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Korea – Dependency Ratio 2017

Ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population (15-64). Higher ratios imply greater economic burden on workers. · World Bank
36.78 +0.32 from 2016 G20 rank: 12th

Korea's dependency ratio was 36.78 in 2017, increased +0.32 from 36.46 in 2016. This was the 12th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2017▾
RankCountryValueYoY
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%
Source: World Bank (SP.POP.DPND)
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