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South Africa - Dependency Ratio 1986

Name: South Africa Dependency Ratio 1986
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

75.20 −0.78 from 1985 Global rank: 120th

South Africa's dependency ratio was 75.20 in 1986, decreased +0.78 from 75.97 in 1985. This was the 120th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1986▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1986
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Andorra	38.72	-1.5%
2nd	Qatar	38.92	-0.7%
3rd	Singapore	39.20	-0.4%
4th	Greenland	39.21	-0.3%
5th	Northern Mariana Islands	39.48	-6.8%
6th	Liechtenstein	42.27	-1.3%
7th	Bermuda	42.82	-0.2%
8th	Serbia	43.00	0.3%
9th	St. Martin (French part)	43.03	-4.2%
10th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	43.35	-5.4%
11th	Luxembourg	43.50	-0.6%
12th	San Marino	43.72	-0.7%
13th	Germany	43.84	-0.3%
14th	Hong Kong SAR, China	44.25	-0.6%
15th	Cayman Islands	44.76	-3.3%
16th	Channel Islands	44.78	-1.0%
17th	Netherlands	45.48	-1.3%
18th	Croatia	45.94	0.2%
19th	Canada	46.05	0.0%
20th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.08	-0.8%
21st	Switzerland	46.20	-0.5%
22nd	Japan	46.36	-1.6%
23rd	Macao SAR, China	46.56	-0.1%
24th	Finland	47.12	0.6%
25th	Slovenia	47.22	-1.7%
26th	Italy	47.53	-1.2%
27th	United Arab Emirates	47.65	1.8%
28th	Russian Federation	47.69	0.2%
29th	Austria	47.82	-0.6%
30th	Belgium	48.21	-0.1%
31st	Belarus	48.80	0.2%
32nd	Latvia	49.06	-0.2%
33rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	49.34	-3.8%
34th	Ukraine	49.40	0.2%
35th	Lithuania	49.47	-0.3%
36th	Bulgaria	49.55	0.7%
37th	Aruba	49.62	-2.1%
38th	United States	49.71	-0.1%
39th	European Union	49.82	-0.5%
40th	Cuba	49.85	-3.7%
41st	Denmark	50.05	-0.8%
42nd	Estonia	50.28	-0.4%
43rd	Korea	50.49	-3.9%
44th	Australia	50.51	-1.1%
45th	Montenegro	50.78	-0.7%
46th	Malta	51.26	0.4%
47th	Georgia	51.50	0.2%
48th	Hungary	51.75	0.4%
49th	France	51.84	-0.1%
50th	Romania	51.93	-1.0%
51st	North Macedonia	52.03	-0.5%
52nd	United Kingdom	52.38	0.0%
53rd	Greece	52.42	-1.5%
54th	Gibraltar	52.79	-0.4%
55th	Guam	52.91	-2.5%
56th	Curaçao	53.01	-0.6%
57th	New Zealand	53.04	-1.2%
58th	British Virgin Islands	53.21	-4.1%
59th	Spain	53.26	-1.6%
60th	Cyprus	53.33	-0.1%
61st	Barbados	53.98	0.1%
62nd	Poland	54.02	0.6%
63rd	Monaco	54.18	0.4%
64th	Czechia	54.26	-0.3%
65th	Armenia	54.36	0.3%
66th	Moldova	54.54	1.5%
67th	China	54.70	-3.1%
68th	Portugal	54.70	-1.2%
69th	Bahrain	54.91	-0.6%
70th	Bahamas, The	55.08	-2.5%
71st	Sweden	55.10	0.6%
72nd	Norway	55.25	-0.6%
73rd	Mauritius	56.00	-0.9%
74th	Slovak Republic	56.17	0.5%
75th	Chile	56.70	-0.9%
76th	Iceland	56.79	-0.5%
77th	Faroe Islands	57.39	-0.8%
78th	Virgin Islands (US)	57.71	-1.4%
79th	Thailand	58.33	-3.5%
80th	Azerbaijan	58.54	-0.6%
81st	Tuvalu	59.24	3.3%
82nd	Uruguay	59.60	-0.1%
83rd	Puerto Rico (US)	60.40	-1.4%
84th	Antigua and Barbuda	60.54	1.1%
85th	Kuwait	61.10	-0.5%
86th	Brunei Darussalam	61.10	-2.1%
87th	Turks and Caicos Islands	61.26	-4.8%
88th	Isle of Man	61.90	-1.3%
89th	Kazakhstan	63.36	-1.2%
90th	Trinidad and Tobago	63.59	0.2%
91st	Albania	64.00	-1.2%
92nd	Argentina	64.15	0.2%
93rd	New Caledonia	64.77	-3.0%
94th	Palau	65.83	-3.4%
95th	Sri Lanka	66.02	-1.8%
96th	Ireland	66.02	-1.3%
97th	Costa Rica	67.92	0.1%
98th	Kosovo	68.26	-1.1%
99th	French Polynesia	68.68	-1.4%
100th	Brazil	68.75	-0.9%
101st	Seychelles	69.30	-0.9%
102nd	Colombia	69.35	-1.5%
103rd	Grenada	69.85	-2.5%
104th	Suriname	70.33	-1.4%
105th	Israel	70.39	-0.5%
106th	Lebanon	70.85	-1.0%
107th	Malaysia	70.96	-0.4%
108th	Fiji	71.54	-0.1%
109th	Indonesia	71.82	-1.9%
110th	Kyrgyz Republic	71.94	0.0%
111th	Nauru	71.99	2.6%
112th	Panama	72.21	-1.7%
113th	American Samoa	72.33	-0.8%
114th	Myanmar	72.71	-1.1%
115th	Türkiye	73.12	-1.7%
116th	Dominica	73.60	-2.2%
117th	Guyana	73.60	-2.5%
118th	Timor-Leste	74.29	1.8%
119th	Kiribati	74.78	0.3%
120th	South Africa	75.20	-1.0%
121st	India	75.98	-0.4%
122nd	Tunisia	76.09	-0.8%
123rd	Uzbekistan	77.01	-0.2%
124th	St. Kitts and Nevis	78.03	-0.7%
125th	Ecuador	78.11	-1.6%
126th	Dominican Republic	78.22	-1.4%
127th	Papua New Guinea	79.83	0.0%
128th	Turkmenistan	79.87	0.3%
129th	Peru	80.07	-1.5%
130th	Jamaica	80.17	-1.5%
131st	Equatorial Guinea	80.41	-0.6%
132nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	80.77	-0.4%
133rd	Nepal	81.06	0.4%
134th	Morocco	81.67	-1.5%
135th	El Salvador	82.04	-1.2%
136th	Philippines	82.18	-0.6%
137th	Paraguay	82.24	0.0%
138th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	82.42	0.0%
139th	Mexico	82.53	-2.1%
140th	Viet Nam	82.71	-0.5%
141st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	82.78	-1.7%
142nd	Saudi Arabia	83.43	-0.3%
143rd	Haiti	83.94	0.2%
144th	Cambodia	84.14	-0.1%
145th	Bhutan	84.48	0.1%
146th	Tonga	84.72	-0.6%
147th	Samoa	84.73	-1.7%
148th	Mongolia	86.32	-1.1%
149th	Tajikistan	87.10	-0.3%
150th	Eritrea	87.14	-0.4%
151st	Sierra Leone	87.29	0.3%
152nd	Lesotho	87.55	-1.0%
153rd	Angola	87.58	0.4%
154th	Central African Republic	87.72	0.2%
155th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	87.84	0.9%
156th	Pakistan	88.63	0.5%
157th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	88.63	0.2%
158th	Liberia	89.41	0.1%
159th	Guinea	89.55	0.2%
160th	Algeria	90.01	-1.8%
161st	Libya	90.07	-2.5%
162nd	Lao PDR	90.39	-0.1%
163rd	Djibouti	90.50	-0.7%
164th	Bangladesh	91.37	-0.8%
165th	Gabon	91.54	0.7%
166th	St. Lucia	91.64	-0.9%
167th	Ghana	92.09	0.4%
168th	Congo, Republic of	92.83	-0.4%
169th	Vanuatu	93.07	-0.4%
170th	Maldives	93.95	1.8%
171st	Mauritania	94.46	-0.4%
172nd	Sudan	94.85	0.0%
173rd	Guatemala	94.94	0.1%
174th	Nigeria	94.95	0.3%
175th	Togo	95.27	-0.5%
176th	Belize	96.04	0.2%
177th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	96.06	0.8%
178th	Mozambique	96.10	0.0%
179th	Niger	96.42	0.0%
180th	São Tomé and Principe	96.44	0.8%
181st	Botswana	96.63	-0.1%
182nd	Oman	96.69	-2.2%
183rd	South Sudan	96.71	0.4%
184th	Malawi	97.16	0.2%
185th	Mali	97.61	1.5%
186th	Afghanistan	97.77	0.5%
187th	Gambia, The	97.97	0.3%
188th	Burkina Faso	98.38	1.0%
189th	Cameroon	98.72	0.2%
190th	Madagascar	98.75	-0.8%
191st	Namibia	98.87	-2.0%
192nd	Nicaragua	98.88	-0.3%
193rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	99.00	-1.0%
194th	Benin	99.10	0.1%
195th	Honduras	99.63	-0.5%
196th	Iraq	100.22	-1.1%
197th	Senegal	100.64	0.0%
198th	Tanzania	100.78	-0.9%
199th	Jordan	101.00	-1.4%
200th	Burundi	101.29	2.0%
201st	Côte d'Ivoire	101.82	0.3%
202nd	Syrian Arab Republic	102.33	-0.8%
203rd	Solomon Islands	102.38	-1.0%
204th	Chad	103.30	-0.4%
205th	Rwanda	103.41	0.9%
206th	Comoros	104.16	0.0%
207th	Zimbabwe	104.16	-0.7%
208th	Cabo Verde	104.35	-0.9%
209th	Guinea-Bissau	104.37	0.2%
210th	Uganda	104.57	0.1%
211th	Zambia	107.50	-0.6%
212th	Eswatini	109.22	-0.4%
213th	Kenya	109.36	-0.8%
214th	Yemen, Republic of	113.79	1.0%
215th	Marshall Islands	115.94	0.3%

FAQ

What was South Africa's dependency ratio in 1986?▾

South Africa's dependency ratio in 1986 was 75.20. This ranked 120th globally.

How did South Africa's dependency ratio change in 1986?▾

South Africa's dependency ratio decreased by 1.0% in 1986 compared to 1985.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1986?▾

Marshall Islands had the highest dependency ratio in 1986 at 115.94.

What is the dependency ratio of South Africa in 1986?▾

The dependency ratio of South Africa in 1986 was 75.20. This ranked 120th globally.

How does 1986 compare to 1985 for South Africa's dependency ratio?▾

South Africa's dependency ratio went from 75.97 in 1985 to 75.20 in 1986, a 1.0% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1986. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 12.8%. View full analysis →

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