Lesotho - Dependency Ratio 1997
83.76
−1.28 from 1996
Lesotho's dependency ratio was 83.76 in 1997, decreased +1.28 from 85.04 in 1996. This was the 160th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | 33.91 | -4.4% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 34.04 | -2.2% |
| 3rd | Cayman Islands | 34.31 | -1.0% |
| 4th | Andorra | 36.51 | 0.9% |
| 5th | Qatar | 36.53 | -2.0% |
| 6th | Korea | 39.30 | -1.5% |
| 7th | Northern Mariana Islands | 39.87 | -8.4% |
| 8th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 40.23 | -0.6% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 40.82 | -0.5% |
| 10th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 40.85 | 0.2% |
| 11th | San Marino | 42.99 | 0.5% |
| 12th | Slovenia | 43.40 | -0.8% |
| 13th | Bermuda | 43.52 | 0.1% |
| 14th | Japan | 44.57 | 1.4% |
| 15th | British Virgin Islands | 44.93 | -1.0% |
| 16th | Thailand | 45.28 | -1.2% |
| 17th | Czechia | 45.35 | -1.4% |
| 18th | Aruba | 45.36 | -2.8% |
| 19th | Cuba | 45.37 | 0.4% |
| 20th | Spain | 45.76 | -0.5% |
| 21st | Channel Islands | 46.04 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Germany | 46.47 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 46.55 | 0.3% |
| 24th | Italy | 46.55 | 1.0% |
| 25th | Macao SAR, China | 46.56 | -1.0% |
| 26th | Netherlands | 46.90 | 0.5% |
| 27th | Palau | 47.21 | -4.1% |
| 28th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.28 | -3.9% |
| 29th | Croatia | 47.30 | 1.0% |
| 30th | Hungary | 47.30 | -0.6% |
| 31st | Serbia | 47.33 | 0.9% |
| 32nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 47.40 | -0.9% |
| 33rd | Canada | 47.57 | -0.4% |
| 34th | Romania | 47.58 | -0.4% |
| 35th | Greenland | 47.62 | 0.3% |
| 36th | Mauritius | 48.11 | -1.9% |
| 37th | Russian Federation | 48.19 | -1.5% |
| 38th | Portugal | 48.25 | -0.3% |
| 39th | Switzerland | 48.36 | 0.4% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | 48.42 | -2.1% |
| 41st | European Union | 48.47 | -0.2% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 48.49 | -0.8% |
| 43rd | Greece | 48.62 | -0.3% |
| 44th | Malta | 48.66 | -1.3% |
| 45th | China | 48.68 | -2.0% |
| 46th | Luxembourg | 48.81 | 0.9% |
| 47th | Denmark | 48.95 | 0.6% |
| 48th | Austria | 49.05 | -0.3% |
| 49th | Poland | 49.75 | -1.8% |
| 50th | Ukraine | 49.92 | -1.4% |
| 51st | Australia | 49.93 | -0.2% |
| 52nd | Finland | 49.98 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Montenegro | 50.02 | -0.5% |
| 54th | Bahrain | 50.30 | -2.2% |
| 55th | St. Martin (French part) | 50.68 | -0.7% |
| 56th | Cyprus | 50.72 | -1.8% |
| 57th | Kuwait | 50.73 | -2.9% |
| 58th | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.78 | -3.9% |
| 59th | Barbados | 50.85 | -0.7% |
| 60th | Belarus | 51.05 | -1.3% |
| 61st | North Macedonia | 51.11 | -0.7% |
| 62nd | United States | 51.29 | -0.7% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 51.47 | -0.9% |
| 64th | Estonia | 51.69 | -0.5% |
| 65th | Gibraltar | 51.81 | 0.4% |
| 66th | Belgium | 51.82 | 0.6% |
| 67th | Lithuania | 51.92 | 0.2% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 52.17 | -2.0% |
| 69th | Ireland | 52.31 | -2.6% |
| 70th | Bahamas, The | 52.71 | 0.3% |
| 71st | New Zealand | 52.75 | -0.1% |
| 72nd | France | 53.08 | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 53.46 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Brunei Darussalam | 53.51 | -2.3% |
| 75th | New Caledonia | 54.13 | -0.5% |
| 76th | Guam | 54.59 | 0.3% |
| 77th | United Kingdom | 54.61 | -0.4% |
| 78th | Iceland | 54.73 | -0.7% |
| 79th | Norway | 54.88 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Puerto Rico (US) | 54.91 | -0.5% |
| 81st | Moldova | 55.27 | -1.6% |
| 82nd | Georgia | 55.30 | -0.4% |
| 83rd | Curaçao | 55.33 | 0.4% |
| 84th | Chile | 55.37 | -0.5% |
| 85th | Isle of Man | 55.41 | -1.1% |
| 86th | Monaco | 55.54 | 0.5% |
| 87th | Antigua and Barbuda | 56.64 | -1.3% |
| 88th | Sweden | 56.69 | -0.4% |
| 89th | Kazakhstan | 56.96 | -1.9% |
| 90th | Brazil | 57.44 | -2.1% |
| 91st | Seychelles | 57.89 | -1.6% |
| 92nd | Indonesia | 58.53 | -1.6% |
| 93rd | Uruguay | 59.50 | 0.4% |
| 94th | Türkiye | 59.56 | -2.1% |
| 95th | Faroe Islands | 59.79 | -0.2% |
| 96th | Albania | 59.89 | -0.4% |
| 97th | Kosovo | 60.16 | -2.2% |
| 98th | Libya | 60.21 | -3.8% |
| 99th | Tunisia | 60.61 | -2.6% |
| 100th | French Polynesia | 60.97 | -1.9% |
| 101st | Azerbaijan | 61.16 | -1.6% |
| 102nd | Colombia | 61.24 | -1.4% |
| 103rd | Myanmar | 61.81 | -1.7% |
| 104th | Panama | 61.87 | -1.3% |
| 105th | Costa Rica | 61.91 | -2.0% |
| 106th | Argentina | 62.03 | -0.6% |
| 107th | Lebanon | 62.49 | -1.9% |
| 108th | Israel | 63.42 | -1.1% |
| 109th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 63.50 | -2.9% |
| 110th | Suriname | 63.91 | -2.1% |
| 111th | Malaysia | 63.97 | -0.9% |
| 112th | Armenia | 64.11 | -0.7% |
| 113th | Fiji | 64.54 | -2.0% |
| 114th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.55 | -2.2% |
| 115th | Morocco | 66.05 | -2.0% |
| 116th | Viet Nam | 67.27 | -3.1% |
| 117th | Mexico | 67.41 | -1.3% |
| 118th | Guyana | 67.54 | 0.1% |
| 119th | Peru | 67.57 | -1.7% |
| 120th | Dominican Republic | 68.36 | -1.2% |
| 121st | Dominica | 68.79 | -1.2% |
| 122nd | Ecuador | 69.07 | -0.9% |
| 123rd | India | 69.34 | -1.2% |
| 124th | Jamaica | 69.39 | -1.7% |
| 125th | St. Lucia | 69.62 | -2.5% |
| 126th | Oman | 69.97 | -2.2% |
| 127th | Mongolia | 70.10 | -2.6% |
| 128th | Algeria | 70.31 | -3.3% |
| 129th | Grenada | 71.01 | 0.7% |
| 130th | South Africa | 71.62 | -0.6% |
| 131st | Saudi Arabia | 73.16 | -2.2% |
| 132nd | Nauru | 73.43 | -2.4% |
| 133rd | American Samoa | 73.44 | 0.0% |
| 134th | Bangladesh | 73.55 | -2.5% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 73.70 | -1.5% |
| 136th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 73.71 | -1.7% |
| 137th | Tuvalu | 74.04 | 0.3% |
| 138th | Kyrgyz Republic | 74.13 | -2.2% |
| 139th | Jordan | 74.99 | 0.1% |
| 140th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 75.38 | -5.9% |
| 141st | Papua New Guinea | 75.52 | -0.7% |
| 142nd | Uzbekistan | 75.83 | -1.2% |
| 143rd | Philippines | 76.75 | -1.1% |
| 144th | Turkmenistan | 77.27 | -2.1% |
| 145th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 77.73 | -0.5% |
| 146th | Botswana | 78.24 | -3.1% |
| 147th | Bhutan | 78.84 | -1.7% |
| 148th | Samoa | 79.76 | 0.8% |
| 149th | Paraguay | 79.78 | -1.5% |
| 150th | Kiribati | 80.12 | -0.6% |
| 151st | Tonga | 80.43 | -1.0% |
| 152nd | Djibouti | 80.59 | -2.8% |
| 153rd | Haiti | 81.15 | -0.8% |
| 154th | Namibia | 82.06 | -0.6% |
| 155th | Nepal | 82.26 | -0.1% |
| 156th | Timor-Leste | 82.60 | 0.0% |
| 157th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 82.81 | -2.6% |
| 158th | Belize | 82.82 | -2.2% |
| 159th | Nicaragua | 83.72 | -2.3% |
| 160th | Lesotho | 83.76 | -1.5% |
| 161st | Togo | 86.27 | -1.2% |
| 162nd | Liberia | 86.47 | -0.5% |
| 163rd | Ghana | 86.85 | -1.2% |
| 164th | Congo, Republic of | 86.92 | 0.2% |
| 165th | Syrian Arab Republic | 87.19 | -1.6% |
| 166th | Equatorial Guinea | 87.22 | 0.0% |
| 167th | Eritrea | 87.89 | 3.6% |
| 168th | Gabon | 88.35 | -1.4% |
| 169th | Marshall Islands | 88.92 | -4.1% |
| 170th | Solomon Islands | 89.05 | -1.0% |
| 171st | Honduras | 89.18 | -1.3% |
| 172nd | Nigeria | 89.23 | -0.7% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | 89.24 | -0.4% |
| 174th | Sierra Leone | 89.43 | 0.2% |
| 175th | Iraq | 89.83 | -0.8% |
| 176th | Maldives | 89.89 | -3.4% |
| 177th | Vanuatu | 89.95 | -1.8% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 90.53 | -3.8% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 90.77 | -0.8% |
| 180th | Mozambique | 90.88 | -0.3% |
| 181st | Tanzania | 91.08 | 0.5% |
| 182nd | Mauritania | 91.50 | 0.4% |
| 183rd | Senegal | 91.59 | -0.9% |
| 184th | Cambodia | 92.28 | -2.9% |
| 185th | Tajikistan | 92.30 | -1.7% |
| 186th | Central African Republic | 92.89 | -0.2% |
| 187th | Madagascar | 92.94 | 0.1% |
| 188th | Guatemala | 93.04 | -0.6% |
| 189th | Guinea | 93.21 | 1.2% |
| 190th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 93.50 | 2.9% |
| 191st | Angola | 93.78 | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Cabo Verde | 94.05 | -1.8% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 94.11 | 0.3% |
| 194th | Eswatini | 94.35 | -2.9% |
| 195th | São Tomé and Principe | 94.44 | -1.3% |
| 196th | Côte d'Ivoire | 94.97 | -0.8% |
| 197th | Cameroon | 95.68 | -1.0% |
| 198th | Niger | 96.21 | 0.5% |
| 199th | Guinea-Bissau | 96.34 | -1.1% |
| 200th | Benin | 96.64 | -0.4% |
| 201st | Sudan | 96.66 | -0.3% |
| 202nd | Malawi | 97.21 | -0.3% |
| 203rd | Kenya | 97.33 | -1.2% |
| 204th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 98.72 | 0.4% |
| 205th | Gambia, The | 100.56 | 0.1% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 101.02 | -0.5% |
| 207th | Mali | 101.45 | -0.5% |
| 208th | West Bank and Gaza | 102.11 | -0.8% |
| 209th | Zambia | 103.15 | -0.3% |
| 210th | Chad | 105.03 | 1.3% |
| 211th | Afghanistan | 106.41 | 1.1% |
| 212th | Comoros | 108.79 | -0.1% |
| 213th | Rwanda | 109.72 | -3.7% |
| 214th | Burundi | 110.14 | 1.2% |
| 215th | Uganda | 110.44 | 0.9% |
| 216th | Yemen, Republic of | 112.97 | -1.4% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's dependency ratio in 1997?▾
Lesotho's dependency ratio in 1997 was 83.76. This ranked 160th globally.
How did Lesotho's dependency ratio change in 1997?▾
Lesotho's dependency ratio decreased by 1.5% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1997?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest dependency ratio in 1997 at 112.97.
What is the dependency ratio of Lesotho in 1997?▾
The dependency ratio of Lesotho in 1997 was 83.76. This ranked 160th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Lesotho's dependency ratio?▾
Lesotho's dependency ratio went from 85.04 in 1996 to 83.76 in 1997, a 1.5% decrease.
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