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Jamaica - Dependency Ratio 1990

Name: Jamaica Dependency Ratio 1990
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

75.60 −1.07 from 1989 Global rank: 123rd

Jamaica's dependency ratio was 75.60 in 1990, decreased +1.07 from 76.66 in 1989. This was the 123rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1990▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1990
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Northern Mariana Islands	35.49	1.2%
2nd	Singapore	36.98	-1.3%
3rd	Andorra	37.89	-0.9%
4th	Qatar	38.99	-0.7%
5th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	39.18	-0.7%
6th	Cayman Islands	39.70	-3.1%
7th	Bermuda	40.19	-1.2%
8th	Liechtenstein	40.91	-0.8%
9th	Greenland	42.13	2.7%
10th	San Marino	42.35	-0.6%
11th	Hong Kong SAR, China	42.51	-0.9%
12th	Japan	43.23	-1.3%
13th	St. Martin (French part)	43.33	2.8%
14th	Macao SAR, China	43.94	0.8%
15th	Channel Islands	44.11	-0.1%
16th	United Arab Emirates	44.11	-3.3%
17th	Serbia	44.11	0.6%
18th	Korea	44.32	-2.7%
19th	Luxembourg	44.38	1.0%
20th	Germany	44.83	1.0%
21st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	44.97	-0.9%
22nd	Netherlands	45.18	0.4%
23rd	Cuba	45.25	-1.3%
24th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.25	-0.2%
25th	Croatia	45.77	-0.1%
26th	Italy	45.83	-0.8%
27th	Slovenia	45.89	-0.7%
28th	Switzerland	46.36	0.4%
29th	Canada	46.96	0.6%
30th	Austria	48.09	0.2%
31st	Aruba	48.39	1.7%
32nd	Denmark	48.47	-0.7%
33rd	British Virgin Islands	48.48	-1.2%
34th	Finland	48.59	0.5%
35th	Russian Federation	49.04	0.8%
36th	European Union	49.19	-0.3%
37th	Greece	49.35	-1.0%
38th	Belgium	49.37	1.0%
39th	Australia	49.47	0.0%
40th	Latvia	49.68	0.1%
41st	Spain	50.00	-1.7%
42nd	Gibraltar	50.13	-2.2%
43rd	Lithuania	50.19	-0.6%
44th	Bulgaria	50.35	0.1%
45th	Montenegro	50.53	0.3%
46th	Hungary	50.68	-1.7%
47th	Ukraine	50.74	0.7%
48th	Belarus	50.86	1.1%
49th	Malta	51.19	-0.1%
50th	Romania	51.22	-0.8%
51st	Estonia	51.23	0.5%
52nd	United States	51.24	0.9%
53rd	Thailand	51.30	-2.9%
54th	Czechia	51.47	-2.1%
55th	Guam	51.49	1.0%
56th	Portugal	51.50	-1.7%
57th	North Macedonia	51.50	-0.2%
58th	France	51.79	0.4%
59th	China	51.84	-0.2%
60th	Bahamas, The	51.88	-0.8%
61st	New Zealand	52.22	0.4%
62nd	Georgia	52.53	1.0%
63rd	Cyprus	52.72	-0.3%
64th	Curaçao	52.97	0.2%
65th	Monaco	53.11	-1.1%
66th	Virgin Islands (US)	53.82	-2.0%
67th	Turks and Caicos Islands	53.86	-2.7%
68th	United Kingdom	53.89	0.7%
69th	Barbados	53.90	-0.6%
70th	Poland	54.03	-0.4%
71st	Mauritius	54.06	-0.9%
72nd	Norway	54.45	0.1%
73rd	Armenia	54.78	0.2%
74th	Slovak Republic	55.06	-1.3%
75th	Iceland	55.24	0.1%
76th	Bahrain	55.49	0.6%
77th	Sweden	55.56	0.4%
78th	Chile	55.76	-0.1%
79th	Palau	56.34	-3.2%
80th	Moldova	56.56	0.5%
81st	Faroe Islands	56.86	0.7%
82nd	Puerto Rico (US)	57.66	-1.0%
83rd	Isle of Man	58.17	-1.1%
84th	Brunei Darussalam	58.75	-0.7%
85th	Uruguay	59.29	-0.4%
86th	New Caledonia	59.60	-1.2%
87th	Kazakhstan	59.88	-0.4%
88th	Azerbaijan	60.76	2.1%
89th	Kuwait	60.90	-1.2%
90th	Albania	61.48	-0.7%
91st	Trinidad and Tobago	61.70	-1.2%
92nd	Sri Lanka	61.73	-1.2%
93rd	Ireland	62.58	-1.8%
94th	Antigua and Barbuda	63.32	1.2%
95th	Argentina	64.07	-0.2%
96th	Seychelles	64.87	-2.2%
97th	Brazil	65.59	-1.4%
98th	Colombia	66.09	-1.1%
99th	French Polynesia	66.40	-0.6%
100th	Indonesia	66.44	-1.9%
101st	Grenada	66.62	-0.3%
102nd	Tuvalu	66.82	2.8%
103rd	Panama	67.69	-1.5%
104th	Costa Rica	68.00	-0.2%
105th	Israel	68.08	-1.3%
106th	Suriname	68.20	-0.5%
107th	Türkiye	68.22	-1.7%
108th	Myanmar	68.56	-1.5%
109th	Malaysia	68.89	-1.1%
110th	Lebanon	68.90	-0.3%
111th	Guyana	69.05	-1.0%
112th	Kosovo	70.84	1.1%
113th	American Samoa	71.04	0.1%
114th	Fiji	71.29	-0.3%
115th	South Africa	71.48	-1.5%
116th	Tunisia	71.90	-1.9%
117th	Dominica	72.76	1.2%
118th	Kyrgyz Republic	73.53	0.5%
119th	Ecuador	73.63	-1.3%
120th	Dominican Republic	74.15	-1.2%
121st	India	74.21	-0.7%
122nd	Peru	75.42	-1.5%
123rd	Jamaica	75.60	-1.4%
124th	Mexico	75.86	-2.2%
125th	Morocco	76.20	-1.8%
126th	Uzbekistan	76.60	0.1%
127th	Kiribati	77.28	0.9%
128th	Nauru	77.89	1.9%
129th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	77.92	-1.4%
130th	St. Kitts and Nevis	78.05	0.4%
131st	Viet Nam	78.41	-1.4%
132nd	St. Lucia	79.48	-4.5%
133rd	Papua New Guinea	79.49	-0.2%
134th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	79.78	-0.3%
135th	Timor-Leste	79.86	1.2%
136th	Libya	80.11	-3.3%
137th	El Salvador	80.34	-0.1%
138th	Philippines	80.64	-0.4%
139th	Turkmenistan	81.09	0.2%
140th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	81.24	-1.0%
141st	Saudi Arabia	81.66	-0.7%
142nd	Nepal	82.41	0.1%
143rd	Mongolia	82.44	-1.6%
144th	Tonga	82.48	-0.4%
145th	Algeria	82.53	-2.3%
146th	Samoa	82.56	-0.5%
147th	Paraguay	82.76	0.2%
148th	Equatorial Guinea	83.42	1.2%
149th	Haiti	84.14	0.0%
150th	Bhutan	84.29	-0.1%
151st	Namibia	84.39	-4.8%
152nd	Oman	84.71	-3.6%
153rd	Bangladesh	85.92	-1.7%
154th	Cambodia	87.68	1.9%
155th	Djibouti	87.75	-0.8%
156th	Sierra Leone	88.21	0.2%
157th	Lesotho	88.88	0.4%
158th	Liberia	89.08	0.1%
159th	Tajikistan	89.50	1.3%
160th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	89.54	0.1%
161st	Eritrea	89.67	1.0%
162nd	Jordan	89.84	-7.1%
163rd	Lao PDR	89.86	-0.1%
164th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	89.89	0.0%
165th	Angola	90.26	0.8%
166th	Pakistan	90.35	0.4%
167th	Guinea	90.41	0.3%
168th	Central African Republic	90.49	1.2%
169th	Congo, Republic of	90.59	-0.8%
170th	Vanuatu	90.77	-0.7%
171st	South Sudan	91.46	0.4%
172nd	Ghana	91.86	-0.3%
173rd	Togo	92.68	-0.8%
174th	Gabon	92.82	0.1%
175th	Botswana	93.67	-1.4%
176th	Belize	93.95	-0.7%
177th	Nigeria	94.05	-0.5%
178th	Mauritania	94.07	0.2%
179th	Mozambique	94.88	-0.4%
180th	Guatemala	95.21	-0.1%
181st	Madagascar	95.41	-0.8%
182nd	Nicaragua	95.61	-1.2%
183rd	Iraq	95.67	-1.2%
184th	Micronesia, Federated States of	95.83	-0.8%
185th	Niger	95.95	-0.2%
186th	Sudan	96.07	0.5%
187th	Solomon Islands	96.34	-1.6%
188th	São Tomé and Principe	97.14	0.0%
189th	Malawi	97.18	0.2%
190th	Honduras	97.24	-0.8%
191st	Tanzania	97.25	-0.7%
192nd	Syrian Arab Republic	98.06	-1.3%
193rd	Senegal	98.48	-0.8%
194th	Maldives	98.72	0.8%
195th	Gambia, The	98.80	0.2%
196th	Benin	99.00	-0.1%
197th	Cameroon	99.22	0.0%
198th	Afghanistan	99.66	0.5%
199th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	100.28	1.2%
200th	Eswatini	100.59	-2.0%
201st	Zimbabwe	100.83	-1.8%
202nd	Côte d'Ivoire	100.90	-0.6%
203rd	Burkina Faso	101.48	0.5%
204th	Cabo Verde	101.63	-0.5%
205th	Mali	102.11	0.6%
206th	Chad	102.27	0.9%
207th	Guinea-Bissau	103.32	-0.5%
208th	Comoros	104.16	0.0%
209th	West Bank and Gaza	104.93	-
210th	Rwanda	105.19	0.3%
211th	Zambia	105.21	-0.5%
212th	Uganda	105.27	0.3%
213th	Kenya	105.56	-1.0%
214th	Burundi	106.30	1.0%
215th	Marshall Islands	112.67	-1.8%
216th	Yemen, Republic of	116.92	0.5%

FAQ

What was Jamaica's dependency ratio in 1990?▾

Jamaica's dependency ratio in 1990 was 75.60. This ranked 123rd globally.

How did Jamaica's dependency ratio change in 1990?▾

Jamaica's dependency ratio decreased by 1.4% in 1990 compared to 1989.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1990?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest dependency ratio in 1990 at 116.92.

What is the dependency ratio of Jamaica in 1990?▾

The dependency ratio of Jamaica in 1990 was 75.60. This ranked 123rd globally.

How does 1990 compare to 1989 for Jamaica's dependency ratio?▾

Jamaica's dependency ratio went from 76.66 in 1989 to 75.60 in 1990, a 1.4% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Jamaica matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1990. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 77.3%. View full analysis →

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