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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Dependency Ratio 2025

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Dependency Ratio 2025
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

46.19 +0.53 from 2024 Global rank: 173rd

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio was 46.19 in 2025, increased +0.53 from 45.66 in 2024. This was the 173rd 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 Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio in 2025?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio in 2025 was 46.19. This ranked 173rd globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio change in 2025?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio increased by 1.2% 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 Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2025?▾

The dependency ratio of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2025 was 46.19. This ranked 173rd globally.

How does 2025 compare to 2024 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's dependency ratio went from 45.66 in 2024 to 46.19 in 2025, a 1.2% increase.

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