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Sierra Leone - Dependency Ratio 2022

Name: Sierra Leone Dependency Ratio 2022
Creator: World Bank
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

72.87 −1.22 from 2021 Global rank: 177th

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio was 72.87 in 2022, decreased +1.22 from 74.09 in 2021. This was the 177th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2022▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 2022
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	19.96	-1.5%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	22.12	-0.1%
3rd	Kuwait	28.14	-8.4%
4th	Bahrain	29.16	-1.0%
5th	Maldives	32.39	-1.2%
6th	Cayman Islands	32.44	2.1%
7th	Singapore	32.80	1.5%
8th	British Virgin Islands	32.89	-1.7%
9th	Turks and Caicos Islands	36.94	0.6%
10th	Macao SAR, China	37.02	3.0%
11th	Jamaica	37.21	-1.2%
12th	St. Lucia	37.33	-0.5%
13th	Saudi Arabia	37.64	-2.4%
14th	Brunei Darussalam	37.71	0.6%
15th	Andorra	38.17	-0.1%
16th	Mauritius	38.64	0.4%
17th	Bhutan	39.44	-2.5%
18th	Seychelles	39.78	0.6%
19th	St. Kitts and Nevis	40.48	0.6%
20th	Oman	40.60	-2.1%
21st	Korea	40.64	2.2%
22nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	40.88	0.4%
23rd	Palau	41.24	1.0%
24th	Antigua and Barbuda	41.45	0.9%
25th	Thailand	41.90	1.2%
26th	Trinidad and Tobago	42.16	0.9%
27th	Colombia	42.78	-0.2%
28th	Bahamas, The	42.86	-1.1%
29th	Malaysia	42.90	-1.6%
30th	Cyprus	43.08	1.3%
31st	Azerbaijan	43.52	0.2%
32nd	Greenland	43.64	1.7%
33rd	Brazil	43.79	0.3%
34th	French Polynesia	43.86	-0.1%
35th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	44.13	1.3%
36th	Luxembourg	44.34	0.3%
37th	Northern Mariana Islands	44.36	2.7%
38th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.61	-0.5%
39th	Dominica	44.67	-0.3%
40th	China	44.73	0.5%
41st	Kosovo	44.90	-0.2%
42nd	Chile	45.05	0.0%
43rd	Costa Rica	45.14	-0.3%
44th	Curaçao	45.74	0.5%
45th	Cuba	46.10	0.2%
46th	Hong Kong SAR, China	46.19	3.6%
47th	Myanmar	46.21	-0.1%
48th	Grenada	46.50	-0.3%
49th	Türkiye	46.86	0.1%
50th	Indonesia	47.27	-0.7%
51st	Viet Nam	47.42	0.4%
52nd	India	47.46	-1.2%
53rd	Belize	47.75	-2.7%
54th	Malta	48.14	2.3%
55th	New Caledonia	48.27	0.1%
56th	Ukraine	48.54	0.7%
57th	South Africa	48.55	-0.7%
58th	Armenia	48.76	0.6%
59th	Albania	49.25	1.7%
60th	Mexico	49.38	-0.9%
61st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.58	0.5%
62nd	Aruba	49.80	1.0%
63rd	Libya	49.83	-1.9%
64th	Ecuador	50.08	-1.2%
65th	Barbados	50.21	1.2%
66th	Belarus	50.30	1.5%
67th	El Salvador	50.33	-1.2%
68th	Iceland	50.35	0.0%
69th	Cabo Verde	50.38	-2.8%
70th	Slovak Republic	50.46	2.0%
71st	Peru	50.55	-1.4%
72nd	Tunisia	50.55	0.3%
73rd	Suriname	50.63	-0.4%
74th	Russian Federation	50.98	1.4%
75th	Spain	51.02	0.3%
76th	Fiji	51.31	-0.9%
77th	Morocco	51.32	-0.1%
78th	Channel Islands	51.41	0.2%
79th	Liechtenstein	51.59	2.1%
80th	San Marino	51.66	2.1%
81st	Sri Lanka	51.68	0.0%
82nd	Austria	51.83	1.4%
83rd	North Macedonia	52.08	1.3%
84th	Bermuda	52.14	2.2%
85th	Switzerland	52.18	1.3%
86th	Poland	52.31	1.5%
87th	Philippines	52.37	-2.3%
88th	Panama	52.52	-0.5%
89th	Dominican Republic	52.62	0.1%
90th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.62	1.4%
91st	Canada	52.65	1.2%
92nd	Ireland	52.95	-0.2%
93rd	Djibouti	53.02	-1.7%
94th	Uruguay	53.09	-1.0%
95th	Argentina	53.34	-1.6%
96th	United States	53.38	0.8%
97th	Nicaragua	53.58	-1.4%
98th	Bangladesh	53.62	-0.6%
99th	Lithuania	53.63	-0.6%
100th	New Zealand	54.05	0.8%
101st	Norway	54.12	0.2%
102nd	Nepal	54.17	-1.5%
103rd	Paraguay	54.22	-0.2%
104th	Hungary	54.22	0.8%
105th	American Samoa	54.25	-1.7%
106th	Netherlands	54.45	0.5%
107th	Moldova	54.47	1.9%
108th	Australia	54.58	0.6%
109th	Lao PDR	54.64	-1.1%
110th	Gibraltar	54.69	-0.2%
111th	Romania	55.11	0.5%
112th	Honduras	55.17	-1.3%
113th	Montenegro	55.32	1.0%
114th	Guyana	55.34	0.5%
115th	Turkmenistan	55.60	1.4%
116th	Slovenia	56.19	1.7%
117th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	56.20	-1.4%
118th	Jordan	56.24	-1.7%
119th	European Union	56.52	0.7%
120th	Uzbekistan	56.53	2.3%
121st	Puerto Rico (US)	56.70	0.7%
122nd	Cambodia	56.79	-0.7%
123rd	Bulgaria	56.83	0.2%
124th	Georgia	56.95	0.5%
125th	Belgium	56.98	0.7%
126th	Botswana	56.99	-0.7%
127th	Italy	57.03	0.2%
128th	Germany	57.16	1.7%
129th	Serbia	57.31	1.0%
130th	Denmark	57.32	0.1%
131st	Czechia	57.40	-0.6%
132nd	Haiti	57.41	-1.2%
133rd	United Kingdom	57.63	0.0%
134th	Syrian Arab Republic	57.73	-5.7%
135th	Portugal	57.95	1.1%
136th	Lebanon	57.97	-0.9%
137th	Croatia	58.19	1.3%
138th	Estonia	58.39	0.2%
139th	Latvia	58.57	0.4%
140th	Algeria	58.80	0.4%
141st	Greece	58.92	0.9%
142nd	Isle of Man	58.93	0.3%
143rd	St. Martin (French part)	59.51	1.5%
144th	Guatemala	59.60	-2.1%
145th	Papua New Guinea	59.65	-0.9%
146th	Mongolia	60.00	0.6%
147th	Kazakhstan	60.29	1.5%
148th	Guam	60.33	2.2%
149th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	60.46	-1.1%
150th	Sweden	60.85	-0.1%
151st	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.87	0.3%
152nd	Tuvalu	60.95	2.0%
153rd	Eswatini	61.20	-1.0%
154th	Kyrgyz Republic	61.61	0.0%
155th	Faroe Islands	61.88	-1.0%
156th	Virgin Islands (US)	62.13	1.6%
157th	France	62.36	0.5%
158th	Finland	62.47	0.5%
159th	Marshall Islands	63.21	1.9%
160th	Lesotho	64.18	-1.2%
161st	Kiribati	64.19	-0.1%
162nd	Tajikistan	66.84	0.7%
163rd	Ghana	66.92	-1.2%
164th	Israel	66.96	-0.1%
165th	Timor-Leste	67.33	-2.8%
166th	Nauru	68.80	1.1%
167th	Gabon	68.88	-0.1%
168th	Kenya	69.31	-2.3%
169th	Iraq	69.45	-1.9%
170th	Namibia	69.48	0.4%
171st	Equatorial Guinea	70.20	-0.5%
172nd	Japan	70.25	0.0%
173rd	Solomon Islands	70.57	-1.5%
174th	Pakistan	70.71	-0.9%
175th	Rwanda	72.05	-1.5%
176th	Tonga	72.84	0.3%
177th	Sierra Leone	72.87	-1.6%
178th	Comoros	72.93	-1.2%
179th	West Bank and Gaza	73.59	-1.1%
180th	São Tomé and Principe	74.32	-2.2%
181st	Senegal	74.59	-2.3%
182nd	Guinea-Bissau	74.81	-1.6%
183rd	Vanuatu	75.39	-0.3%
184th	Madagascar	75.85	-0.8%
185th	Eritrea	76.42	-2.2%
186th	Togo	76.47	-1.0%
187th	South Sudan	77.59	-2.8%
188th	Liberia	77.74	-1.8%
189th	Yemen, Republic of	77.97	-0.2%
190th	Sudan	78.69	-0.8%
191st	Gambia, The	78.81	-1.5%
192nd	Congo, Republic of	78.91	-0.9%
193rd	Côte d'Ivoire	79.20	-1.2%
194th	Zambia	79.52	-1.7%
195th	Samoa	79.67	0.9%
196th	Malawi	80.33	-2.6%
197th	Cameroon	81.23	-1.0%
198th	Nigeria	81.69	-1.7%
199th	Guinea	81.82	-1.2%
200th	Benin	82.43	-1.1%
201st	Zimbabwe	82.55	-1.0%
202nd	Burkina Faso	83.70	-2.1%
203rd	Afghanistan	84.96	-1.3%
204th	Tanzania	85.02	-0.8%
205th	Uganda	86.64	-1.6%
206th	Mauritania	87.13	-1.1%
207th	Angola	90.59	-0.5%
208th	Mozambique	91.30	-0.6%
209th	Burundi	94.08	-2.0%
210th	Mali	96.76	-1.2%
211th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	96.77	0.0%
212th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	97.49	-0.5%
213th	Chad	97.86	-1.1%
214th	Niger	99.51	-1.4%
215th	Monaco	99.85	-0.6%
216th	Central African Republic	105.59	0.5%

FAQ

What was Sierra Leone's dependency ratio in 2022?▾

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio in 2022 was 72.87. This ranked 177th globally.

How did Sierra Leone's dependency ratio change in 2022?▾

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio decreased by 1.6% in 2022 compared to 2021.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2022?▾

Central African Republic had the highest dependency ratio in 2022 at 105.59.

What is the dependency ratio of Sierra Leone in 2022?▾

The dependency ratio of Sierra Leone in 2022 was 72.87. This ranked 177th globally.

How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Sierra Leone's dependency ratio?▾

Sierra Leone's dependency ratio went from 74.09 in 2021 to 72.87 in 2022, a 1.6% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Sierra Leone matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 2022. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: 28.6%. View full analysis →

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