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Namibia – Dependency Ratio 2012

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
67.03 −0.04 from 2011 G20 rank: 162nd

Namibia's dependency ratio was 67.03 in 2012, decreased +0.04 from 67.07 in 2011. This was the 162nd highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2012
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Qatar 18.38 3.4%
2nd United Arab Emirates 22.35 0.1%
3rd Macao SAR, China 24.56 1.7%
4th Singapore 26.87 -0.3%
5th Bahrain 28.49 -2.5%
6th Cayman Islands 31.15 0.6%
7th Kuwait 31.60 -1.8%
8th Oman 34.01 -13.0%
9th Hong Kong SAR, China 34.25 1.0%
10th Trinidad and Tobago 36.61 0.9%
11th Korea 36.78 -1.3%
12th Palau 36.85 -0.2%
13th British Virgin Islands 37.20 -2.4%
14th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 37.40 -0.7%
15th China 37.72 0.9%
16th Mauritius 38.51 -0.9%
17th Moldova 38.54 -0.4%
18th Azerbaijan 38.81 0.3%
19th Cyprus 39.23 0.0%
20th Andorra 39.27 0.1%
21st Slovak Republic 39.46 1.2%
22nd Turks and Caicos Islands 39.54 -2.7%
23rd Thailand 39.62 -0.7%
24th Russian Federation 39.71 2.3%
25th Brunei Darussalam 39.80 -1.0%
26th Maldives 39.93 -3.3%
27th Saudi Arabia 40.17 -3.0%
28th Iran, Islamic Republic of 40.27 0.4%
29th Greenland 40.78 -0.8%
30th Ukraine 40.83 0.8%
31st Belarus 40.86 1.3%
32nd Seychelles 40.89 -1.5%
33rd Poland 41.18 1.4%
34th Northern Mariana Islands 41.95 0.0%
35th St. Kitts and Nevis 42.06 -2.4%
36th Aruba 42.86 -0.4%
37th Viet Nam 43.06 -0.9%
38th Antigua and Barbuda 43.08 -1.8%
39th Armenia 43.11 0.6%
40th Liechtenstein 43.59 1.2%
41st St. Lucia 43.64 -2.9%
42nd Cuba 44.07 0.6%
43rd Tunisia 44.57 0.5%
44th North Macedonia 44.63 0.0%
45th Brazil 44.64 -1.1%
46th Bermuda 44.73 1.8%
47th Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.92 0.6%
48th Luxembourg 44.99 -1.3%
49th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 45.22 -0.7%
50th Canada 45.24 1.4%
51st Slovenia 45.37 2.1%
52nd Chile 45.39 -0.6%
53rd Malta 45.45 2.5%
54th Czechia 45.47 3.7%
55th Hungary 45.92 0.9%
56th Jamaica 46.20 -3.0%
57th Costa Rica 46.53 -0.9%
58th Albania 46.63 -1.6%
59th Channel Islands 46.63 2.1%
60th French Polynesia 46.79 -0.5%
61st Serbia 46.85 0.7%
62nd Mongolia 46.89 0.5%
63rd Barbados 47.09 0.1%
64th Romania 47.09 0.9%
65th Bahamas, The 47.09 -1.0%
66th Lebanon 47.21 -0.5%
67th Curaçao 47.49 -0.3%
68th Malaysia 47.52 -1.3%
69th Switzerland 47.66 0.7%
70th Montenegro 47.71 -0.1%
71st Georgia 47.86 0.5%
72nd Austria 48.02 0.3%
73rd Türkiye 48.04 -1.4%
74th Bulgaria 48.17 2.2%
75th Spain 48.18 1.6%
76th Kazakhstan 48.27 2.1%
77th Colombia 48.27 -1.6%
78th Algeria 48.50 1.0%
79th Myanmar 48.90 -1.4%
80th San Marino 48.92 0.8%
81st United States 48.99 1.0%
82nd Lithuania 49.07 0.4%
83rd Uzbekistan 49.08 -1.6%
84th Australia 49.33 1.1%
85th Latvia 49.34 1.5%
86th Grenada 49.48 -1.0%
87th Sri Lanka 49.59 0.7%
88th Croatia 49.60 0.3%
89th New Caledonia 49.71 -0.5%
90th St. Martin (French part) 49.93 1.5%
91st Turkmenistan 49.99 -1.3%
92nd Dominica 50.22 -2.6%
93rd Estonia 50.27 2.0%
94th Iceland 50.32 0.9%
95th Indonesia 50.40 -0.7%
96th Ireland 50.54 2.3%
97th European Union 50.61 1.2%
98th Bhutan 50.62 -1.9%
99th Netherlands 50.65 2.0%
100th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 51.00 -0.8%
101st Norway 51.44 0.4%
102nd Germany 51.58 -0.3%
103rd Kosovo 51.67 -2.0%
104th Morocco 51.80 -0.5%
105th Portugal 51.85 1.0%
106th South Africa 51.87 -0.9%
107th Guam 52.05 -0.1%
108th New Zealand 52.24 1.2%
109th Belgium 52.60 1.1%
110th Gibraltar 52.73 1.1%
111th Greece 52.81 1.8%
112th United Kingdom 53.23 1.8%
113th Puerto Rico (US) 53.59 -1.5%
114th Finland 53.59 2.6%
115th Italy 53.77 1.2%
116th Fiji 53.82 -0.5%
117th Isle of Man 54.05 2.3%
118th Denmark 54.24 1.3%
119th Kyrgyz Republic 54.44 1.9%
120th Mexico 54.56 -1.1%
121st Panama 54.58 -0.3%
122nd Cabo Verde 54.68 -3.4%
123rd Virgin Islands (US) 54.76 2.2%
124th Dominican Republic 54.87 -1.0%
125th India 55.06 -1.7%
126th Suriname 55.53 -1.1%
127th Sweden 55.68 2.0%
128th Libya 55.99 4.4%
129th Argentina 56.15 -0.2%
130th Guyana 56.22 -1.5%
131st France 56.29 1.8%
132nd Uruguay 56.53 -0.7%
133rd Peru 56.61 -0.6%
134th Cambodia 57.60 -0.9%
135th Ecuador 57.79 -1.2%
136th Paraguay 57.81 -1.8%
137th Faroe Islands 58.58 1.0%
138th El Salvador 59.86 -2.7%
139th Bangladesh 60.04 -1.7%
140th Botswana 60.19 0.6%
141st American Samoa 60.34 -2.0%
142nd Japan 60.54 3.3%
143rd Nicaragua 60.79 -1.6%
144th Tuvalu 60.94 -0.4%
145th Egypt, Arab Republic of 61.04 0.2%
146th Belize 61.19 -3.1%
147th Philippines 62.03 -1.4%
148th Israel 62.55 1.5%
149th Micronesia, Federated States of 62.69 -0.8%
150th Jordan 63.00 -1.6%
151st Lao PDR 63.56 -2.4%
152nd Nauru 63.89 2.7%
153rd Bolivia, Plurinational State of 64.56 -1.4%
154th Djibouti 64.89 -1.4%
155th Haiti 65.11 -1.4%
156th Kiribati 65.72 -1.3%
157th Tajikistan 65.74 -0.6%
158th Nepal 65.88 -1.8%
159th Papua New Guinea 65.96 -1.0%
160th Honduras 66.56 -2.3%
161st Syrian Arab Republic 66.92 2.3%
162nd Namibia 67.03 -0.1%
163rd Lesotho 68.22 -0.4%
164th Gabon 69.76 -0.9%
165th Eswatini 69.82 -1.2%
166th Equatorial Guinea 71.16 -0.1%
167th Vanuatu 71.18 0.5%
168th Marshall Islands 71.21 -0.9%
169th Guatemala 72.60 -2.2%
170th Ghana 73.29 -0.4%
171st Pakistan 74.74 -0.4%
172nd Monaco 75.76 5.9%
173rd Tonga 75.99 -0.3%
174th Samoa 75.99 -0.5%
175th Congo, Republic of 77.46 1.2%
176th Iraq 78.41 -0.5%
177th West Bank and Gaza 78.87 -1.3%
178th Solomon Islands 78.90 -0.8%
179th Togo 79.86 0.1%
180th South Sudan 80.09 -1.0%
181st Comoros 80.68 -2.2%
182nd Rwanda 80.84 -0.9%
183rd Côte d'Ivoire 82.20 -2.1%
184th Kenya 83.01 -0.8%
185th Yemen, Republic of 83.19 -1.6%
186th São Tomé and Principe 83.67 -0.2%
187th Liberia 83.89 -1.2%
188th Guinea-Bissau 83.98 -0.7%
189th Timor-Leste 84.39 -0.8%
190th Eritrea 84.81 -0.6%
191st Madagascar 84.89 -1.6%
192nd Sierra Leone 85.36 -0.9%
193rd Senegal 86.19 0.1%
194th Cameroon 87.12 -0.3%
195th Benin 87.66 -0.5%
196th Gambia, The 87.78 -0.7%
197th Zimbabwe 87.86 1.2%
198th Sudan 89.18 -0.3%
199th Nigeria 90.38 0.0%
200th Guinea 90.78 -1.1%
201st Zambia 91.25 -0.8%
202nd Mauritania 91.66 1.0%
203rd Angola 91.90 0.0%
204th Burundi 92.16 1.3%
205th Tanzania 92.23 -0.4%
206th Burkina Faso 93.53 0.0%
207th Mozambique 94.41 0.1%
208th Central African Republic 95.32 2.5%
209th Congo, Democratic Republic of 96.43 -0.1%
210th Malawi 97.95 -0.8%
211th Afghanistan 99.77 -1.7%
212th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 101.04 -1.7%
213th Mali 101.52 1.1%
214th Chad 103.42 -0.4%
215th Uganda 104.02 -0.9%
216th Niger 107.78 0.0%