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Oman – Dependency Ratio 2008

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
46.37 −1.80 from 2007 G20 rank: 51st

Oman's dependency ratio was 46.37 in 2008, decreased +1.80 from 48.17 in 2007. This was the 51st highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2008
Dependency Ratio by Country – 2008
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Qatar 18.44 -12.7%
2nd United Arab Emirates 22.57 -1.8%
3rd Macao SAR, China 26.50 -5.0%
4th Singapore 28.63 -4.2%
5th Bahrain 30.50 -3.9%
6th Cayman Islands 31.21 -1.2%
7th Kuwait 34.19 -1.8%
8th Hong Kong SAR, China 34.88 -1.3%
9th Trinidad and Tobago 36.25 -0.9%
10th Andorra 36.44 0.3%
11th China 37.40 -0.8%
12th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 38.06 0.0%
13th British Virgin Islands 38.41 0.7%
14th Korea 38.44 -1.0%
15th Palau 38.44 -2.3%
16th Slovak Republic 38.60 -0.9%
17th Russian Federation 39.63 -1.4%
18th Brunei Darussalam 40.46 0.0%
19th Cyprus 40.66 -2.0%
20th Poland 40.71 -1.0%
21st Moldova 40.75 -1.6%
22nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 40.76 -2.1%
23rd Czechia 40.83 1.1%
24th Northern Mariana Islands 40.90 1.5%
25th Mauritius 40.92 -2.3%
26th Thailand 40.99 -1.0%
27th Belarus 41.48 -1.7%
28th Liechtenstein 41.56 1.0%
29th Ukraine 41.75 -1.3%
30th Azerbaijan 41.86 -3.5%
31st Turks and Caicos Islands 42.04 -0.1%
32nd Greenland 42.25 -1.0%
33rd Malta 42.45 -1.3%
34th Slovenia 43.01 1.3%
35th Aruba 43.26 0.6%
36th Cuba 43.34 -0.1%
37th Bermuda 43.56 -2.0%
38th Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.60 0.3%
39th Canada 43.98 0.0%
40th Armenia 44.03 -2.4%
41st Seychelles 44.34 -2.5%
42nd Tunisia 44.90 -1.4%
43rd Bulgaria 45.04 0.6%
44th Hungary 45.05 0.2%
45th Romania 45.17 0.7%
46th Spain 45.20 0.5%
47th Channel Islands 45.31 -0.5%
48th North Macedonia 45.47 -0.7%
49th Ireland 45.56 1.0%
50th Antigua and Barbuda 46.26 -1.8%
51st Oman 46.37 -3.7%
52nd Viet Nam 46.43 -3.0%
53rd St. Kitts and Nevis 46.47 -1.8%
54th Latvia 46.56 0.7%
55th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 46.59 -0.6%
56th Barbados 46.64 -0.2%
57th Switzerland 46.71 -0.1%
58th Mongolia 46.74 -1.6%
59th Saudi Arabia 46.78 -4.9%
60th Brazil 46.93 -1.4%
61st Kazakhstan 46.94 -0.4%
62nd Chile 47.14 -1.5%
63rd Luxembourg 47.21 -1.0%
64th San Marino 47.36 1.1%
65th Serbia 47.40 -0.7%
66th Estonia 47.77 0.5%
67th United States 47.92 0.3%
68th Lithuania 47.96 -0.8%
69th Iceland 48.08 -0.8%
70th Australia 48.13 -0.2%
71st Austria 48.21 0.0%
72nd Algeria 48.27 -1.3%
73rd Maldives 48.33 -6.9%
74th Netherlands 48.38 0.3%
75th French Polynesia 48.39 -1.5%
76th Sri Lanka 48.41 0.4%
77th St. Lucia 48.81 -3.1%
78th Curaçao 48.83 -1.3%
79th Costa Rica 48.89 -1.6%
80th Georgia 48.92 -1.7%
81st European Union 48.96 0.3%
82nd Bahamas, The 49.08 -1.6%
83rd Montenegro 49.14 -0.7%
84th Lebanon 49.23 -2.0%
85th St. Martin (French part) 49.56 -0.9%
86th Greece 50.03 0.2%
87th Croatia 50.08 0.1%
88th Portugal 50.13 0.4%
89th Finland 50.23 -0.1%
90th Albania 50.48 -1.9%
91st New Zealand 50.60 0.3%
92nd Gibraltar 50.81 -1.4%
93rd Norway 50.92 -0.7%
94th Türkiye 51.06 -1.3%
95th New Caledonia 51.11 -0.6%
96th Virgin Islands (US) 51.16 0.5%
97th United Kingdom 51.19 0.1%
98th Belgium 51.42 -0.3%
99th Isle of Man 51.48 0.1%
100th Malaysia 51.57 -2.5%
101st Denmark 51.75 0.5%
102nd Indonesia 51.80 -0.6%
103rd Germany 51.81 0.7%
104th Colombia 51.82 -1.9%
105th Myanmar 51.93 -1.6%
106th Italy 52.05 0.3%
107th Libya 52.20 -1.2%
108th Jamaica 52.22 -3.0%
109th Sweden 52.37 0.2%
110th Guam 52.95 -1.2%
111th Grenada 52.99 -2.8%
112th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 53.22 -1.8%
113th Morocco 53.40 -1.4%
114th Uzbekistan 53.45 -3.0%
115th France 53.86 0.5%
116th Kosovo 54.12 -0.9%
117th South Africa 54.20 -1.2%
118th Turkmenistan 54.58 -3.0%
119th Dominica 54.97 -2.4%
120th Fiji 55.13 -0.8%
121st Kyrgyz Republic 55.34 -3.0%
122nd Puerto Rico (US) 55.40 0.3%
123rd Panama 55.52 -0.6%
124th Bhutan 55.63 -2.9%
125th Japan 55.73 2.5%
126th Faroe Islands 56.73 0.8%
127th Argentina 57.07 -0.7%
128th Suriname 57.18 -0.3%
129th Mexico 57.72 -1.7%
130th Dominican Republic 57.79 -1.8%
131st Uruguay 58.30 -0.6%
132nd Peru 58.49 -0.9%
133rd Nauru 58.88 -0.7%
134th India 58.89 -1.7%
135th Monaco 59.69 1.6%
136th Israel 60.41 -0.2%
137th Ecuador 60.55 -1.3%
138th Egypt, Arab Republic of 60.91 -0.6%
139th Guyana 60.95 -2.2%
140th Botswana 61.01 -1.2%
141st Cambodia 62.14 -3.4%
142nd Paraguay 62.66 -2.2%
143rd Bangladesh 63.34 -0.9%
144th Cabo Verde 64.23 -4.0%
145th Tuvalu 64.34 -2.3%
146th Nicaragua 65.26 -2.0%
147th American Samoa 65.41 -1.8%
148th Philippines 65.46 -1.1%
149th Syrian Arab Republic 65.64 -1.9%
150th Micronesia, Federated States of 66.17 -2.3%
151st El Salvador 66.67 -2.4%
152nd Jordan 67.53 -1.8%
153rd Bolivia, Plurinational State of 68.29 -1.5%
154th Kiribati 68.29 -1.0%
155th Belize 68.47 -1.8%
156th Tajikistan 68.58 -1.7%
157th Papua New Guinea 68.59 -1.0%
158th Djibouti 68.83 -1.6%
159th Namibia 69.06 -2.0%
160th Haiti 69.24 -1.6%
161st Lesotho 69.91 -1.1%
162nd Marshall Islands 70.27 0.6%
163rd Lao PDR 71.29 -3.6%
164th Vanuatu 71.81 -1.4%
165th Nepal 72.21 -2.1%
166th Equatorial Guinea 72.86 -1.1%
167th Gabon 73.13 -1.7%
168th Honduras 73.27 -2.3%
169th Eswatini 74.44 -1.9%
170th Ghana 75.13 -1.1%
171st Congo, Republic of 77.04 -0.2%
172nd Pakistan 77.31 -1.7%
173rd Samoa 77.34 -1.1%
174th Tonga 77.90 -0.8%
175th Guatemala 79.54 -2.2%
176th Togo 79.54 -0.3%
177th Solomon Islands 80.62 -0.2%
178th Iraq 81.03 -1.2%
179th Rwanda 83.33 -0.2%
180th Zimbabwe 83.46 0.8%
181st Timor-Leste 84.41 0.9%
182nd West Bank and Gaza 84.54 -2.4%
183rd São Tomé and Principe 84.82 -0.1%
184th Kenya 85.14 -0.6%
185th Senegal 85.90 -0.1%
186th South Sudan 86.29 -2.0%
187th Liberia 86.56 0.0%
188th Guinea-Bissau 86.64 -0.8%
189th Eritrea 87.16 -0.9%
190th Sierra Leone 88.02 -0.6%
191st Cameroon 88.29 -0.5%
192nd Comoros 89.22 -2.6%
193rd Madagascar 89.58 -1.0%
194th Nigeria 89.70 0.4%
195th Benin 89.82 -0.4%
196th Mauritania 90.07 -0.1%
197th Yemen, Republic of 90.16 -2.4%
198th Central African Republic 90.43 0.4%
199th Sudan 90.62 -0.9%
200th Burundi 90.64 -0.8%
201st Gambia, The 91.30 -1.2%
202nd Angola 91.74 0.0%
203rd Tanzania 91.82 0.4%
204th Côte d'Ivoire 92.47 -2.1%
205th Burkina Faso 92.83 0.2%
206th Mozambique 93.00 0.4%
207th Zambia 94.25 -0.9%
208th Guinea 94.61 -0.9%
209th Congo, Democratic Republic of 96.55 0.4%
210th Mali 98.63 0.5%
211th Malawi 100.19 -0.2%
212th Chad 104.24 -0.2%
213th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 105.68 0.1%
214th Niger 105.99 0.8%
215th Afghanistan 106.33 -1.3%
216th Uganda 107.89 -0.7%
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Oman matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 329 occurrences, 239 successful (73%). Outcome 24 months later: 3.3%. View full analysis →