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Nigeria - Dependency Ratio 2020

Name: Nigeria Dependency Ratio 2020
Creator: World Bank
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

84.53 −1.35 from 2019 Global rank: 200th

Nigeria's dependency ratio was 84.53 in 2020, decreased +1.35 from 85.88 in 2019. This was the 200th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2020▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 2020
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	19.97	7.0%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	22.17	-0.2%
3rd	Bahrain	30.16	0.4%
4th	Singapore	31.16	3.2%
5th	Cayman Islands	31.44	-0.1%
6th	Kuwait	32.65	1.3%
7th	Maldives	33.53	-2.0%
8th	British Virgin Islands	33.91	-1.3%
9th	Macao SAR, China	34.56	5.2%
10th	Turks and Caicos Islands	36.53	0.2%
11th	Brunei Darussalam	37.39	-0.1%
12th	St. Lucia	37.82	-0.8%
13th	Andorra	38.15	0.4%
14th	Jamaica	38.32	-1.8%
15th	Mauritius	38.42	-0.1%
16th	Korea	38.77	2.3%
17th	Saudi Arabia	38.91	-0.9%
18th	Oman	39.20	8.2%
19th	Seychelles	39.21	0.3%
20th	St. Kitts and Nevis	39.86	1.1%
21st	Palau	40.37	1.1%
22nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	40.38	1.3%
23rd	Antigua and Barbuda	40.78	0.4%
24th	Thailand	40.97	0.9%
25th	Trinidad and Tobago	41.22	2.5%
26th	Bhutan	41.63	-3.3%
27th	Cyprus	41.97	1.2%
28th	Northern Mariana Islands	42.22	0.3%
29th	Greenland	42.28	1.5%
30th	Hong Kong SAR, China	43.07	3.2%
31st	Colombia	43.12	-0.9%
32nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	43.20	0.6%
33rd	Azerbaijan	43.42	0.5%
34th	Brazil	43.59	0.1%
35th	Bahamas, The	43.81	-1.0%
36th	French Polynesia	43.91	-0.4%
37th	Luxembourg	44.01	0.3%
38th	China	44.09	1.6%
39th	Malaysia	44.27	-1.3%
40th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.93	0.3%
41st	Dominica	44.99	-0.6%
42nd	Chile	45.01	0.0%
43rd	Costa Rica	45.39	-0.1%
44th	Curaçao	45.45	2.9%
45th	Kosovo	45.61	-1.7%
46th	Cuba	45.93	0.7%
47th	Myanmar	46.31	-0.2%
48th	Türkiye	46.49	1.2%
49th	Malta	46.70	-1.4%
50th	Grenada	46.81	-0.4%
51st	Viet Nam	46.96	0.8%
52nd	Albania	47.69	1.4%
53rd	Ukraine	47.88	1.3%
54th	Indonesia	48.02	-0.6%
55th	Armenia	48.18	0.8%
56th	New Caledonia	48.27	-0.1%
57th	Slovak Republic	48.41	2.6%
58th	India	48.73	-1.3%
59th	Belarus	48.77	2.0%
60th	Aruba	48.88	1.6%
61st	Barbados	48.88	1.4%
62nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.29	0.1%
63rd	South Africa	49.50	-1.2%
64th	Russian Federation	49.57	2.0%
65th	Liechtenstein	49.77	1.4%
66th	Iceland	49.91	0.5%
67th	Bermuda	49.95	2.1%
68th	San Marino	50.03	0.1%
69th	Tunisia	50.07	1.4%
70th	Belize	50.11	-1.8%
71st	Mexico	50.31	-0.9%
72nd	North Macedonia	50.51	2.5%
73rd	Austria	50.52	0.9%
74th	Poland	50.52	2.7%
75th	Spain	50.96	-0.3%
76th	Switzerland	51.07	0.9%
77th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.07	2.2%
78th	Channel Islands	51.08	0.6%
79th	Suriname	51.10	-0.5%
80th	Canada	51.20	1.6%
81st	Ecuador	51.41	-1.4%
82nd	Morocco	51.45	0.1%
83rd	El Salvador	51.61	-1.1%
84th	Sri Lanka	51.64	0.1%
85th	Libya	51.77	-1.8%
86th	Peru	52.03	-1.3%
87th	Moldova	52.17	3.2%
88th	Fiji	52.19	-0.7%
89th	Cabo Verde	52.39	0.8%
90th	United States	52.59	0.8%
91st	Dominican Republic	52.65	-0.2%
92nd	New Zealand	53.00	0.8%
93rd	Hungary	53.02	2.2%
94th	Ireland	53.05	0.0%
95th	Panama	53.10	-0.6%
96th	Australia	53.61	1.3%
97th	Norway	53.70	0.5%
98th	Netherlands	53.82	0.6%
99th	Turkmenistan	53.91	1.9%
100th	Uzbekistan	53.95	2.2%
101st	Lithuania	53.96	0.4%
102nd	Montenegro	54.03	2.0%
103rd	Bangladesh	54.07	-0.2%
104th	Romania	54.12	2.1%
105th	Uruguay	54.16	-0.7%
106th	Slovenia	54.46	1.3%
107th	Paraguay	54.52	-0.2%
108th	Philippines	54.82	-1.7%
109th	Guyana	54.96	1.8%
110th	Djibouti	55.00	-2.1%
111th	Gibraltar	55.00	-0.5%
112th	Argentina	55.02	-1.0%
113th	Nicaragua	55.24	-1.4%
114th	Germany	55.30	1.4%
115th	European Union	55.60	1.0%
116th	Serbia	55.84	2.3%
117th	Puerto Rico (US)	55.84	0.5%
118th	Lao PDR	55.88	-1.1%
119th	Georgia	55.98	1.7%
120th	Belgium	56.31	0.5%
121st	American Samoa	56.34	-1.4%
122nd	Croatia	56.54	1.8%
123rd	Bulgaria	56.54	1.1%
124th	Nepal	56.65	-3.5%
125th	Honduras	56.68	-1.5%
126th	Portugal	56.74	1.2%
127th	Italy	56.75	0.3%
128th	Czechia	56.98	1.9%
129th	Denmark	57.00	0.7%
130th	Cambodia	57.52	-0.3%
131st	Greece	57.64	0.6%
132nd	United Kingdom	57.66	0.4%
133rd	Guam	57.73	2.2%
134th	Estonia	57.82	1.3%
135th	Latvia	57.90	1.4%
136th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	57.91	-1.4%
137th	Algeria	58.07	1.4%
138th	Jordan	58.08	-1.4%
139th	Botswana	58.14	-1.5%
140th	Kazakhstan	58.38	1.6%
141st	Isle of Man	58.74	0.0%
142nd	Haiti	58.82	-1.1%
143rd	Lebanon	58.91	1.7%
144th	Mongolia	58.91	2.6%
145th	Tuvalu	59.71	0.4%
146th	St. Martin (French part)	60.06	5.2%
147th	Virgin Islands (US)	60.40	0.8%
148th	Sweden	60.76	0.3%
149th	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.77	-0.2%
150th	Papua New Guinea	60.80	-1.0%
151st	Kyrgyz Republic	61.35	1.0%
152nd	Finland	61.68	0.9%
153rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	61.72	-0.7%
154th	France	61.78	0.7%
155th	Marshall Islands	61.96	-1.7%
156th	Guatemala	62.21	-2.0%
157th	Faroe Islands	62.44	0.3%
158th	Eswatini	62.76	-1.5%
159th	Kiribati	64.23	0.3%
160th	Syrian Arab Republic	64.30	-5.9%
161st	Lesotho	65.65	-0.9%
162nd	Tajikistan	65.85	0.8%
163rd	Israel	66.91	0.3%
164th	Nauru	66.96	2.0%
165th	Ghana	68.61	-1.2%
166th	Namibia	68.68	0.7%
167th	Gabon	68.95	0.2%
168th	Japan	69.89	0.6%
169th	Equatorial Guinea	70.58	-0.2%
170th	Timor-Leste	71.06	-2.4%
171st	Iraq	71.98	-1.5%
172nd	Pakistan	72.07	-0.8%
173rd	Kenya	72.63	-2.2%
174th	Tonga	72.73	-0.5%
175th	Solomon Islands	72.80	-1.3%
176th	Rwanda	74.31	-1.6%
177th	Comoros	74.63	-1.2%
178th	West Bank and Gaza	75.08	-0.6%
179th	Sierra Leone	75.29	-1.6%
180th	Vanuatu	75.64	0.2%
181st	Madagascar	77.13	-0.8%
182nd	Guinea-Bissau	77.18	-1.4%
183rd	São Tomé and Principe	77.86	-2.1%
184th	Togo	77.86	-0.6%
185th	Senegal	78.12	-2.1%
186th	Samoa	78.24	1.1%
187th	Yemen, Republic of	78.25	-0.3%
188th	Sudan	79.93	-0.7%
189th	Eritrea	80.16	-2.3%
190th	Congo, Republic of	80.26	-0.6%
191st	Liberia	80.50	-1.3%
192nd	Côte d'Ivoire	80.76	-0.4%
193rd	Gambia, The	81.19	-1.3%
194th	South Sudan	82.21	-4.2%
195th	Zambia	82.29	-1.6%
196th	Cameroon	82.88	-0.8%
197th	Guinea	83.79	-1.1%
198th	Benin	84.14	-0.9%
199th	Zimbabwe	84.38	-1.2%
200th	Nigeria	84.53	-1.6%
201st	Malawi	84.59	-2.4%
202nd	Tanzania	86.54	-0.8%
203rd	Afghanistan	87.25	-1.4%
204th	Burkina Faso	87.32	-1.8%
205th	Mauritania	88.95	-0.8%
206th	Uganda	89.70	-2.0%
207th	Angola	91.37	-0.3%
208th	Mozambique	92.29	-0.4%
209th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	96.61	0.3%
210th	Monaco	97.08	1.7%
211th	Burundi	97.60	-1.4%
212th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	98.29	-0.3%
213th	Mali	99.24	-1.2%
214th	Chad	100.05	-0.6%
215th	Niger	102.21	-1.1%
216th	Central African Republic	104.55	-0.4%

FAQ

What was Nigeria's dependency ratio in 2020?▾

Nigeria's dependency ratio in 2020 was 84.53. This ranked 200th globally.

How did Nigeria's dependency ratio change in 2020?▾

Nigeria's dependency ratio decreased by 1.6% in 2020 compared to 2019.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2020?▾

Central African Republic had the highest dependency ratio in 2020 at 104.55.

What is the dependency ratio of Nigeria in 2020?▾

The dependency ratio of Nigeria in 2020 was 84.53. This ranked 200th globally.

How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Nigeria's dependency ratio?▾

Nigeria's dependency ratio went from 85.88 in 2019 to 84.53 in 2020, a 1.6% decrease.

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