59	0.0%
131st	Ireland	52.51	-0.1%
132nd	Bangladesh	52.36	-0.5%
133rd	Belarus	52.20	1.5%
134th	Channel Islands	52.19	0.3%
135th	Sri Lanka	51.85	0.0%
136th	Panama	51.80	-0.6%
137th	Uruguay	51.76	-1.0%
138th	Aruba	51.76	0.9%
139th	Spain	51.72	0.1%
140th	Albania	51.72	1.5%
141st	Barbados	51.64	1.2%
142nd	Nicaragua	51.37	-1.6%
143rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	51.17	3.1%
144th	Morocco	50.94	-0.1%
145th	Tunisia	50.77	0.5%
146th	Argentina	50.70	-1.7%
147th	Malta	50.65	1.7%
148th	Djibouti	50.58	-1.9%
149th	Iceland	50.29	0.2%
150th	Suriname	50.24	-0.4%
151st	Fiji	50.10	-0.9%
152nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.85	0.4%
153rd	Ukraine	49.33	0.8%
154th	Armenia	49.29	0.3%
155th	Peru	48.95	-1.5%
156th	Philippines	48.84	-2.4%
157th	New Caledonia	48.65	0.0%
158th	El Salvador	48.51	-1.3%
159th	Mexico	48.27	-0.9%
160th	Ecuador	48.16	-1.3%
161st	Viet Nam	47.87	0.5%
162nd	South Africa	47.85	-0.9%
163rd	Syrian Arab Republic	47.69	-7.0%
164th	Northern Mariana Islands	47.69	2.5%
165th	Libya	47.03	-2.0%
166th	Greenland	46.88	1.4%
167th	Cuba	46.87	0.2%
168th	Cabo Verde	46.86	-2.2%
169th	Türkiye	46.64	0.3%
170th	Curaçao	46.58	0.3%
171st	Indonesia	46.45	-0.8%
172nd	Grenada	46.23	-0.3%
173rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	46.19	1.2%
174th	Myanmar	46.16	-0.1%
175th	India	45.96	-1.3%
176th	Luxembourg	45.60	0.3%
177th	Chile	45.16	0.0%
178th	Belize	44.91	-2.8%
179th	Costa Rica	44.84	-0.3%
180th	Cyprus	44.81	1.2%
181st	China	44.62	0.8%
182nd	Brazil	44.44	0.2%
183rd	Dominica	44.43	-0.3%
184th	Kosovo	44.22	-0.6%
185th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.08	-0.4%
186th	French Polynesia	43.70	-0.1%
187th	Azerbaijan	43.67	0.1%
188th	Trinidad and Tobago	43.59	1.0%
189th	Thailand	43.55	1.1%
190th	Korea	43.40	2.0%
191st	Colombia	42.79	-0.4%
192nd	Palau	42.44	1.0%
193rd	Antigua and Barbuda	42.36	0.8%
194th	St. Kitts and Nevis	41.92	0.6%
195th	Bahamas, The	41.75	-1.1%
196th	Malaysia	41.19	-1.7%
197th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	41.18	0.4%
198th	Macao SAR, China	40.41	3.0%
199th	Seychelles	40.09	0.6%
200th	Mauritius	39.65	0.3%
201st	Andorra	38.53	-0.1%
202nd	Brunei Darussalam	38.48	0.5%
203rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	37.79	0.5%
204th	Oman	37.76	0.2%
205th	St. Lucia	37.06	-0.6%
206th	Bhutan	36.67	-2.8%
207th	Jamaica	36.29	-1.4%
208th	Saudi Arabia	35.77	-2.2%
209th	Singapore	34.58	1.9%
210th	Cayman Islands	34.19	1.6%
211th	Maldives	31.50	-1.5%
212th	British Virgin Islands	31.18	-1.9%
213th	Bahrain	28.77	-1.3%
214th	Kuwait	24.92	-8.1%
215th	United Arab Emirates	21.76	0.0%
216th	Qatar	20.12	0.0%

FAQ

What was Guinea-Bissau's dependency ratio in 2025?▾

Guinea-Bissau's dependency ratio in 2025 was 71.15. This ranked 36th globally.

How did Guinea-Bissau's dependency ratio change in 2025?▾

Guinea-Bissau's dependency ratio decreased by 1.7% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2025?▾

Central African Republic had the highest dependency ratio in 2025 at 105.17.

What is the dependency ratio of Guinea-Bissau in 2025?▾

The dependency ratio of Guinea-Bissau in 2025 was 71.15. This ranked 36th globally.

How does 2025 compare to 2024 for Guinea-Bissau's dependency ratio?▾

Guinea-Bissau's dependency ratio went from 72.35 in 2024 to 71.15 in 2025, a 1.7% decrease.

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