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Sierra Leone - Dependency Ratio 2008

Name: Sierra Leone Dependency Ratio 2008
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

88.02 −0.51 from 2007 Global rank: 190th

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio was 88.02 in 2008, decreased +0.51 from 88.53 in 2007. This was the 190th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
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%

FAQ

What was Sierra Leone's dependency ratio in 2008?▾

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio in 2008 was 88.02. This ranked 190th globally.

How did Sierra Leone's dependency ratio change in 2008?▾

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio decreased by 0.6% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2008?▾

Uganda had the highest dependency ratio in 2008 at 107.89.

What is the dependency ratio of Sierra Leone in 2008?▾

The dependency ratio of Sierra Leone in 2008 was 88.02. This ranked 190th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Sierra Leone's dependency ratio?▾

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio went from 88.53 in 2007 to 88.02 in 2008, a 0.6% decrease.

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