Lesotho - Dependency Ratio 1998
82.22
−1.55 from 1997
Lesotho's dependency ratio was 82.22 in 1998, decreased +1.55 from 83.76 in 1997. This was the 159th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | 32.03 | -5.5% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 33.61 | -1.3% |
| 3rd | Cayman Islands | 34.00 | -0.9% |
| 4th | Qatar | 35.27 | -3.4% |
| 5th | Northern Mariana Islands | 36.61 | -8.2% |
| 6th | Andorra | 36.79 | 0.7% |
| 7th | Korea | 38.94 | -0.9% |
| 8th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 39.96 | -0.7% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 40.75 | -0.2% |
| 10th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 40.81 | -0.1% |
| 11th | Bermuda | 43.12 | -0.9% |
| 12th | Slovenia | 43.20 | -0.5% |
| 13th | San Marino | 43.27 | 0.7% |
| 14th | Aruba | 44.39 | -2.1% |
| 15th | British Virgin Islands | 44.66 | -0.6% |
| 16th | Czechia | 44.70 | -1.4% |
| 17th | Thailand | 44.80 | -1.1% |
| 18th | Palau | 45.08 | -4.5% |
| 19th | Japan | 45.21 | 1.4% |
| 20th | Cuba | 45.35 | -0.1% |
| 21st | Macao SAR, China | 45.66 | -1.9% |
| 22nd | Spain | 45.67 | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Channel Islands | 46.13 | 0.2% |
| 24th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.22 | -2.3% |
| 25th | Germany | 46.55 | 0.2% |
| 26th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 46.68 | 0.3% |
| 27th | Russian Federation | 46.80 | -2.9% |
| 28th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 47.01 | -0.8% |
| 29th | Italy | 47.02 | 1.0% |
| 30th | Hungary | 47.11 | -0.4% |
| 31st | Netherlands | 47.16 | 0.6% |
| 32nd | Canada | 47.31 | -0.5% |
| 33rd | Slovak Republic | 47.33 | -2.3% |
| 34th | Mauritius | 47.33 | -1.6% |
| 35th | Greenland | 47.63 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Serbia | 47.68 | 0.7% |
| 37th | Romania | 47.69 | 0.2% |
| 38th | China | 47.79 | -1.8% |
| 39th | Croatia | 47.80 | 1.1% |
| 40th | Malta | 48.03 | -1.3% |
| 41st | Bulgaria | 48.12 | -0.8% |
| 42nd | Portugal | 48.19 | -0.1% |
| 43rd | European Union | 48.41 | -0.1% |
| 44th | Switzerland | 48.49 | 0.3% |
| 45th | Greece | 48.57 | -0.1% |
| 46th | Poland | 48.60 | -2.3% |
| 47th | Ukraine | 48.64 | -2.6% |
| 48th | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.68 | -4.1% |
| 49th | Austria | 48.81 | -0.5% |
| 50th | Kuwait | 48.87 | -3.7% |
| 51st | Luxembourg | 49.13 | 0.7% |
| 52nd | Bahrain | 49.17 | -2.3% |
| 53rd | Denmark | 49.28 | 0.7% |
| 54th | Cyprus | 49.70 | -2.0% |
| 55th | Finland | 49.74 | -0.5% |
| 56th | Montenegro | 49.74 | -0.6% |
| 57th | St. Martin (French part) | 49.79 | -1.8% |
| 58th | Australia | 49.80 | -0.3% |
| 59th | Belarus | 49.94 | -2.2% |
| 60th | Barbados | 50.43 | -0.8% |
| 61st | Latvia | 50.59 | -1.7% |
| 62nd | North Macedonia | 50.78 | -0.7% |
| 63rd | United States | 50.87 | -0.8% |
| 64th | Estonia | 51.09 | -1.2% |
| 65th | Ireland | 51.13 | -2.3% |
| 66th | Sri Lanka | 51.32 | -1.6% |
| 67th | Lithuania | 51.87 | -0.1% |
| 68th | Belgium | 52.09 | 0.5% |
| 69th | Gibraltar | 52.10 | 0.6% |
| 70th | Brunei Darussalam | 52.26 | -2.3% |
| 71st | New Zealand | 52.78 | 0.1% |
| 72nd | Bahamas, The | 52.81 | 0.2% |
| 73rd | France | 53.22 | 0.3% |
| 74th | Virgin Islands (US) | 53.40 | -0.1% |
| 75th | Moldova | 53.93 | -2.4% |
| 76th | New Caledonia | 54.08 | -0.1% |
| 77th | Iceland | 54.21 | -0.9% |
| 78th | United Kingdom | 54.35 | -0.5% |
| 79th | Guam | 54.68 | 0.2% |
| 80th | Puerto Rico (US) | 54.71 | -0.4% |
| 81st | Norway | 54.73 | -0.3% |
| 82nd | Isle of Man | 54.83 | -1.1% |
| 83rd | Georgia | 54.87 | -0.8% |
| 84th | Chile | 54.95 | -0.8% |
| 85th | Curaçao | 55.45 | 0.2% |
| 86th | Kazakhstan | 55.53 | -2.5% |
| 87th | Monaco | 55.68 | 0.2% |
| 88th | Antigua and Barbuda | 55.78 | -1.5% |
| 89th | Brazil | 56.25 | -2.1% |
| 90th | Sweden | 56.38 | -0.5% |
| 91st | Seychelles | 56.70 | -2.0% |
| 92nd | Indonesia | 57.58 | -1.6% |
| 93rd | Libya | 58.24 | -3.3% |
| 94th | Türkiye | 58.39 | -2.0% |
| 95th | Tunisia | 58.96 | -2.7% |
| 96th | Albania | 59.50 | -0.7% |
| 97th | Uruguay | 59.65 | 0.3% |
| 98th | French Polynesia | 59.73 | -2.0% |
| 99th | Azerbaijan | 59.78 | -2.3% |
| 100th | Faroe Islands | 59.83 | 0.1% |
| 101st | Colombia | 60.39 | -1.4% |
| 102nd | Costa Rica | 60.59 | -2.1% |
| 103rd | Myanmar | 60.62 | -1.9% |
| 104th | Panama | 61.08 | -1.3% |
| 105th | Lebanon | 61.24 | -2.0% |
| 106th | Argentina | 61.63 | -0.7% |
| 107th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 61.76 | -2.7% |
| 108th | Armenia | 61.84 | -3.5% |
| 109th | Suriname | 62.44 | -2.3% |
| 110th | Israel | 62.76 | -1.0% |
| 111th | Kosovo | 63.03 | 4.8% |
| 112th | Fiji | 63.19 | -2.1% |
| 113th | Malaysia | 63.32 | -1.0% |
| 114th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 63.43 | -1.7% |
| 115th | Morocco | 64.72 | -2.0% |
| 116th | Viet Nam | 64.81 | -3.7% |
| 117th | Peru | 66.34 | -1.8% |
| 118th | Mexico | 66.54 | -1.3% |
| 119th | Dominican Republic | 67.39 | -1.4% |
| 120th | St. Lucia | 67.40 | -3.2% |
| 121st | Algeria | 67.48 | -4.0% |
| 122nd | Guyana | 67.69 | 0.2% |
| 123rd | Dominica | 67.94 | -1.2% |
| 124th | Jamaica | 68.01 | -2.0% |
| 125th | Mongolia | 68.01 | -3.0% |
| 126th | Oman | 68.16 | -2.6% |
| 127th | Ecuador | 68.41 | -1.0% |
| 128th | India | 68.44 | -1.3% |
| 129th | South Africa | 69.84 | -2.5% |
| 130th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 70.28 | -6.8% |
| 131st | Grenada | 71.19 | 0.3% |
| 132nd | Saudi Arabia | 71.45 | -2.3% |
| 133rd | Nauru | 71.51 | -2.6% |
| 134th | Bangladesh | 71.86 | -2.3% |
| 135th | Kyrgyz Republic | 72.04 | -2.8% |
| 136th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 72.33 | -1.9% |
| 137th | El Salvador | 72.81 | -1.2% |
| 138th | American Samoa | 73.22 | -0.3% |
| 139th | Tuvalu | 73.76 | -0.4% |
| 140th | Uzbekistan | 74.43 | -1.9% |
| 141st | Papua New Guinea | 74.96 | -0.7% |
| 142nd | Jordan | 75.07 | 0.1% |
| 143rd | Turkmenistan | 75.19 | -2.7% |
| 144th | Philippines | 75.54 | -1.6% |
| 145th | Botswana | 75.86 | -3.0% |
| 146th | Bhutan | 77.21 | -2.1% |
| 147th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 77.32 | -0.5% |
| 148th | Djibouti | 77.91 | -3.3% |
| 149th | Paraguay | 78.41 | -1.7% |
| 150th | Tonga | 79.32 | -1.4% |
| 151st | Kiribati | 79.41 | -0.9% |
| 152nd | Samoa | 80.36 | 0.8% |
| 153rd | Haiti | 80.38 | -0.9% |
| 154th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 80.71 | -2.5% |
| 155th | Belize | 81.08 | -2.1% |
| 156th | Namibia | 81.68 | -0.5% |
| 157th | Nicaragua | 81.77 | -2.3% |
| 158th | Nepal | 81.98 | -0.3% |
| 159th | Lesotho | 82.22 | -1.8% |
| 160th | Timor-Leste | 82.34 | -0.3% |
| 161st | Togo | 85.11 | -1.3% |
| 162nd | Marshall Islands | 85.19 | -4.2% |
| 163rd | Ghana | 85.51 | -1.5% |
| 164th | Syrian Arab Republic | 85.66 | -1.8% |
| 165th | Liberia | 86.18 | -0.3% |
| 166th | Maldives | 86.41 | -3.9% |
| 167th | Congo, Republic of | 86.90 | 0.0% |
| 168th | Equatorial Guinea | 87.04 | -0.2% |
| 169th | Gabon | 87.05 | -1.5% |
| 170th | Zimbabwe | 87.23 | -3.6% |
| 171st | Honduras | 87.86 | -1.5% |
| 172nd | Vanuatu | 88.12 | -2.0% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 88.19 | -1.0% |
| 174th | Nigeria | 88.61 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Lao PDR | 88.82 | -0.5% |
| 176th | Iraq | 89.16 | -0.7% |
| 177th | Cambodia | 89.18 | -3.4% |
| 178th | Sierra Leone | 89.60 | 0.2% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 89.87 | -1.0% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | 90.14 | -2.3% |
| 181st | Eritrea | 90.54 | 3.0% |
| 182nd | Tanzania | 90.71 | -0.4% |
| 183rd | Senegal | 90.78 | -0.9% |
| 184th | Mozambique | 90.96 | 0.1% |
| 185th | Mauritania | 91.12 | -0.4% |
| 186th | Eswatini | 91.13 | -3.4% |
| 187th | Cabo Verde | 92.14 | -2.0% |
| 188th | Guatemala | 92.30 | -0.8% |
| 189th | Central African Republic | 92.56 | -0.4% |
| 190th | São Tomé and Principe | 92.78 | -1.8% |
| 191st | Madagascar | 93.07 | 0.1% |
| 192nd | South Sudan | 93.24 | -0.9% |
| 193rd | Angola | 93.71 | -0.1% |
| 194th | Côte d'Ivoire | 94.29 | -0.7% |
| 195th | Guinea | 94.37 | 1.2% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 94.45 | 1.0% |
| 197th | Cameroon | 94.73 | -1.0% |
| 198th | Guinea-Bissau | 95.27 | -1.1% |
| 199th | Benin | 96.00 | -0.7% |
| 200th | Kenya | 96.17 | -1.2% |
| 201st | Sudan | 96.18 | -0.5% |
| 202nd | Niger | 96.80 | 0.6% |
| 203rd | Malawi | 97.07 | -0.1% |
| 204th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 99.10 | 0.4% |
| 205th | Burkina Faso | 100.22 | -0.8% |
| 206th | Gambia, The | 100.41 | -0.1% |
| 207th | Mali | 100.75 | -0.7% |
| 208th | West Bank and Gaza | 101.15 | -0.9% |
| 209th | Zambia | 102.74 | -0.4% |
| 210th | Rwanda | 104.61 | -4.7% |
| 211th | Chad | 105.87 | 0.8% |
| 212th | Afghanistan | 107.59 | 1.1% |
| 213th | Burundi | 107.67 | -2.2% |
| 214th | Comoros | 108.13 | -0.6% |
| 215th | Uganda | 111.09 | 0.6% |
| 216th | Yemen, Republic of | 111.23 | -1.5% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's dependency ratio in 1998?▾
Lesotho's dependency ratio in 1998 was 82.22. This ranked 159th globally.
How did Lesotho's dependency ratio change in 1998?▾
Lesotho's dependency ratio decreased by 1.8% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1998?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest dependency ratio in 1998 at 111.23.
What is the dependency ratio of Lesotho in 1998?▾
The dependency ratio of Lesotho in 1998 was 82.22. This ranked 159th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Lesotho's dependency ratio?▾
Lesotho's dependency ratio went from 83.76 in 1997 to 82.22 in 1998, a 1.8% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lesotho matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1998. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 6.1%. View full analysis →
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