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Singapore - Dependency Ratio 1991

Name: Singapore Dependency Ratio 1991
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

36.71 −0.28 from 1990 Global rank: 2nd

Singapore's dependency ratio was 36.71 in 1991, decreased +0.28 from 36.98 in 1990. This was the 2nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1991▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1991
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Andorra	36.24	-4.4%
2nd	Singapore	36.71	-0.8%
3rd	Northern Mariana Islands	37.61	6.0%
4th	Cayman Islands	38.38	-3.3%
5th	Qatar	38.66	-0.8%
6th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	39.30	0.3%
7th	Bermuda	40.37	0.5%
8th	Liechtenstein	40.82	-0.2%
9th	Hong Kong SAR, China	42.16	-0.8%
10th	San Marino	42.28	-0.2%
11th	United Arab Emirates	42.56	-3.5%
12th	Japan	42.94	-0.7%
13th	Korea	43.34	-2.2%
14th	Greenland	43.34	2.9%
15th	Channel Islands	44.36	0.6%
16th	Macao SAR, China	44.44	1.1%
17th	Serbia	44.47	0.8%
18th	Cuba	44.88	-0.8%
19th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	44.91	-0.1%
20th	Luxembourg	44.96	1.3%
21st	Italy	45.12	-1.5%
22nd	Germany	45.26	1.0%
23rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.28	0.1%
24th	Netherlands	45.43	0.5%
25th	Slovenia	45.45	-1.0%
26th	St. Martin (French part)	45.55	5.1%
27th	Croatia	45.82	0.1%
28th	Switzerland	46.56	0.4%
29th	Canada	47.31	0.7%
30th	British Virgin Islands	48.08	-0.8%
31st	Austria	48.23	0.3%
32nd	Denmark	48.24	-0.5%
33rd	Finland	48.78	0.4%
34th	European Union	49.02	-0.3%
35th	Spain	49.11	-1.8%
36th	Gibraltar	49.22	-1.8%
37th	Greece	49.26	-0.2%
38th	Russian Federation	49.41	0.8%
39th	Australia	49.62	0.3%
40th	Hungary	49.90	-1.6%
41st	Thailand	49.90	-2.7%
42nd	Belgium	49.91	1.1%
43rd	Aruba	50.24	3.8%
44th	Bulgaria	50.30	-0.1%
45th	Latvia	50.41	1.5%
46th	Czechia	50.42	-2.0%
47th	Portugal	50.53	-1.9%
48th	Romania	50.55	-1.3%
49th	Lithuania	50.58	0.8%
50th	Montenegro	50.63	0.2%
51st	Ukraine	50.98	0.5%
52nd	Malta	51.01	-0.3%
53rd	North Macedonia	51.29	-0.4%
54th	Belarus	51.35	1.0%
55th	Estonia	51.36	0.3%
56th	Bahamas, The	51.64	-0.5%
57th	United States	51.65	0.8%
58th	China	51.75	-0.2%
59th	France	52.17	0.7%
60th	New Zealand	52.31	0.2%
61st	Guam	52.32	1.6%
62nd	Cyprus	52.53	-0.4%
63rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	52.65	-2.3%
64th	Barbados	53.12	-1.4%
65th	Virgin Islands (US)	53.18	-1.2%
66th	Curaçao	53.21	0.4%
67th	Monaco	53.25	0.3%
68th	Georgia	53.26	1.4%
69th	Mauritius	53.51	-1.0%
70th	Poland	53.68	-0.7%
71st	Slovak Republic	54.27	-1.4%
72nd	United Kingdom	54.34	0.8%
73rd	Palau	54.51	-3.3%
74th	Norway	54.55	0.2%
75th	Iceland	55.16	-0.2%
76th	Armenia	55.61	1.5%
77th	Bahrain	55.67	0.3%
78th	Chile	55.80	0.1%
79th	Sweden	55.94	0.7%
80th	Moldova	56.71	0.3%
81st	Puerto Rico (US)	57.22	-0.8%
82nd	Faroe Islands	57.72	1.5%
83rd	Isle of Man	57.82	-0.6%
84th	New Caledonia	58.50	-1.8%
85th	Brunei Darussalam	58.67	-0.1%
86th	Uruguay	59.04	-0.4%
87th	Kuwait	59.15	-2.9%
88th	Kazakhstan	59.75	-0.2%
89th	Trinidad and Tobago	60.78	-1.5%
90th	Sri Lanka	60.82	-1.5%
91st	Albania	61.08	-0.7%
92nd	Ireland	61.24	-2.1%
93rd	Azerbaijan	61.64	1.4%
94th	Antigua and Barbuda	62.91	-0.7%
95th	Seychelles	63.55	-2.0%
96th	Argentina	63.91	-0.2%
97th	Brazil	64.58	-1.5%
98th	Indonesia	65.20	-1.9%
99th	Colombia	65.43	-1.0%
100th	French Polynesia	65.98	-0.6%
101st	Panama	66.74	-1.4%
102nd	Grenada	66.79	0.3%
103rd	Israel	66.89	-1.8%
104th	Türkiye	67.00	-1.8%
105th	Costa Rica	67.62	-0.6%
106th	Myanmar	67.63	-1.4%
107th	Suriname	67.85	-0.5%
108th	Malaysia	68.01	-1.3%
109th	Tuvalu	68.47	2.5%
110th	Guyana	68.51	-0.8%
111th	Lebanon	68.52	-0.6%
112th	Kosovo	70.23	-0.9%
113th	Tunisia	70.41	-2.1%
114th	Fiji	70.81	-0.7%
115th	South Africa	70.85	-0.9%
116th	American Samoa	71.59	0.8%
117th	Ecuador	72.84	-1.1%
118th	Dominican Republic	73.30	-1.1%
119th	Dominica	73.31	0.8%
120th	India	73.64	-0.8%
121st	Kyrgyz Republic	74.02	0.7%
122nd	Mexico	74.11	-2.3%
123rd	Peru	74.32	-1.5%
124th	Jamaica	74.63	-1.3%
125th	Morocco	74.79	-1.8%
126th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	76.16	-2.3%
127th	Uzbekistan	76.93	0.4%
128th	St. Lucia	77.21	-2.9%
129th	Viet Nam	77.28	-1.4%
130th	Libya	77.28	-3.5%
131st	St. Kitts and Nevis	77.37	-0.9%
132nd	Kiribati	78.16	1.1%
133rd	Nauru	78.99	1.4%
134th	Papua New Guinea	79.12	-0.5%
135th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	79.54	-0.3%
136th	El Salvador	80.25	-0.1%
137th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	80.31	-1.1%
138th	Timor-Leste	80.41	0.7%
139th	Philippines	80.43	-0.3%
140th	Algeria	80.70	-2.2%
141st	Mongolia	80.86	-1.9%
142nd	Saudi Arabia	80.90	-0.9%
143rd	Turkmenistan	81.11	0.0%
144th	Oman	81.52	-3.8%
145th	Samoa	82.03	-0.6%
146th	Tonga	82.29	-0.2%
147th	Nepal	82.31	-0.1%
148th	Paraguay	82.88	0.1%
149th	Jordan	83.20	-7.4%
150th	Namibia	83.97	-0.5%
151st	Haiti	84.03	-0.1%
152nd	Bhutan	84.13	-0.2%
153rd	Bangladesh	84.32	-1.9%
154th	Equatorial Guinea	84.36	1.1%
155th	Djibouti	87.10	-0.7%
156th	Sierra Leone	88.38	0.2%
157th	Lesotho	88.90	0.0%
158th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	89.32	-0.6%
159th	Liberia	89.33	0.3%
160th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	89.73	0.2%
161st	Congo, Republic of	89.82	-0.8%
162nd	Lao PDR	89.83	0.0%
163rd	Eritrea	90.09	0.5%
164th	Vanuatu	90.17	-0.7%
165th	Cambodia	90.29	3.0%
166th	Tajikistan	90.42	1.0%
167th	Pakistan	90.61	0.3%
168th	Guinea	90.65	0.3%
169th	Angola	91.01	0.8%
170th	Central African Republic	91.52	1.1%
171st	South Sudan	91.61	0.2%
172nd	Ghana	91.65	-0.2%
173rd	Togo	91.86	-0.9%
174th	Botswana	92.15	-1.6%
175th	Gabon	92.76	-0.1%
176th	Belize	92.99	-1.0%
177th	Nigeria	93.46	-0.6%
178th	Mauritania	93.69	-0.4%
179th	Nicaragua	94.26	-1.4%
180th	Mozambique	94.52	-0.4%
181st	Iraq	94.62	-1.1%
182nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	94.76	-1.1%
183rd	Madagascar	94.77	-0.7%
184th	Solomon Islands	94.92	-1.5%
185th	Guatemala	95.10	-0.1%
186th	Niger	95.82	-0.1%
187th	Honduras	96.25	-1.0%
188th	Tanzania	96.54	-0.7%
189th	Sudan	96.56	0.5%
190th	Syrian Arab Republic	96.62	-1.5%
191st	São Tomé and Principe	97.33	0.2%
192nd	Malawi	97.43	0.3%
193rd	Senegal	97.58	-0.9%
194th	Eswatini	98.29	-2.3%
195th	Zimbabwe	98.69	-2.1%
196th	Benin	98.84	-0.2%
197th	Gambia, The	98.93	0.1%
198th	Cameroon	99.15	-0.1%
199th	Maldives	99.40	0.7%
200th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	99.74	-0.5%
201st	Côte d'Ivoire	100.15	-0.8%
202nd	Afghanistan	100.33	0.7%
203rd	Cabo Verde	101.07	-0.6%
204th	Chad	101.88	-0.4%
205th	Burkina Faso	102.02	0.5%
206th	Guinea-Bissau	102.36	-0.9%
207th	Mali	102.55	0.4%
208th	Comoros	104.15	0.0%
209th	Kenya	104.49	-1.0%
210th	Zambia	104.71	-0.5%
211th	West Bank and Gaza	104.79	-0.1%
212th	Rwanda	105.12	-0.1%
213th	Uganda	105.56	0.3%
214th	Burundi	107.06	0.7%
215th	Marshall Islands	110.18	-2.2%
216th	Yemen, Republic of	117.27	0.3%

FAQ

What was Singapore's dependency ratio in 1991?▾

Singapore's dependency ratio in 1991 was 36.71. This ranked 2nd globally.

How did Singapore's dependency ratio change in 1991?▾

Singapore's dependency ratio decreased by 0.8% in 1991 compared to 1990.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1991?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest dependency ratio in 1991 at 117.27.

What is the dependency ratio of Singapore in 1991?▾

The dependency ratio of Singapore in 1991 was 36.71. This ranked 2nd globally.

How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Singapore's dependency ratio?▾

Singapore's dependency ratio went from 36.98 in 1990 to 36.71 in 1991, a 0.8% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Singapore matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1991. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.5%. View full analysis →

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