Lesotho – Dependency Ratio 2005
72.66
−0.99 from 2004
Lesotho's dependency ratio was 72.66 in 2005, decreased +0.99 from 73.65 in 2004. This was the 158th highest in the G20.
G20 Ranking – 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | 23.85 | -1.5% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 31.03 | 1.8% |
| 3rd | Macao SAR, China | 31.46 | -6.5% |
| 4th | Singapore | 32.07 | -1.8% |
| 5th | Cayman Islands | 32.49 | -1.3% |
| 6th | Bahrain | 34.93 | -5.6% |
| 7th | Kuwait | 36.24 | -3.3% |
| 8th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 36.71 | -2.1% |
| 9th | Andorra | 36.73 | -1.6% |
| 10th | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.74 | -2.4% |
| 11th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 38.23 | -1.3% |
| 12th | British Virgin Islands | 38.56 | -1.9% |
| 13th | Northern Mariana Islands | 38.77 | 2.7% |
| 14th | China | 39.24 | -3.6% |
| 15th | Korea | 39.36 | -0.4% |
| 16th | Slovak Republic | 40.06 | -1.7% |
| 17th | Czechia | 40.38 | -0.8% |
| 18th | Russian Federation | 40.76 | -0.4% |
| 19th | Liechtenstein | 40.79 | 0.2% |
| 20th | Palau | 41.83 | -1.1% |
| 21st | Slovenia | 42.05 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Thailand | 42.10 | -0.6% |
| 23rd | Poland | 42.28 | -1.5% |
| 24th | Brunei Darussalam | 42.35 | -3.0% |
| 25th | Aruba | 42.64 | -0.1% |
| 26th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 42.65 | -1.6% |
| 27th | Moldova | 42.66 | -2.4% |
| 28th | Ukraine | 42.93 | -0.8% |
| 29th | Belarus | 43.34 | -1.6% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 43.39 | -2.1% |
| 31st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.57 | 0.4% |
| 32nd | Mauritius | 43.71 | -1.6% |
| 33rd | Greenland | 43.83 | -1.4% |
| 34th | Cuba | 43.90 | -0.8% |
| 35th | Canada | 44.41 | -0.9% |
| 36th | Malta | 44.61 | -1.4% |
| 37th | Romania | 44.72 | -0.8% |
| 38th | Bermuda | 44.75 | 0.5% |
| 39th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.79 | -4.9% |
| 40th | Bulgaria | 44.94 | -0.9% |
| 41st | Spain | 45.04 | -0.4% |
| 42nd | Hungary | 45.11 | -0.4% |
| 43rd | San Marino | 45.98 | 0.8% |
| 44th | Latvia | 46.19 | -0.5% |
| 45th | Ireland | 46.24 | -1.2% |
| 46th | Channel Islands | 46.26 | -0.3% |
| 47th | Azerbaijan | 46.42 | -3.4% |
| 48th | North Macedonia | 46.82 | -1.4% |
| 49th | Estonia | 46.91 | -0.3% |
| 50th | Switzerland | 47.04 | -0.5% |
| 51st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 47.33 | -0.1% |
| 52nd | Tunisia | 47.44 | -2.7% |
| 53rd | Austria | 47.55 | 1.2% |
| 54th | Kazakhstan | 47.69 | -0.9% |
| 55th | Seychelles | 47.79 | -2.4% |
| 56th | Armenia | 47.82 | -2.4% |
| 57th | Barbados | 47.82 | -1.1% |
| 58th | Sri Lanka | 48.06 | -0.1% |
| 59th | United States | 48.10 | -0.8% |
| 60th | Netherlands | 48.17 | 0.2% |
| 61st | Serbia | 48.20 | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Luxembourg | 48.43 | -0.4% |
| 63rd | Australia | 48.48 | -0.4% |
| 64th | European Union | 48.57 | 0.2% |
| 65th | Lithuania | 49.00 | -0.4% |
| 66th | Brazil | 49.01 | -1.6% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 49.24 | -2.4% |
| 68th | Chile | 49.66 | -1.9% |
| 69th | Portugal | 49.68 | 0.6% |
| 70th | Montenegro | 49.79 | 0.4% |
| 71st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 49.84 | -3.3% |
| 72nd | Finland | 49.92 | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Croatia | 49.96 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Greece | 49.98 | 0.1% |
| 75th | Germany | 50.04 | 1.5% |
| 76th | St. Martin (French part) | 50.07 | 0.5% |
| 77th | Mongolia | 50.30 | -3.8% |
| 78th | New Zealand | 50.50 | -0.7% |
| 79th | French Polynesia | 50.84 | -1.8% |
| 80th | Algeria | 50.94 | -2.9% |
| 81st | Italy | 50.95 | 1.2% |
| 82nd | Bahamas, The | 51.00 | -0.8% |
| 83rd | Iceland | 51.02 | -2.0% |
| 84th | Georgia | 51.13 | -1.0% |
| 85th | Virgin Islands (US) | 51.15 | -0.4% |
| 86th | Curaçao | 51.19 | -2.1% |
| 87th | Denmark | 51.19 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Viet Nam | 51.34 | -3.2% |
| 89th | Japan | 51.59 | 2.6% |
| 90th | Costa Rica | 51.68 | -2.1% |
| 91st | United Kingdom | 51.83 | -0.7% |
| 92nd | Isle of Man | 51.93 | -0.8% |
| 93rd | Norway | 52.32 | -0.8% |
| 94th | Belgium | 52.33 | -0.3% |
| 95th | New Caledonia | 52.53 | -1.1% |
| 96th | Lebanon | 52.61 | -2.5% |
| 97th | Türkiye | 52.72 | -1.1% |
| 98th | Gibraltar | 52.72 | 0.6% |
| 99th | Indonesia | 52.88 | -0.9% |
| 100th | Oman | 52.93 | -4.8% |
| 101st | Sweden | 53.11 | -1.0% |
| 102nd | Albania | 53.44 | -2.0% |
| 103rd | France | 53.71 | 0.0% |
| 104th | St. Lucia | 53.95 | -3.4% |
| 105th | Libya | 54.02 | -0.1% |
| 106th | Myanmar | 54.33 | -1.4% |
| 107th | Colombia | 54.73 | -1.6% |
| 108th | Guam | 54.84 | -0.8% |
| 109th | Puerto Rico (US) | 54.93 | 0.2% |
| 110th | Saudi Arabia | 54.95 | -5.4% |
| 111th | Malaysia | 55.49 | -2.3% |
| 112th | Morocco | 56.19 | -2.2% |
| 113th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.33 | -2.0% |
| 114th | Fiji | 56.64 | -1.1% |
| 115th | South Africa | 56.65 | -2.1% |
| 116th | Panama | 56.67 | -0.8% |
| 117th | Faroe Islands | 56.78 | -1.3% |
| 118th | Kosovo | 56.85 | -3.2% |
| 119th | Jamaica | 56.99 | -2.5% |
| 120th | Suriname | 57.55 | -0.3% |
| 121st | Grenada | 58.34 | -3.9% |
| 122nd | Argentina | 58.49 | -0.9% |
| 123rd | Monaco | 58.67 | 0.8% |
| 124th | Dominica | 59.09 | -2.3% |
| 125th | Uruguay | 59.21 | -0.4% |
| 126th | Uzbekistan | 59.38 | -3.5% |
| 127th | Maldives | 59.57 | -5.3% |
| 128th | Peru | 59.92 | -1.0% |
| 129th | Turkmenistan | 59.93 | -3.1% |
| 130th | Kyrgyz Republic | 60.10 | -2.3% |
| 131st | Mexico | 60.63 | -1.5% |
| 132nd | Israel | 60.80 | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Bhutan | 61.07 | -3.9% |
| 134th | Dominican Republic | 61.13 | -1.8% |
| 135th | Nauru | 61.41 | -2.3% |
| 136th | India | 61.91 | -1.5% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 62.78 | -1.8% |
| 138th | Ecuador | 63.11 | -1.3% |
| 139th | Botswana | 63.65 | -1.9% |
| 140th | Guyana | 65.01 | -1.6% |
| 141st | Bangladesh | 65.19 | -1.0% |
| 142nd | Paraguay | 67.27 | -2.5% |
| 143rd | Philippines | 67.86 | -1.5% |
| 144th | Tuvalu | 68.70 | -1.9% |
| 145th | American Samoa | 68.91 | -1.3% |
| 146th | Cambodia | 69.29 | -3.4% |
| 147th | Nicaragua | 69.47 | -2.3% |
| 148th | El Salvador | 69.67 | -0.6% |
| 149th | Marshall Islands | 70.18 | -1.6% |
| 150th | Papua New Guinea | 70.59 | -1.0% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 70.79 | -1.8% |
| 152nd | Kiribati | 70.89 | -1.6% |
| 153rd | Jordan | 71.11 | -1.3% |
| 154th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 71.58 | -1.6% |
| 155th | Djibouti | 71.80 | -0.2% |
| 156th | Belize | 72.11 | -1.6% |
| 157th | Cabo Verde | 72.47 | -3.9% |
| 158th | Lesotho | 72.66 | -1.3% |
| 159th | Haiti | 72.84 | -1.8% |
| 160th | Tajikistan | 73.10 | -2.6% |
| 161st | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.87 | -2.3% |
| 162nd | Namibia | 74.16 | -2.5% |
| 163rd | Vanuatu | 75.55 | -2.1% |
| 164th | Equatorial Guinea | 75.79 | -2.0% |
| 165th | Nepal | 76.36 | -1.5% |
| 166th | Gabon | 77.13 | -1.8% |
| 167th | Eswatini | 77.55 | -1.1% |
| 168th | Ghana | 77.72 | -1.2% |
| 169th | Honduras | 78.34 | -1.9% |
| 170th | Tonga | 78.38 | 0.5% |
| 171st | Congo, Republic of | 78.99 | -1.3% |
| 172nd | Lao PDR | 79.60 | -2.4% |
| 173rd | Samoa | 79.83 | -0.8% |
| 174th | Togo | 80.70 | -0.5% |
| 175th | Timor-Leste | 81.18 | 0.6% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 81.50 | -1.8% |
| 177th | Solomon Islands | 81.54 | -0.8% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 82.20 | 0.7% |
| 179th | Iraq | 83.89 | -1.1% |
| 180th | Rwanda | 84.07 | -0.9% |
| 181st | Guatemala | 84.66 | -1.8% |
| 182nd | São Tomé and Principe | 85.36 | -0.5% |
| 183rd | Liberia | 85.85 | 0.3% |
| 184th | Eritrea | 86.28 | -0.1% |
| 185th | Senegal | 86.45 | -0.4% |
| 186th | Kenya | 87.05 | -1.1% |
| 187th | Guinea-Bissau | 88.62 | -0.9% |
| 188th | Nigeria | 88.70 | 0.3% |
| 189th | Sierra Leone | 89.37 | -0.4% |
| 190th | Central African Republic | 89.48 | -0.3% |
| 191st | Cameroon | 89.57 | -0.6% |
| 192nd | Mauritania | 89.91 | 0.1% |
| 193rd | Tanzania | 90.68 | 0.4% |
| 194th | West Bank and Gaza | 90.81 | -2.1% |
| 195th | Benin | 90.97 | -0.8% |
| 196th | South Sudan | 91.68 | -1.7% |
| 197th | Madagascar | 92.03 | -0.6% |
| 198th | Angola | 92.07 | -0.3% |
| 199th | Mozambique | 92.35 | 0.1% |
| 200th | Burundi | 92.71 | -1.6% |
| 201st | Sudan | 92.74 | -0.6% |
| 202nd | Burkina Faso | 93.17 | -0.7% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 94.60 | 0.0% |
| 204th | Gambia, The | 94.65 | -1.2% |
| 205th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 95.75 | 0.1% |
| 206th | Comoros | 96.46 | -2.6% |
| 207th | Guinea | 96.61 | -0.2% |
| 208th | Zambia | 96.77 | -0.9% |
| 209th | Yemen, Republic of | 97.18 | -2.3% |
| 210th | Mali | 97.54 | 0.1% |
| 211th | Malawi | 99.90 | 0.4% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 102.89 | 1.1% |
| 213th | Niger | 103.16 | 1.0% |
| 214th | Chad | 104.39 | -0.7% |
| 215th | Afghanistan | 109.73 | -0.5% |
| 216th | Uganda | 109.76 | -0.3% |
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