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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Dependency Ratio 2017

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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

43.37 −0.64 from 2016 Global rank: 32nd

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio was 43.37 in 2017, decreased +0.64 from 44.01 in 2016. This was the 32nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	17.45	0.6%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	22.31	-0.4%
3rd	Singapore	28.85	2.5%
4th	Bahrain	28.85	-1.3%
5th	Macao SAR, China	29.84	3.8%
6th	Cayman Islands	31.32	0.1%
7th	Kuwait	32.10	0.3%
8th	Oman	33.03	0.8%
9th	British Virgin Islands	35.68	0.1%
10th	Maldives	35.74	-2.3%
11th	Turks and Caicos Islands	36.53	-0.5%
12th	Korea	36.78	0.9%
13th	Brunei Darussalam	37.74	-0.7%
14th	Saudi Arabia	37.83	1.6%
15th	Mauritius	38.51	0.1%
16th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	38.67	1.6%
17th	Andorra	38.80	-0.8%
18th	St. Kitts and Nevis	38.92	-0.2%
19th	St. Lucia	39.05	-1.7%
20th	Hong Kong SAR, China	39.13	3.2%
21st	Palau	39.17	0.8%
22nd	Seychelles	39.19	-0.5%
23rd	Trinidad and Tobago	39.40	1.6%
24th	Thailand	40.06	0.4%
25th	Cyprus	40.61	1.0%
26th	Jamaica	40.66	-2.1%
27th	Greenland	40.80	0.5%
28th	Antigua and Barbuda	40.85	-0.4%
29th	China	41.51	2.6%
30th	Northern Mariana Islands	42.58	0.1%
31st	Azerbaijan	42.97	1.7%
32nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	43.37	-1.5%
33rd	Brazil	43.37	-0.2%
34th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.67	1.8%
35th	Luxembourg	43.86	-0.5%
36th	Slovak Republic	44.39	3.2%
37th	Colombia	44.84	-1.6%
38th	Cuba	44.99	0.3%
39th	Bahamas, The	45.11	-1.0%
40th	French Polynesia	45.19	-0.7%
41st	Chile	45.24	-0.3%
42nd	Costa Rica	45.26	-0.2%
43rd	Viet Nam	45.32	2.1%
44th	Türkiye	45.49	-0.2%
45th	Malaysia	45.50	-0.5%
46th	Ukraine	45.66	2.6%
47th	Belarus	46.01	2.4%
48th	Dominica	46.02	0.9%
49th	Aruba	46.13	2.1%
50th	Albania	46.17	0.3%
51st	Bhutan	46.32	-2.6%
52nd	Poland	46.36	2.9%
53rd	Russian Federation	46.41	2.9%
54th	Myanmar	46.76	-0.6%
55th	Armenia	46.82	2.0%
56th	Moldova	47.01	4.6%
57th	North Macedonia	47.07	1.5%
58th	Bermuda	47.25	1.8%
59th	Liechtenstein	47.31	1.9%
60th	Grenada	47.41	-0.5%
61st	Barbados	47.44	0.3%
62nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.71	1.9%
63rd	Tunisia	47.86	1.6%
64th	Kosovo	47.92	-3.1%
65th	New Caledonia	48.69	-0.6%
66th	Indonesia	48.81	-0.5%
67th	Malta	48.90	0.1%
68th	Canada	49.10	1.5%
69th	Curaçao	49.22	0.6%
70th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.27	-0.4%
71st	Austria	49.31	0.7%
72nd	Switzerland	49.54	1.0%
73rd	Channel Islands	49.92	1.3%
74th	Hungary	49.96	1.7%
75th	San Marino	50.03	-0.3%
76th	St. Martin (French part)	50.34	-0.4%
77th	Iceland	50.55	-1.0%
78th	India	50.77	-1.6%
79th	Uzbekistan	50.82	1.5%
80th	Montenegro	50.90	1.6%
81st	Romania	50.91	2.0%
82nd	Turkmenistan	51.05	1.4%
83rd	Spain	51.09	0.6%
84th	Morocco	51.16	0.0%
85th	Cabo Verde	51.23	0.2%
86th	United States	51.24	0.9%
87th	South Africa	51.27	0.4%
88th	Sri Lanka	51.34	0.4%
89th	Slovenia	51.55	2.7%
90th	Mexico	51.82	-1.1%
91st	Serbia	51.98	2.2%
92nd	Australia	52.04	0.9%
93rd	Suriname	52.19	-1.1%
94th	New Zealand	52.26	-0.1%
95th	Lithuania	52.47	2.2%
96th	Norway	52.82	0.8%
97th	Georgia	52.91	2.2%
98th	Belize	52.94	-2.7%
99th	Ireland	52.94	0.3%
100th	Netherlands	52.98	0.5%
101st	Dominican Republic	53.00	-0.6%
102nd	Czechia	53.14	3.0%
103rd	Fiji	53.14	-0.4%
104th	Croatia	53.15	2.1%
105th	Germany	53.26	1.3%
106th	Lebanon	53.36	4.9%
107th	El Salvador	53.49	-1.7%
108th	Mongolia	53.51	3.5%
109th	Ecuador	53.74	-1.6%
110th	Panama	53.79	-0.3%
111th	European Union	53.89	1.2%
112th	Bulgaria	53.94	2.0%
113th	Libya	54.32	-0.9%
114th	Puerto Rico (US)	54.36	2.4%
115th	Guam	54.36	1.5%
116th	Peru	54.43	-1.1%
117th	Bangladesh	54.64	-1.3%
118th	Portugal	54.78	1.2%
119th	Algeria	54.83	2.6%
120th	Paraguay	54.89	-0.5%
121st	Belgium	55.18	1.0%
122nd	Uruguay	55.22	-0.4%
123rd	Kazakhstan	55.41	2.6%
124th	Guyana	55.44	0.3%
125th	Latvia	55.48	2.2%
126th	Gibraltar	55.56	0.2%
127th	Estonia	55.62	1.8%
128th	Denmark	55.89	0.6%
129th	Argentina	55.97	-0.1%
130th	Italy	56.13	0.4%
131st	Greece	56.44	1.0%
132nd	United Kingdom	56.48	1.0%
133rd	Nicaragua	57.19	-1.0%
134th	Philippines	57.37	-1.8%
135th	Cambodia	57.76	0.2%
136th	Lao PDR	57.80	-1.4%
137th	American Samoa	57.85	-0.7%
138th	Isle of Man	58.27	0.7%
139th	Tuvalu	58.81	-0.6%
140th	Djibouti	58.96	-2.3%
141st	Virgin Islands (US)	59.26	0.7%
142nd	Kyrgyz Republic	59.49	0.7%
143rd	Honduras	59.59	-2.0%
144th	Finland	59.60	1.6%
145th	Sweden	59.94	0.8%
146th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	60.19	-1.3%
147th	France	60.26	1.0%
148th	Jordan	60.34	-1.0%
149th	Botswana	60.39	-0.7%
150th	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.85	0.0%
151st	Haiti	60.86	-1.2%
152nd	Nepal	60.89	-1.2%
153rd	Faroe Islands	61.97	0.8%
154th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	62.53	0.3%
155th	Papua New Guinea	62.75	-1.0%
156th	Kiribati	63.38	0.1%
157th	Tajikistan	64.65	0.0%
158th	Marshall Islands	65.11	-1.6%
159th	Eswatini	65.44	-1.2%
160th	Guatemala	65.72	-1.8%
161st	Israel	65.95	1.0%
162nd	Nauru	65.97	-0.3%
163rd	Namibia	67.28	0.5%
164th	Lesotho	67.49	-0.7%
165th	Japan	68.31	1.5%
166th	Gabon	68.42	0.2%
167th	Ghana	71.00	-1.0%
168th	Equatorial Guinea	71.24	0.0%
169th	Pakistan	73.58	-0.5%
170th	Tonga	73.75	-0.4%
171st	Vanuatu	74.55	0.9%
172nd	Iraq	75.06	-1.2%
173rd	Solomon Islands	75.46	-1.0%
174th	West Bank and Gaza	75.69	-0.3%
175th	Samoa	75.94	0.7%
176th	Timor-Leste	76.30	-2.2%
177th	Kenya	77.16	-1.9%
178th	Rwanda	77.48	-1.0%
179th	Comoros	77.59	-1.1%
180th	Syrian Arab Republic	77.64	-3.1%
181st	Togo	79.05	-0.3%
182nd	Sierra Leone	79.07	-1.7%
183rd	Madagascar	79.16	-1.1%
184th	Yemen, Republic of	79.16	-0.6%
185th	Guinea-Bissau	80.36	-1.1%
186th	Congo, Republic of	81.06	0.2%
187th	Côte d'Ivoire	81.46	0.2%
188th	São Tomé and Principe	81.91	-1.1%
189th	Senegal	82.66	-1.4%
190th	Liberia	82.89	-0.5%
191st	Sudan	82.91	-2.0%
192nd	Gambia, The	84.18	-1.0%
193rd	Cameroon	84.45	-0.3%
194th	Eritrea	84.89	-0.5%
195th	Benin	86.00	-0.4%
196th	Zambia	86.09	-1.4%
197th	Guinea	86.35	-0.9%
198th	Zimbabwe	87.51	-0.9%
199th	Nigeria	88.13	-1.1%
200th	Tanzania	88.42	-1.0%
201st	Malawi	90.62	-2.0%
202nd	South Sudan	90.73	5.4%
203rd	Mauritania	90.79	-0.4%
204th	Burkina Faso	91.14	-0.9%
205th	Afghanistan	91.29	-1.7%
206th	Monaco	91.70	2.6%
207th	Angola	92.07	-0.1%
208th	Mozambique	93.24	-0.4%
209th	Uganda	95.64	-2.4%
210th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	95.80	-0.4%
211th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	99.50	-0.4%
212th	Burundi	101.07	1.1%
213th	Chad	101.80	-0.5%
214th	Mali	101.88	-0.4%
215th	Central African Republic	104.59	0.4%
216th	Niger	105.29	-0.7%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio in 2017?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio in 2017 was 43.37. This ranked 32nd globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio change in 2017?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio decreased by 1.5% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2017?▾

Niger had the highest dependency ratio in 2017 at 105.29.

What is the dependency ratio of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2017?▾

The dependency ratio of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2017 was 43.37. This ranked 32nd globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio went from 44.01 in 2016 to 43.37 in 2017, a 1.5% decrease.

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