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Lesotho - Dependency Ratio 2018

Name: Lesotho Dependency Ratio 2018
Creator: World Bank
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

66.87 −0.62 from 2017 Global rank: 163rd

Lesotho's dependency ratio was 66.87 in 2018, decreased +0.62 from 67.49 in 2017. This was the 163rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	17.78	1.9%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	22.26	-0.2%
3rd	Bahrain	29.23	1.3%
4th	Singapore	29.56	2.5%
5th	Macao SAR, China	31.20	4.6%
6th	Cayman Islands	31.40	0.3%
7th	Kuwait	32.14	0.1%
8th	Oman	34.17	3.4%
9th	British Virgin Islands	34.95	-2.1%
10th	Maldives	34.96	-2.2%
11th	Turks and Caicos Islands	36.45	-0.2%
12th	Korea	37.30	1.4%
13th	Brunei Darussalam	37.55	-0.5%
14th	Andorra	38.33	-1.2%
15th	Mauritius	38.49	0.0%
16th	St. Lucia	38.54	-1.3%
17th	Saudi Arabia	38.97	3.0%
18th	St. Kitts and Nevis	39.08	0.4%
19th	Seychelles	39.09	-0.3%
20th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	39.26	1.5%
21st	Palau	39.55	1.0%
22nd	Trinidad and Tobago	39.65	0.6%
23rd	Jamaica	39.81	-2.1%
24th	Thailand	40.30	0.6%
25th	Hong Kong SAR, China	40.40	3.3%
26th	Antigua and Barbuda	40.68	-0.4%
27th	Cyprus	41.03	1.0%
28th	Greenland	41.13	0.8%
29th	Northern Mariana Islands	42.44	-0.3%
30th	China	42.54	2.5%
31st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	42.99	-0.9%
32nd	Azerbaijan	43.12	0.4%
33rd	Brazil	43.43	0.1%
34th	Luxembourg	43.83	-0.1%
35th	Colombia	44.09	-1.7%
36th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.34	1.5%
37th	Bhutan	44.65	-3.6%
38th	Bahamas, The	44.68	-1.0%
39th	French Polynesia	44.69	-1.1%
40th	Chile	45.08	-0.4%
41st	Malaysia	45.23	-0.6%
42nd	Cuba	45.26	0.6%
43rd	Costa Rica	45.33	0.1%
44th	Türkiye	45.55	0.1%
45th	Dominica	45.59	-0.9%
46th	Slovak Republic	45.80	3.2%
47th	Curaçao	45.85	-6.8%
48th	Viet Nam	46.12	1.8%
49th	Albania	46.51	0.7%
50th	Myanmar	46.53	-0.5%
51st	Ukraine	46.56	2.0%
52nd	Kosovo	46.88	-2.2%
53rd	Belarus	46.89	1.9%
54th	Aruba	47.12	2.1%
55th	Grenada	47.14	-0.6%
56th	Armenia	47.41	1.3%
57th	Russian Federation	47.53	2.4%
58th	Barbados	47.76	0.7%
59th	Poland	47.76	3.0%
60th	North Macedonia	48.01	2.0%
61st	Bermuda	48.02	1.6%
62nd	Liechtenstein	48.20	1.9%
63rd	Malta	48.25	-1.3%
64th	New Caledonia	48.46	-0.5%
65th	Indonesia	48.56	-0.5%
66th	Tunisia	48.61	1.6%
67th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.80	2.3%
68th	Moldova	48.82	3.8%
69th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.18	-0.2%
70th	Austria	49.68	0.8%
71st	Canada	49.73	1.3%
72nd	Iceland	49.92	-1.2%
73rd	San Marino	49.99	-0.1%
74th	India	50.03	-1.5%
75th	Switzerland	50.09	1.1%
76th	Channel Islands	50.45	1.1%
77th	South Africa	50.68	-1.1%
78th	Hungary	50.77	1.6%
79th	Spain	51.21	0.2%
80th	Morocco	51.27	0.2%
81st	Mexico	51.27	-1.1%
82nd	St. Martin (French part)	51.41	2.1%
83rd	Sri Lanka	51.49	0.3%
84th	Cabo Verde	51.54	0.6%
85th	United States	51.69	0.9%
86th	Uzbekistan	51.71	1.7%
87th	Suriname	51.74	-0.8%
88th	Montenegro	51.85	1.9%
89th	Belize	51.90	-2.0%
90th	Turkmenistan	51.92	1.7%
91st	Romania	51.97	2.1%
92nd	New Zealand	52.37	0.2%
93rd	Australia	52.45	0.8%
94th	El Salvador	52.77	-1.3%
95th	Slovenia	52.78	2.4%
96th	Dominican Republic	52.83	-0.3%
97th	Fiji	52.87	-0.5%
98th	Ecuador	52.90	-1.6%
99th	Ireland	53.03	0.2%
100th	Norway	53.20	0.7%
101st	Netherlands	53.26	0.5%
102nd	Serbia	53.27	2.5%
103rd	Lithuania	53.32	1.6%
104th	Libya	53.56	-1.4%
105th	Peru	53.57	-1.6%
106th	Panama	53.62	-0.3%
107th	Germany	53.88	1.2%
108th	Georgia	54.00	2.1%
109th	Guyana	54.30	-2.0%
110th	Bangladesh	54.33	-0.6%
111th	Croatia	54.40	2.4%
112th	European Union	54.49	1.1%
113th	Czechia	54.58	2.7%
114th	Paraguay	54.74	-0.3%
115th	Uruguay	54.92	-0.6%
116th	Bulgaria	54.97	1.9%
117th	Guam	55.35	1.8%
118th	Portugal	55.40	1.1%
119th	Mongolia	55.41	3.5%
120th	Puerto Rico (US)	55.50	2.1%
121st	Gibraltar	55.51	-0.1%
122nd	Belgium	55.65	0.9%
123rd	Lebanon	55.74	4.5%
124th	Argentina	55.85	-0.2%
125th	Algeria	56.15	2.4%
126th	Denmark	56.23	0.6%
127th	Italy	56.31	0.3%
128th	Latvia	56.33	1.5%
129th	Estonia	56.35	1.3%
130th	Philippines	56.50	-1.5%
131st	Kazakhstan	56.52	2.0%
132nd	Nicaragua	56.62	-1.0%
133rd	Greece	56.90	0.8%
134th	United Kingdom	57.00	0.9%
135th	Lao PDR	57.11	-1.2%
136th	American Samoa	57.46	-0.7%
137th	Djibouti	57.54	-2.4%
138th	Cambodia	57.78	0.0%
139th	Honduras	58.51	-1.8%
140th	Isle of Man	58.56	0.5%
141st	Tuvalu	58.98	0.3%
142nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	59.44	-1.2%
143rd	Virgin Islands (US)	59.58	0.5%
144th	Jordan	59.64	-1.2%
145th	Botswana	59.78	-1.0%
146th	Kyrgyz Republic	59.95	0.8%
147th	Haiti	60.17	-1.1%
148th	Nepal	60.18	-1.2%
149th	Sweden	60.32	0.6%
150th	Finland	60.47	1.5%
151st	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.82	0.0%
152nd	France	60.82	0.9%
153rd	Papua New Guinea	62.08	-1.1%
154th	Faroe Islands	62.20	0.4%
155th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	62.48	-0.1%
156th	Kiribati	63.68	0.5%
157th	Marshall Islands	64.09	-1.6%
158th	Guatemala	64.58	-1.7%
159th	Eswatini	64.59	-1.3%
160th	Tajikistan	64.88	0.4%
161st	Nauru	65.42	-0.8%
162nd	Israel	66.40	0.7%
163rd	Lesotho	66.87	-0.9%
164th	Namibia	67.75	0.7%
165th	Gabon	68.63	0.3%
166th	Japan	69.02	1.0%
167th	Ghana	70.22	-1.1%
168th	Equatorial Guinea	71.09	-0.2%
169th	Pakistan	73.10	-0.6%
170th	Tonga	73.47	-0.4%
171st	Syrian Arab Republic	73.62	-5.2%
172nd	Iraq	74.11	-1.3%
173rd	Timor-Leste	74.57	-2.3%
174th	Solomon Islands	74.62	-1.1%
175th	Vanuatu	75.09	0.7%
176th	West Bank and Gaza	75.68	0.0%
177th	Kenya	75.74	-1.8%
178th	Comoros	76.47	-1.4%
179th	Rwanda	76.58	-1.2%
180th	Samoa	76.63	0.9%
181st	Sierra Leone	77.73	-1.7%
182nd	Madagascar	78.41	-0.9%
183rd	Togo	78.71	-0.4%
184th	Yemen, Republic of	78.79	-0.5%
185th	Guinea-Bissau	79.35	-1.3%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	80.81	-1.3%
187th	Congo, Republic of	81.00	-0.1%
188th	Senegal	81.29	-1.7%
189th	Sudan	81.33	-1.9%
190th	Côte d'Ivoire	81.37	-0.1%
191st	Liberia	82.33	-0.7%
192nd	Gambia, The	83.27	-1.1%
193rd	Eritrea	83.62	-1.5%
194th	Cameroon	84.12	-0.4%
195th	Zambia	84.88	-1.4%
196th	Benin	85.51	-0.6%
197th	Guinea	85.57	-0.9%
198th	Zimbabwe	86.52	-1.1%
199th	Nigeria	87.06	-1.2%
200th	Tanzania	87.78	-0.7%
201st	Malawi	88.69	-2.1%
202nd	Afghanistan	89.85	-1.6%
203rd	Burkina Faso	90.15	-1.1%
204th	Mauritania	90.29	-0.5%
205th	South Sudan	90.37	-0.4%
206th	Angola	91.90	-0.2%
207th	Mozambique	92.93	-0.3%
208th	Uganda	93.56	-2.2%
209th	Monaco	94.30	2.8%
210th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	95.94	0.2%
211th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	99.01	-0.5%
212th	Burundi	100.49	-0.6%
213th	Chad	101.19	-0.6%
214th	Mali	101.28	-0.6%
215th	Niger	104.41	-0.8%
216th	Central African Republic	104.96	0.3%

FAQ

What was Lesotho's dependency ratio in 2018?▾

Lesotho's dependency ratio in 2018 was 66.87. This ranked 163rd globally.

How did Lesotho's dependency ratio change in 2018?▾

Lesotho's dependency ratio decreased by 0.9% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2018?▾

Central African Republic had the highest dependency ratio in 2018 at 104.96.

What is the dependency ratio of Lesotho in 2018?▾

The dependency ratio of Lesotho in 2018 was 66.87. This ranked 163rd globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Lesotho's dependency ratio?▾

Lesotho's dependency ratio went from 67.49 in 2017 to 66.87 in 2018, a 0.9% decrease.

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