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Portugal - Dependency Ratio 1979

Name: Portugal Dependency Ratio 1979
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

59.74 −0.54 from 1978 Global rank: 61st

Portugal's dependency ratio was 59.74 in 1979, decreased +0.54 from 60.28 in 1978. This was the 61st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1979▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1979
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	United Arab Emirates	39.78	0.6%
2nd	Andorra	43.64	-2.4%
3rd	Bermuda	45.44	-2.6%
4th	Serbia	45.50	-0.5%
5th	Russian Federation	46.38	0.4%
6th	Singapore	47.58	-4.6%
7th	Qatar	47.82	-5.3%
8th	Finland	47.93	-0.5%
9th	Japan	48.15	0.5%
10th	Hong Kong SAR, China	48.17	-3.9%
11th	Canada	48.24	-2.1%
12th	Luxembourg	48.49	-1.1%
13th	Croatia	48.67	0.2%
14th	Liechtenstein	48.76	-2.1%
15th	Malta	49.65	-0.4%
16th	San Marino	49.80	-2.0%
17th	Ukraine	49.89	0.0%
18th	Nauru	49.90	1.5%
19th	Latvia	50.27	-0.2%
20th	United States	50.79	-1.4%
21st	Channel Islands	50.85	-1.3%
22nd	Belarus	50.88	-1.2%
23rd	Bulgaria	50.90	0.5%
24th	Switzerland	51.55	-1.6%
25th	Moldova	51.69	0.5%
26th	Estonia	51.75	0.3%
27th	Greenland	51.90	-5.8%
28th	Poland	52.02	0.8%
29th	Netherlands	52.19	-2.1%
30th	Slovenia	52.44	0.1%
31st	Georgia	53.02	-1.4%
32nd	Germany	53.11	-2.2%
33rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.23	-2.4%
34th	Gibraltar	53.31	-0.7%
35th	Lithuania	53.70	-1.4%
36th	Belgium	53.90	-1.3%
37th	Australia	53.98	-1.0%
38th	Hungary	54.18	1.9%
39th	Aruba	54.70	-2.6%
40th	Denmark	55.27	-1.0%
41st	Cyprus	55.53	-3.1%
42nd	European Union	55.56	-0.7%
43rd	Italy	56.07	-1.1%
44th	Sweden	56.35	-0.4%
45th	North Macedonia	56.43	-1.4%
46th	Montenegro	56.49	-1.8%
47th	Greece	56.50	-0.2%
48th	Cayman Islands	56.74	-4.3%
49th	Armenia	56.84	-2.4%
50th	United Kingdom	56.92	-1.3%
51st	Monaco	57.13	-1.6%
52nd	Austria	57.23	-2.1%
53rd	Slovak Republic	57.73	0.5%
54th	France	57.84	-0.9%
55th	Barbados	58.33	-3.6%
56th	Czechia	58.53	0.9%
57th	Romania	58.95	1.9%
58th	Norway	59.05	-0.6%
59th	New Zealand	59.50	-1.6%
60th	Spain	59.62	-0.8%
61st	Portugal	59.74	-0.9%
62nd	Guam	59.85	-1.2%
63rd	Uruguay	60.08	0.3%
64th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	60.34	-0.5%
65th	Iceland	60.41	-1.5%
66th	Argentina	61.12	1.2%
67th	Curaçao	61.32	-3.5%
68th	Bahrain	61.83	-3.5%
69th	Chile	62.51	-1.7%
70th	Mauritius	62.53	-2.5%
71st	Korea	62.68	-3.1%
72nd	Faroe Islands	62.70	-1.3%
73rd	Tuvalu	62.79	-4.5%
74th	Macao SAR, China	63.18	-16.7%
75th	Trinidad and Tobago	64.22	-2.2%
76th	Kazakhstan	64.89	4.1%
77th	Azerbaijan	65.27	-4.6%
78th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	65.45	-3.4%
79th	Timor-Leste	66.78	-2.0%
80th	British Virgin Islands	67.29	-0.5%
81st	Cuba	67.35	-3.8%
82nd	Bahamas, The	67.46	-3.0%
83rd	Puerto Rico (US)	67.81	-1.2%
84th	Isle of Man	67.84	-1.0%
85th	Antigua and Barbuda	67.99	-3.2%
86th	Sri Lanka	69.56	-0.7%
87th	Virgin Islands (US)	70.24	-2.9%
88th	Ireland	70.31	-0.7%
89th	Kuwait	70.42	-3.2%
90th	China	70.98	-4.9%
91st	Israel	71.23	0.9%
92nd	Brunei Darussalam	71.36	-1.8%
93rd	Costa Rica	71.86	-2.1%
94th	Albania	72.27	-2.3%
95th	Brazil	73.11	-1.4%
96th	Fiji	74.58	-1.7%
97th	Thailand	74.75	-3.1%
98th	Malaysia	75.25	-1.8%
99th	New Caledonia	75.71	-1.2%
100th	Kyrgyz Republic	76.11	-1.3%
101st	Myanmar	77.09	-0.7%
102nd	Kosovo	77.79	-2.4%
103rd	St. Martin (French part)	78.03	-4.6%
104th	India	78.21	-0.6%
105th	Lebanon	78.40	-1.8%
106th	Northern Mariana Islands	78.61	-2.7%
107th	French Polynesia	78.98	-1.7%
108th	American Samoa	79.00	-2.9%
109th	Seychelles	79.36	-3.4%
110th	Colombia	79.39	-2.3%
111th	Nepal	79.60	0.3%
112th	Indonesia	80.25	-1.1%
113th	Türkiye	81.05	-1.4%
114th	South Africa	81.97	-0.8%
115th	Panama	82.06	-1.9%
116th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	82.34	0.2%
117th	Bhutan	82.46	0.5%
118th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	82.65	-0.2%
119th	Papua New Guinea	82.68	-1.6%
120th	Kiribati	82.75	-2.5%
121st	Haiti	82.82	0.2%
122nd	Uzbekistan	83.73	-2.4%
123rd	Lesotho	83.88	1.0%
124th	Viet Nam	84.22	-0.7%
125th	Turkmenistan	84.93	-1.8%
126th	Palau	85.03	-2.4%
127th	Sierra Leone	85.08	0.5%
128th	Grenada	85.16	-1.3%
129th	Gabon	85.31	1.2%
130th	Equatorial Guinea	85.57	0.7%
131st	Tunisia	85.66	-1.9%
132nd	Cambodia	85.78	-3.2%
133rd	Suriname	85.84	-2.9%
134th	Paraguay	85.99	-1.5%
135th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	86.14	0.3%
136th	Guinea	86.27	1.0%
137th	Ecuador	86.45	-1.1%
138th	Saudi Arabia	86.67	-0.8%
139th	Dominican Republic	87.58	-1.9%
140th	Guyana	87.69	-1.8%
141st	Central African Republic	87.81	-0.1%
142nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	87.94	-1.2%
143rd	Liberia	88.11	0.4%
144th	Eritrea	88.28	0.2%
145th	Pakistan	88.29	-0.5%
146th	Peru	88.78	-1.1%
147th	Tajikistan	88.85	-0.7%
148th	Mali	89.03	1.4%
149th	Lao PDR	89.17	1.1%
150th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	89.24	-0.9%
151st	El Salvador	89.48	-1.7%
152nd	Angola	89.51	-0.9%
153rd	Philippines	89.91	-1.8%
154th	Gambia, The	89.91	1.7%
155th	Morocco	89.97	-1.6%
156th	Turks and Caicos Islands	90.34	-1.9%
157th	Nigeria	90.75	1.0%
158th	Jamaica	91.46	-2.1%
159th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	91.76	0.4%
160th	Mozambique	92.18	1.3%
161st	Burkina Faso	92.28	1.1%
162nd	South Sudan	92.54	0.6%
163rd	Tonga	92.91	-1.6%
164th	Bangladesh	92.91	0.2%
165th	Guatemala	93.04	0.1%
166th	Djibouti	93.32	0.0%
167th	Malawi	93.37	0.6%
168th	Vanuatu	93.50	2.8%
169th	Cameroon	93.62	1.0%
170th	Afghanistan	93.75	0.7%
171st	Maldives	94.05	0.4%
172nd	Dominica	94.12	-2.6%
173rd	Senegal	95.03	1.6%
174th	Niger	95.50	-0.1%
175th	Mauritania	95.67	0.2%
176th	Mongolia	95.80	-1.9%
177th	Botswana	96.16	-2.2%
178th	Burundi	96.25	0.5%
179th	Togo	96.38	0.2%
180th	Rwanda	96.42	0.4%
181st	Mexico	96.79	-1.4%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	96.81	-0.2%
183rd	Ghana	96.88	-1.5%
184th	Côte d'Ivoire	97.20	1.3%
185th	Belize	97.38	-1.6%
186th	Chad	97.87	1.0%
187th	Benin	97.92	0.1%
188th	São Tomé and Principe	98.12	-0.7%
189th	Sudan	98.41	-1.2%
190th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	98.65	-0.9%
191st	Tanzania	99.20	1.0%
192nd	Guinea-Bissau	99.39	1.1%
193rd	Samoa	99.42	-2.1%
194th	Nicaragua	99.53	0.3%
195th	Algeria	100.16	-1.2%
196th	Oman	100.55	-0.6%
197th	St. Lucia	100.79	-4.0%
198th	Libya	101.40	-0.9%
199th	Madagascar	101.41	0.2%
200th	Namibia	101.77	2.0%
201st	Honduras	102.04	0.0%
202nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	102.22	0.2%
203rd	Uganda	102.61	0.6%
204th	Yemen, Republic of	103.97	1.6%
205th	Comoros	105.40	0.2%
206th	Iraq	105.82	-0.7%
207th	Eswatini	106.04	0.8%
208th	Solomon Islands	106.32	-0.1%
209th	Syrian Arab Republic	106.89	-0.2%
210th	Zimbabwe	109.74	1.8%
211th	Jordan	110.60	-1.1%
212th	Zambia	110.99	0.4%
213th	Cabo Verde	111.69	1.0%
214th	Marshall Islands	113.23	1.3%
215th	Kenya	116.42	-0.6%

FAQ

What was Portugal's dependency ratio in 1979?▾

Portugal's dependency ratio in 1979 was 59.74. This ranked 61st globally.

How did Portugal's dependency ratio change in 1979?▾

Portugal's dependency ratio decreased by 0.9% in 1979 compared to 1978.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1979?▾

Kenya had the highest dependency ratio in 1979 at 116.42.

What is the dependency ratio of Portugal in 1979?▾

The dependency ratio of Portugal in 1979 was 59.74. This ranked 61st globally.

How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Portugal's dependency ratio?▾

Portugal's dependency ratio went from 60.28 in 1978 to 59.74 in 1979, a 0.9% decrease.

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