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Libya – Dependency Ratio 2005

Ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population (15-64). Higher ratios imply greater economic burden on workers. · World Bank
54.02 −0.06 from 2004 G20 rank: 105th

Libya's dependency ratio was 54.02 in 2005, decreased +0.06 from 54.08 in 2004. This was the 105th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2005▾
Dependency Ratio by Country – 2005
RankCountryValueYoY
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%
Source: World Bank (SP.POP.DPND)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Libya matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2005. Historically: 682 occurrences, 460 successful (67%). Outcome 24 months later: 6.2%. View full analysis →

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