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Sierra Leone - Dependency Ratio 2006

Name: Sierra Leone Dependency Ratio 2006
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

88.98 −0.40 from 2005 Global rank: 189th

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio was 88.98 in 2006, decreased +0.40 from 89.37 in 2005. This was the 189th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2006▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 2006
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	United Arab Emirates	23.50	-1.5%
2nd	Qatar	27.08	-12.7%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	29.55	-6.1%
4th	Singapore	31.17	-2.8%
5th	Cayman Islands	32.04	-1.4%
6th	Bahrain	33.20	-5.0%
7th	Kuwait	35.46	-2.2%
8th	Hong Kong SAR, China	35.93	-2.1%
9th	Andorra	36.59	-0.4%
10th	Trinidad and Tobago	37.05	-1.8%
11th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	38.04	-0.5%
12th	British Virgin Islands	38.18	-1.0%
13th	China	38.21	-2.6%
14th	Korea	39.11	-0.6%
15th	Slovak Republic	39.45	-1.5%
16th	Northern Mariana Islands	39.59	2.1%
17th	Czechia	40.25	-0.3%
18th	Palau	40.54	-3.1%
19th	Russian Federation	40.54	-0.5%
20th	Liechtenstein	40.91	0.3%
21st	Brunei Darussalam	41.10	-3.0%
22nd	Poland	41.67	-1.4%
23rd	Thailand	41.77	-0.8%
24th	Moldova	41.99	-1.6%
25th	Slovenia	42.22	0.4%
26th	Turks and Caicos Islands	42.24	-1.0%
27th	Cyprus	42.41	-2.2%
28th	Ukraine	42.54	-0.9%
29th	Aruba	42.77	0.3%
30th	Belarus	42.77	-1.3%
31st	Mauritius	42.85	-2.0%
32nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	42.97	-4.1%
33rd	Greenland	43.22	-1.4%
34th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.51	-0.2%
35th	Cuba	43.58	-0.7%
36th	Malta	43.86	-1.7%
37th	Canada	44.11	-0.7%
38th	Romania	44.69	-0.1%
39th	Bulgaria	44.74	-0.5%
40th	Azerbaijan	44.87	-3.3%
41st	Bermuda	44.89	0.3%
42nd	Hungary	44.98	-0.3%
43rd	Spain	45.09	0.1%
44th	Ireland	45.47	-1.7%
45th	Channel Islands	45.92	-0.7%
46th	Latvia	46.17	-0.1%
47th	North Macedonia	46.22	-1.3%
48th	Tunisia	46.39	-2.2%
49th	San Marino	46.40	0.9%
50th	Armenia	46.49	-2.8%
51st	Seychelles	46.62	-2.5%
52nd	Switzerland	46.89	-0.3%
53rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	47.14	-0.4%
54th	Estonia	47.14	0.5%
55th	Barbados	47.22	-1.3%
56th	Kazakhstan	47.36	-0.7%
57th	United States	47.80	-0.6%
58th	Serbia	48.02	-0.4%
59th	Austria	48.03	1.0%
60th	Luxembourg	48.07	-0.7%
61st	Antigua and Barbuda	48.09	-2.3%
62nd	Sri Lanka	48.11	0.1%
63rd	Netherlands	48.21	0.1%
64th	Brazil	48.27	-1.5%
65th	Australia	48.33	-0.3%
66th	St. Kitts and Nevis	48.41	-2.9%
67th	Mongolia	48.69	-3.2%
68th	Chile	48.71	-1.9%
69th	European Union	48.71	0.3%
70th	Lithuania	48.72	-0.6%
71st	Viet Nam	49.55	-3.5%
72nd	Iceland	49.60	-2.8%
73rd	Montenegro	49.76	-0.1%
74th	Algeria	49.77	-2.3%
75th	Portugal	49.85	0.3%
76th	French Polynesia	49.95	-1.7%
77th	Greece	49.97	0.0%
78th	Croatia	49.98	0.0%
79th	Finland	50.15	0.5%
80th	St. Martin (French part)	50.16	0.2%
81st	Curaçao	50.25	-1.8%
82nd	New Zealand	50.37	-0.3%
83rd	Oman	50.39	-4.8%
84th	Bahamas, The	50.53	-0.9%
85th	Georgia	50.54	-1.2%
86th	Costa Rica	50.64	-2.0%
87th	Germany	50.84	1.6%
88th	Virgin Islands (US)	50.92	-0.4%
89th	Denmark	51.32	0.3%
90th	Lebanon	51.36	-2.4%
91st	United Kingdom	51.40	-0.8%
92nd	Italy	51.56	1.2%
93rd	Isle of Man	51.57	-0.7%
94th	Norway	51.80	-1.0%
95th	New Caledonia	51.90	-1.2%
96th	Saudi Arabia	51.94	-5.5%
97th	Belgium	51.96	-0.7%
98th	St. Lucia	52.11	-3.4%
99th	Türkiye	52.20	-1.0%
100th	Gibraltar	52.41	-0.6%
101st	Albania	52.41	-1.9%
102nd	Indonesia	52.48	-0.8%
103rd	Sweden	52.57	-1.0%
104th	Japan	53.01	2.8%
105th	Myanmar	53.56	-1.4%
106th	Libya	53.56	-0.9%
107th	France	53.61	-0.2%
108th	Colombia	53.78	-1.7%
109th	Malaysia	54.17	-2.4%
110th	Guam	54.24	-1.1%
111th	Puerto Rico (US)	55.06	0.2%
112th	Morocco	55.07	-2.0%
113th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	55.25	-1.9%
114th	Kosovo	55.46	-2.5%
115th	Jamaica	55.46	-2.7%
116th	South Africa	55.69	-1.7%
117th	Maldives	55.91	-6.2%
118th	Fiji	56.06	-1.0%
119th	Panama	56.23	-0.8%
120th	Grenada	56.27	-3.5%
121st	Faroe Islands	56.30	-0.8%
122nd	Uzbekistan	57.17	-3.7%
123rd	Suriname	57.42	-0.2%
124th	Dominica	57.71	-2.3%
125th	Argentina	58.00	-0.8%
126th	Turkmenistan	58.10	-3.1%
127th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.65	-2.4%
128th	Monaco	58.85	0.3%
129th	Uruguay	58.99	-0.4%
130th	Bhutan	59.09	-3.2%
131st	Peru	59.42	-0.8%
132nd	Mexico	59.67	-1.6%
133rd	Dominican Republic	59.97	-1.9%
134th	Nauru	60.19	-2.0%
135th	Israel	60.68	-0.2%
136th	India	60.90	-1.6%
137th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	61.88	-1.4%
138th	Ecuador	62.24	-1.4%
139th	Botswana	62.64	-1.6%
140th	Guyana	63.71	-2.0%
141st	Bangladesh	64.52	-1.0%
142nd	Paraguay	65.64	-2.4%
143rd	Cambodia	66.81	-3.6%
144th	Philippines	67.01	-1.2%
145th	Tuvalu	67.27	-2.1%
146th	American Samoa	67.83	-1.6%
147th	Nicaragua	67.96	-2.2%
148th	El Salvador	69.24	-0.6%
149th	Micronesia, Federated States of	69.35	-2.0%
150th	Cabo Verde	69.66	-3.9%
151st	Marshall Islands	69.70	-0.7%
152nd	Kiribati	69.84	-1.5%
153rd	Papua New Guinea	69.93	-0.9%
154th	Jordan	69.97	-1.6%
155th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	70.43	-1.6%
156th	Syrian Arab Republic	70.87	-4.1%
157th	Belize	70.92	-1.6%
158th	Djibouti	71.05	-1.1%
159th	Tajikistan	71.26	-2.5%
160th	Haiti	71.57	-1.8%
161st	Lesotho	71.66	-1.4%
162nd	Namibia	72.18	-2.7%
163rd	Vanuatu	74.08	-1.9%
164th	Equatorial Guinea	74.61	-1.5%
165th	Nepal	75.10	-1.7%
166th	Gabon	75.73	-1.8%
167th	Honduras	76.70	-2.1%
168th	Ghana	76.84	-1.1%
169th	Eswatini	76.87	-0.9%
170th	Lao PDR	76.94	-3.3%
171st	Congo, Republic of	77.96	-1.3%
172nd	Tonga	78.69	0.4%
173rd	Samoa	79.12	-0.9%
174th	Pakistan	80.10	-1.7%
175th	Togo	80.20	-0.6%
176th	Solomon Islands	81.10	-0.5%
177th	Timor-Leste	82.51	1.6%
178th	Zimbabwe	82.51	0.4%
179th	Iraq	82.93	-1.1%
180th	Guatemala	83.00	-2.0%
181st	Rwanda	83.70	-0.4%
182nd	São Tomé and Principe	85.06	-0.4%
183rd	Senegal	86.17	-0.3%
184th	Liberia	86.18	0.4%
185th	Kenya	86.24	-0.9%
186th	Eritrea	87.14	1.0%
187th	Guinea-Bissau	87.96	-0.7%
188th	West Bank and Gaza	88.73	-2.3%
189th	Sierra Leone	88.98	-0.4%
190th	Nigeria	89.04	0.4%
191st	Cameroon	89.14	-0.5%
192nd	Central African Republic	89.64	0.2%
193rd	South Sudan	89.91	-1.9%
194th	Mauritania	90.04	0.2%
195th	Benin	90.46	-0.6%
196th	Tanzania	91.08	0.4%
197th	Madagascar	91.29	-0.8%
198th	Angola	91.90	-0.2%
199th	Burundi	91.91	-0.9%
200th	Sudan	92.15	-0.6%
201st	Mozambique	92.47	0.1%
202nd	Burkina Faso	92.74	-0.5%
203rd	Gambia, The	93.52	-1.2%
204th	Comoros	94.02	-2.5%
205th	Côte d'Ivoire	94.55	-0.1%
206th	Yemen, Republic of	94.76	-2.5%
207th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	95.90	0.2%
208th	Zambia	95.93	-0.9%
209th	Guinea	96.26	-0.4%
210th	Mali	97.83	0.3%
211th	Malawi	100.21	0.3%
212th	Niger	104.16	1.0%
213th	Chad	104.39	0.0%
214th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.45	1.5%
215th	Afghanistan	108.89	-0.8%
216th	Uganda	109.31	-0.4%

FAQ

What was Sierra Leone's dependency ratio in 2006?▾

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio in 2006 was 88.98. This ranked 189th globally.

How did Sierra Leone's dependency ratio change in 2006?▾

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio decreased by 0.4% in 2006 compared to 2005.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2006?▾

Uganda had the highest dependency ratio in 2006 at 109.31.

What is the dependency ratio of Sierra Leone in 2006?▾

The dependency ratio of Sierra Leone in 2006 was 88.98. This ranked 189th globally.

How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Sierra Leone's dependency ratio?▾

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio went from 89.37 in 2005 to 88.98 in 2006, a 0.4% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Sierra Leone matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2006. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 8.2%. View full analysis →

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