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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Dependency Ratio 1998

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Dependency Ratio 1998
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

46.68 +0.14 from 1997 Global rank: 26th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio was 46.68 in 1998, increased +0.14 from 46.55 in 1997. This was the 26th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	United Arab Emirates	32.03	-5.5%
2nd	Singapore	33.61	-1.3%
3rd	Cayman Islands	34.00	-0.9%
4th	Qatar	35.27	-3.4%
5th	Northern Mariana Islands	36.61	-8.2%
6th	Andorra	36.79	0.7%
7th	Korea	38.94	-0.9%
8th	Hong Kong SAR, China	39.96	-0.7%
9th	Liechtenstein	40.75	-0.2%
10th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	40.81	-0.1%
11th	Bermuda	43.12	-0.9%
12th	Slovenia	43.20	-0.5%
13th	San Marino	43.27	0.7%
14th	Aruba	44.39	-2.1%
15th	British Virgin Islands	44.66	-0.6%
16th	Czechia	44.70	-1.4%
17th	Thailand	44.80	-1.1%
18th	Palau	45.08	-4.5%
19th	Japan	45.21	1.4%
20th	Cuba	45.35	-0.1%
21st	Macao SAR, China	45.66	-1.9%
22nd	Spain	45.67	-0.2%
23rd	Channel Islands	46.13	0.2%
24th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.22	-2.3%
25th	Germany	46.55	0.2%
26th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	46.68	0.3%
27th	Russian Federation	46.80	-2.9%
28th	Turks and Caicos Islands	47.01	-0.8%
29th	Italy	47.02	1.0%
30th	Hungary	47.11	-0.4%
31st	Netherlands	47.16	0.6%
32nd	Canada	47.31	-0.5%
33rd	Slovak Republic	47.33	-2.3%
34th	Mauritius	47.33	-1.6%
35th	Greenland	47.63	0.0%
36th	Serbia	47.68	0.7%
37th	Romania	47.69	0.2%
38th	China	47.79	-1.8%
39th	Croatia	47.80	1.1%
40th	Malta	48.03	-1.3%
41st	Bulgaria	48.12	-0.8%
42nd	Portugal	48.19	-0.1%
43rd	European Union	48.41	-0.1%
44th	Switzerland	48.49	0.3%
45th	Greece	48.57	-0.1%
46th	Poland	48.60	-2.3%
47th	Ukraine	48.64	-2.6%
48th	Trinidad and Tobago	48.68	-4.1%
49th	Austria	48.81	-0.5%
50th	Kuwait	48.87	-3.7%
51st	Luxembourg	49.13	0.7%
52nd	Bahrain	49.17	-2.3%
53rd	Denmark	49.28	0.7%
54th	Cyprus	49.70	-2.0%
55th	Finland	49.74	-0.5%
56th	Montenegro	49.74	-0.6%
57th	St. Martin (French part)	49.79	-1.8%
58th	Australia	49.80	-0.3%
59th	Belarus	49.94	-2.2%
60th	Barbados	50.43	-0.8%
61st	Latvia	50.59	-1.7%
62nd	North Macedonia	50.78	-0.7%
63rd	United States	50.87	-0.8%
64th	Estonia	51.09	-1.2%
65th	Ireland	51.13	-2.3%
66th	Sri Lanka	51.32	-1.6%
67th	Lithuania	51.87	-0.1%
68th	Belgium	52.09	0.5%
69th	Gibraltar	52.10	0.6%
70th	Brunei Darussalam	52.26	-2.3%
71st	New Zealand	52.78	0.1%
72nd	Bahamas, The	52.81	0.2%
73rd	France	53.22	0.3%
74th	Virgin Islands (US)	53.40	-0.1%
75th	Moldova	53.93	-2.4%
76th	New Caledonia	54.08	-0.1%
77th	Iceland	54.21	-0.9%
78th	United Kingdom	54.35	-0.5%
79th	Guam	54.68	0.2%
80th	Puerto Rico (US)	54.71	-0.4%
81st	Norway	54.73	-0.3%
82nd	Isle of Man	54.83	-1.1%
83rd	Georgia	54.87	-0.8%
84th	Chile	54.95	-0.8%
85th	Curaçao	55.45	0.2%
86th	Kazakhstan	55.53	-2.5%
87th	Monaco	55.68	0.2%
88th	Antigua and Barbuda	55.78	-1.5%
89th	Brazil	56.25	-2.1%
90th	Sweden	56.38	-0.5%
91st	Seychelles	56.70	-2.0%
92nd	Indonesia	57.58	-1.6%
93rd	Libya	58.24	-3.3%
94th	Türkiye	58.39	-2.0%
95th	Tunisia	58.96	-2.7%
96th	Albania	59.50	-0.7%
97th	Uruguay	59.65	0.3%
98th	French Polynesia	59.73	-2.0%
99th	Azerbaijan	59.78	-2.3%
100th	Faroe Islands	59.83	0.1%
101st	Colombia	60.39	-1.4%
102nd	Costa Rica	60.59	-2.1%
103rd	Myanmar	60.62	-1.9%
104th	Panama	61.08	-1.3%
105th	Lebanon	61.24	-2.0%
106th	Argentina	61.63	-0.7%
107th	St. Kitts and Nevis	61.76	-2.7%
108th	Armenia	61.84	-3.5%
109th	Suriname	62.44	-2.3%
110th	Israel	62.76	-1.0%
111th	Kosovo	63.03	4.8%
112th	Fiji	63.19	-2.1%
113th	Malaysia	63.32	-1.0%
114th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	63.43	-1.7%
115th	Morocco	64.72	-2.0%
116th	Viet Nam	64.81	-3.7%
117th	Peru	66.34	-1.8%
118th	Mexico	66.54	-1.3%
119th	Dominican Republic	67.39	-1.4%
120th	St. Lucia	67.40	-3.2%
121st	Algeria	67.48	-4.0%
122nd	Guyana	67.69	0.2%
123rd	Dominica	67.94	-1.2%
124th	Jamaica	68.01	-2.0%
125th	Mongolia	68.01	-3.0%
126th	Oman	68.16	-2.6%
127th	Ecuador	68.41	-1.0%
128th	India	68.44	-1.3%
129th	South Africa	69.84	-2.5%
130th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	70.28	-6.8%
131st	Grenada	71.19	0.3%
132nd	Saudi Arabia	71.45	-2.3%
133rd	Nauru	71.51	-2.6%
134th	Bangladesh	71.86	-2.3%
135th	Kyrgyz Republic	72.04	-2.8%
136th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	72.33	-1.9%
137th	El Salvador	72.81	-1.2%
138th	American Samoa	73.22	-0.3%
139th	Tuvalu	73.76	-0.4%
140th	Uzbekistan	74.43	-1.9%
141st	Papua New Guinea	74.96	-0.7%
142nd	Jordan	75.07	0.1%
143rd	Turkmenistan	75.19	-2.7%
144th	Philippines	75.54	-1.6%
145th	Botswana	75.86	-3.0%
146th	Bhutan	77.21	-2.1%
147th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	77.32	-0.5%
148th	Djibouti	77.91	-3.3%
149th	Paraguay	78.41	-1.7%
150th	Tonga	79.32	-1.4%
151st	Kiribati	79.41	-0.9%
152nd	Samoa	80.36	0.8%
153rd	Haiti	80.38	-0.9%
154th	Micronesia, Federated States of	80.71	-2.5%
155th	Belize	81.08	-2.1%
156th	Namibia	81.68	-0.5%
157th	Nicaragua	81.77	-2.3%
158th	Nepal	81.98	-0.3%
159th	Lesotho	82.22	-1.8%
160th	Timor-Leste	82.34	-0.3%
161st	Togo	85.11	-1.3%
162nd	Marshall Islands	85.19	-4.2%
163rd	Ghana	85.51	-1.5%
164th	Syrian Arab Republic	85.66	-1.8%
165th	Liberia	86.18	-0.3%
166th	Maldives	86.41	-3.9%
167th	Congo, Republic of	86.90	0.0%
168th	Equatorial Guinea	87.04	-0.2%
169th	Gabon	87.05	-1.5%
170th	Zimbabwe	87.23	-3.6%
171st	Honduras	87.86	-1.5%
172nd	Vanuatu	88.12	-2.0%
173rd	Solomon Islands	88.19	-1.0%
174th	Nigeria	88.61	-0.7%
175th	Lao PDR	88.82	-0.5%
176th	Iraq	89.16	-0.7%
177th	Cambodia	89.18	-3.4%
178th	Sierra Leone	89.60	0.2%
179th	Pakistan	89.87	-1.0%
180th	Tajikistan	90.14	-2.3%
181st	Eritrea	90.54	3.0%
182nd	Tanzania	90.71	-0.4%
183rd	Senegal	90.78	-0.9%
184th	Mozambique	90.96	0.1%
185th	Mauritania	91.12	-0.4%
186th	Eswatini	91.13	-3.4%
187th	Cabo Verde	92.14	-2.0%
188th	Guatemala	92.30	-0.8%
189th	Central African Republic	92.56	-0.4%
190th	São Tomé and Principe	92.78	-1.8%
191st	Madagascar	93.07	0.1%
192nd	South Sudan	93.24	-0.9%
193rd	Angola	93.71	-0.1%
194th	Côte d'Ivoire	94.29	-0.7%
195th	Guinea	94.37	1.2%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	94.45	1.0%
197th	Cameroon	94.73	-1.0%
198th	Guinea-Bissau	95.27	-1.1%
199th	Benin	96.00	-0.7%
200th	Kenya	96.17	-1.2%
201st	Sudan	96.18	-0.5%
202nd	Niger	96.80	0.6%
203rd	Malawi	97.07	-0.1%
204th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	99.10	0.4%
205th	Burkina Faso	100.22	-0.8%
206th	Gambia, The	100.41	-0.1%
207th	Mali	100.75	-0.7%
208th	West Bank and Gaza	101.15	-0.9%
209th	Zambia	102.74	-0.4%
210th	Rwanda	104.61	-4.7%
211th	Chad	105.87	0.8%
212th	Afghanistan	107.59	1.1%
213th	Burundi	107.67	-2.2%
214th	Comoros	108.13	-0.6%
215th	Uganda	111.09	0.6%
216th	Yemen, Republic of	111.23	-1.5%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio in 1998?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio in 1998 was 46.68. This ranked 26th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio change in 1998?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio increased by 0.3% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1998?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest dependency ratio in 1998 at 111.23.

What is the dependency ratio of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1998?▾

The dependency ratio of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1998 was 46.68. This ranked 26th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio went from 46.55 in 1997 to 46.68 in 1998, a 0.3% increase.

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