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Lesotho - Dependency Ratio 1981

Name: Lesotho Dependency Ratio 1981
Creator: World Bank
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

85.66 +0.88 from 1980 Global rank: 138th

Lesotho's dependency ratio was 85.66 in 1981, increased +0.88 from 84.78 in 1980. This was the 138th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1981▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1981
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Andorra	40.88	-3.6%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	41.13	2.6%
3rd	Singapore	42.76	-5.4%
4th	Qatar	43.72	-4.0%
5th	Bermuda	44.14	-1.2%
6th	Serbia	44.46	-1.3%
7th	Hong Kong SAR, China	45.80	-1.9%
8th	Greenland	45.95	-6.0%
9th	Liechtenstein	46.56	-2.2%
10th	Russian Federation	46.76	0.0%
11th	Canada	46.81	-1.2%
12th	Luxembourg	46.97	-1.7%
13th	San Marino	47.06	-3.0%
14th	Finland	47.35	-0.7%
15th	Croatia	47.74	-1.4%
16th	Macao SAR, China	48.12	-9.6%
17th	Japan	48.34	0.4%
18th	Channel Islands	49.02	-2.0%
19th	Switzerland	49.53	-2.1%
20th	Ukraine	49.55	-0.7%
21st	Belarus	49.57	-1.4%
22nd	Malta	49.70	0.2%
23rd	Germany	49.80	-3.6%
24th	Latvia	49.94	-0.5%
25th	United States	50.05	-0.5%
26th	Netherlands	50.14	-1.9%
27th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.44	-2.8%
28th	Slovenia	51.29	-1.5%
29th	Bulgaria	51.38	-0.2%
30th	Estonia	51.66	-0.3%
31st	Georgia	51.94	-0.9%
32nd	Belgium	52.00	-2.0%
33rd	Lithuania	52.10	-1.6%
34th	Gibraltar	52.15	-1.1%
35th	Moldova	52.17	0.2%
36th	Poland	52.53	0.3%
37th	Cyprus	52.98	-2.0%
38th	Aruba	53.10	-1.0%
39th	Australia	53.13	-0.7%
40th	Cayman Islands	53.15	-3.0%
41st	Denmark	53.38	-2.0%
42nd	Italy	53.59	-2.5%
43rd	European Union	53.97	-1.7%
44th	Austria	54.02	-3.2%
45th	Hungary	54.25	-0.7%
46th	Monaco	54.26	-2.8%
47th	Montenegro	54.41	-1.9%
48th	North Macedonia	54.51	-1.8%
49th	Armenia	54.81	-1.5%
50th	Barbados	55.13	-2.4%
51st	United Kingdom	55.37	-1.4%
52nd	Sweden	55.53	-0.8%
53rd	France	55.72	-2.2%
54th	Nauru	56.03	7.3%
55th	Greece	56.87	0.4%
56th	Slovak Republic	57.04	-1.0%
57th	Curaçao	57.56	-3.0%
58th	New Zealand	57.66	-1.5%
59th	Czechia	57.73	-1.2%
60th	Norway	57.95	-1.0%
61st	Spain	58.16	-1.5%
62nd	Portugal	58.34	-1.3%
63rd	Bahrain	58.43	-2.4%
64th	Guam	58.85	-0.9%
65th	Iceland	58.89	-1.3%
66th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	59.00	-1.9%
67th	Korea	59.36	-2.6%
68th	Mauritius	59.94	-2.0%
69th	Uruguay	60.10	-0.1%
70th	Tuvalu	60.15	-2.2%
71st	Romania	60.20	0.7%
72nd	Chile	60.50	-1.6%
73rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	60.90	-3.6%
74th	Faroe Islands	60.99	-1.4%
75th	Cuba	61.45	-4.8%
76th	Azerbaijan	61.78	-2.5%
77th	Argentina	62.53	1.1%
78th	Trinidad and Tobago	62.88	-0.7%
79th	Bahamas, The	63.40	-3.0%
80th	Antigua and Barbuda	63.91	-3.1%
81st	Virgin Islands (US)	64.41	-4.4%
82nd	British Virgin Islands	65.11	-2.4%
83rd	Puerto Rico (US)	65.30	-2.1%
84th	China	65.46	-3.8%
85th	Northern Mariana Islands	65.81	-10.7%
86th	Isle of Man	65.98	-1.4%
87th	Kazakhstan	66.27	-1.2%
88th	Kuwait	66.93	-2.5%
89th	Timor-Leste	67.49	1.6%
90th	Sri Lanka	68.76	-0.5%
91st	Brunei Darussalam	69.05	-1.6%
92nd	St. Martin (French part)	69.20	-6.2%
93rd	Albania	69.38	-1.9%
94th	Costa Rica	69.48	-1.5%
95th	Ireland	69.48	-0.6%
96th	Thailand	69.98	-3.3%
97th	Brazil	71.50	-1.0%
98th	Israel	71.55	0.0%
99th	Fiji	72.83	-1.0%
100th	Malaysia	73.16	-1.2%
101st	New Caledonia	73.43	-1.6%
102nd	Kosovo	74.11	-2.2%
103rd	Kyrgyz Republic	74.18	-1.2%
104th	Seychelles	74.96	-2.6%
105th	Lebanon	75.68	-1.7%
106th	French Polynesia	75.92	-2.0%
107th	Myanmar	75.94	-0.8%
108th	Colombia	75.95	-2.1%
109th	American Samoa	76.11	-1.4%
110th	India	77.44	-0.4%
111th	Indonesia	78.17	-1.4%
112th	Kiribati	78.65	-2.5%
113th	Palau	78.67	-4.6%
114th	Panama	78.94	-1.9%
115th	Suriname	79.19	-4.2%
116th	Türkiye	79.31	-1.0%
117th	South Africa	79.56	-1.7%
118th	Nepal	79.93	0.2%
119th	Uzbekistan	80.31	-1.9%
120th	Papua New Guinea	80.56	-1.0%
121st	Turks and Caicos Islands	81.69	-5.9%
122nd	Tunisia	82.14	-2.1%
123rd	Turkmenistan	82.26	-1.5%
124th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	82.28	-0.2%
125th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	82.53	0.1%
126th	Grenada	82.66	-2.0%
127th	Haiti	83.13	0.2%
128th	Bhutan	83.26	0.5%
129th	Viet Nam	83.57	-0.4%
130th	Paraguay	83.96	-1.1%
131st	St. Kitts and Nevis	84.09	-2.6%
132nd	Ecuador	84.23	-1.3%
133rd	Guyana	84.33	-2.2%
134th	Dominican Republic	84.44	-1.8%
135th	Cambodia	85.01	1.0%
136th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	85.33	-1.6%
137th	Saudi Arabia	85.47	-0.7%
138th	Lesotho	85.66	1.0%
139th	Sierra Leone	85.75	0.4%
140th	Pakistan	86.36	-1.0%
141st	Peru	86.47	-1.4%
142nd	Equatorial Guinea	86.56	0.6%
143rd	Philippines	87.12	-1.5%
144th	El Salvador	87.27	-1.1%
145th	Gabon	87.35	1.2%
146th	Morocco	87.46	-1.4%
147th	Jamaica	87.56	-2.2%
148th	Guinea	87.67	0.7%
149th	Central African Republic	87.67	-0.1%
150th	Dominica	88.04	-3.7%
151st	Angola	88.18	-0.7%
152nd	Tajikistan	88.22	-0.3%
153rd	Eritrea	88.58	0.2%
154th	Liberia	88.81	0.4%
155th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	89.15	0.1%
156th	Tonga	90.18	-1.5%
157th	Lao PDR	90.27	0.5%
158th	Mali	91.55	1.4%
159th	Nigeria	92.20	0.8%
160th	Mongolia	92.52	-1.7%
161st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	92.70	0.6%
162nd	Djibouti	92.97	-0.2%
163rd	Mexico	93.01	-2.2%
164th	Gambia, The	93.05	1.8%
165th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	93.26	-3.4%
166th	Bangladesh	93.39	0.2%
167th	Guatemala	93.47	0.3%
168th	Burundi	93.58	-1.1%
169th	South Sudan	93.84	0.7%
170th	Cameroon	94.03	0.1%
171st	Maldives	94.08	-0.1%
172nd	Burkina Faso	94.13	1.0%
173rd	Ghana	94.13	-1.4%
174th	Vanuatu	94.78	-1.0%
175th	Malawi	94.80	0.8%
176th	Mozambique	94.87	1.3%
177th	Afghanistan	95.16	0.7%
178th	Belize	95.31	-0.8%
179th	Samoa	95.56	-2.0%
180th	Niger	95.63	0.1%
181st	Congo, Republic of	95.70	-0.7%
182nd	Mauritania	95.73	0.0%
183rd	Sudan	96.23	-1.0%
184th	Togo	96.53	0.0%
185th	St. Lucia	96.67	-1.6%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	96.76	-0.7%
187th	Botswana	96.91	0.6%
188th	Algeria	97.56	-1.3%
189th	Senegal	97.67	1.3%
190th	Rwanda	98.10	1.0%
191st	Benin	98.31	0.2%
192nd	Côte d'Ivoire	99.15	0.9%
193rd	Libya	99.52	-0.9%
194th	Nicaragua	99.61	-0.1%
195th	Oman	100.00	-0.2%
196th	Guinea-Bissau	100.43	1.3%
197th	Tanzania	101.37	1.0%
198th	Madagascar	101.43	-0.1%
199th	Honduras	101.72	-0.2%
200th	Micronesia, Federated States of	102.13	-0.1%
201st	Uganda	104.25	0.7%
202nd	Iraq	104.48	-0.6%
203rd	Comoros	104.93	-0.3%
204th	Namibia	104.96	2.0%
205th	Chad	105.27	3.6%
206th	Solomon Islands	105.78	-0.3%
207th	Syrian Arab Republic	106.35	-0.3%
208th	Zimbabwe	107.14	-1.6%
209th	Yemen, Republic of	107.26	1.5%
210th	Eswatini	107.78	0.8%
211th	Jordan	108.06	-1.2%
212th	Cabo Verde	110.83	-0.9%
213th	Zambia	110.85	-0.2%
214th	Kenya	114.47	-0.9%
215th	Marshall Islands	114.71	0.4%

FAQ

What was Lesotho's dependency ratio in 1981?▾

Lesotho's dependency ratio in 1981 was 85.66. This ranked 138th globally.

How did Lesotho's dependency ratio change in 1981?▾

Lesotho's dependency ratio increased by 1.0% in 1981 compared to 1980.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1981?▾

Marshall Islands had the highest dependency ratio in 1981 at 114.71.

What is the dependency ratio of Lesotho in 1981?▾

The dependency ratio of Lesotho in 1981 was 85.66. This ranked 138th globally.

How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Lesotho's dependency ratio?▾

Lesotho's dependency ratio went from 84.78 in 1980 to 85.66 in 1981, a 1.0% increase.

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