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South Africa - Dependency Ratio 1994

Name: South Africa Dependency Ratio 1994
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

70.18 −0.02 from 1993 Global rank: 117th

South Africa's dependency ratio was 70.18 in 1994, decreased +0.02 from 70.20 in 1993. This was the 117th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1994▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1994
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Andorra	34.97	0.0%
2nd	Cayman Islands	35.66	-1.8%
3rd	Singapore	36.14	-0.8%
4th	Qatar	37.81	-0.7%
5th	United Arab Emirates	38.27	-3.5%
6th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	40.34	0.7%
7th	Hong Kong SAR, China	41.13	-0.9%
8th	Liechtenstein	41.23	0.3%
9th	Korea	41.39	-1.4%
10th	San Marino	41.98	0.0%
11th	Bermuda	42.31	1.5%
12th	Japan	43.14	0.4%
13th	Slovenia	44.23	-0.9%
14th	Northern Mariana Islands	44.26	5.0%
15th	Cuba	44.56	0.2%
16th	Channel Islands	45.52	0.7%
17th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	45.89	0.9%
18th	Italy	45.92	2.0%
19th	Serbia	45.94	1.1%
20th	Germany	46.09	0.7%
21st	Croatia	46.21	0.3%
22nd	Netherlands	46.21	0.6%
23rd	Greenland	46.54	2.2%
24th	British Virgin Islands	46.64	-1.0%
25th	Macao SAR, China	46.91	1.2%
26th	Spain	46.93	-1.4%
27th	Luxembourg	47.11	1.6%
28th	Thailand	47.13	-1.5%
29th	Czechia	47.56	-2.0%
30th	Switzerland	47.62	0.7%
31st	Canada	47.92	0.1%
32nd	Hungary	48.15	-0.9%
33rd	Denmark	48.27	0.1%
34th	Romania	48.67	-1.1%
35th	European Union	48.80	0.1%
36th	Austria	48.94	0.6%
37th	Portugal	48.98	-0.7%
38th	Turks and Caicos Islands	49.06	-2.0%
39th	Greece	49.09	-0.2%
40th	Finland	49.49	0.6%
41st	Bulgaria	49.57	-0.6%
42nd	Russian Federation	49.67	-0.3%
43rd	Aruba	49.79	-1.2%
44th	Australia	50.10	0.2%
45th	Malta	50.18	-0.8%
46th	St. Martin (French part)	50.21	2.3%
47th	Montenegro	50.50	-0.1%
48th	Gibraltar	50.77	1.6%
49th	China	50.88	-0.7%
50th	Belgium	50.93	0.5%
51st	Mauritius	51.10	-1.8%
52nd	Palau	51.22	-1.4%
53rd	North Macedonia	51.41	0.6%
54th	Slovak Republic	51.54	-1.9%
55th	Lithuania	51.60	0.3%
56th	Ukraine	51.63	0.5%
57th	Barbados	51.75	-0.6%
58th	Estonia	51.94	0.2%
59th	Poland	52.08	-1.1%
60th	United States	52.14	0.0%
61st	Bahamas, The	52.17	0.4%
62nd	Belarus	52.19	0.2%
63rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.25	3.5%
64th	Latvia	52.25	0.4%
65th	Cyprus	52.67	0.2%
66th	New Zealand	52.78	0.3%
67th	France	52.85	0.3%
68th	Virgin Islands (US)	52.96	0.3%
69th	Bahrain	53.50	-1.9%
70th	Guam	53.93	0.7%
71st	Kuwait	54.01	-3.6%
72nd	Curaçao	54.41	0.7%
73rd	Monaco	54.50	0.7%
74th	Norway	54.80	0.1%
75th	United Kingdom	55.12	0.1%
76th	Georgia	55.26	1.0%
77th	Iceland	55.65	0.0%
78th	New Caledonia	55.85	-1.5%
79th	Chile	55.91	0.0%
80th	Puerto Rico (US)	55.94	-0.8%
81st	Sri Lanka	55.97	-2.8%
82nd	Trinidad and Tobago	56.68	-2.7%
83rd	Ireland	56.94	-2.6%
84th	Sweden	56.97	0.4%
85th	Brunei Darussalam	57.03	-1.5%
86th	Moldova	57.08	0.0%
87th	Isle of Man	57.24	-0.6%
88th	Uruguay	58.80	0.0%
89th	Antigua and Barbuda	59.02	-1.7%
90th	Kazakhstan	59.31	-0.4%
91st	Faroe Islands	60.08	1.0%
92nd	Albania	60.40	-0.3%
93rd	Seychelles	60.41	-1.5%
94th	Brazil	61.08	-1.9%
95th	Indonesia	61.64	-1.9%
96th	Azerbaijan	63.04	0.3%
97th	Argentina	63.13	-0.5%
98th	Türkiye	63.35	-1.9%
99th	Colombia	63.58	-0.9%
100th	Armenia	63.74	3.7%
101st	French Polynesia	64.10	-1.2%
102nd	Panama	64.22	-1.2%
103rd	Kosovo	64.65	-2.7%
104th	Myanmar	64.88	-1.4%
105th	Israel	65.01	-0.7%
106th	Costa Rica	65.37	-1.4%
107th	Tunisia	65.50	-2.5%
108th	Malaysia	65.71	-0.9%
109th	Lebanon	66.05	-1.5%
110th	Suriname	67.16	-0.3%
111th	Guyana	67.51	-0.3%
112th	Fiji	68.21	-1.5%
113th	Libya	68.24	-4.3%
114th	Grenada	68.86	1.3%
115th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.32	-2.8%
116th	St. Kitts and Nevis	69.90	-3.5%
117th	South Africa	70.18	0.0%
118th	Mexico	70.24	-1.5%
119th	Morocco	70.36	-2.2%
120th	Ecuador	70.88	-0.9%
121st	Dominican Republic	70.88	-1.1%
122nd	Peru	71.00	-1.6%
123rd	Dominica	71.14	-1.1%
124th	India	71.77	-0.9%
125th	Jamaica	72.44	-1.0%
126th	Tuvalu	72.67	1.4%
127th	American Samoa	72.96	0.5%
128th	Viet Nam	73.08	-2.1%
129th	Oman	73.44	-2.3%
130th	St. Lucia	73.93	-1.4%
131st	Mongolia	75.56	-2.3%
132nd	Jordan	76.23	-2.3%
133rd	Algeria	76.89	-2.0%
134th	Papua New Guinea	77.30	-0.8%
135th	Kyrgyz Republic	77.37	1.7%
136th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	77.39	-1.4%
137th	Uzbekistan	77.62	0.0%
138th	El Salvador	77.66	-1.9%
139th	Saudi Arabia	77.68	-1.5%
140th	Nauru	78.09	-1.1%
141st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	78.69	-0.3%
142nd	Philippines	78.89	-0.7%
143rd	Samoa	79.17	-0.9%
144th	Bangladesh	79.18	-2.2%
145th	Kiribati	80.52	0.6%
146th	Turkmenistan	80.56	-0.5%
147th	Tonga	81.82	-0.3%
148th	Nepal	81.94	0.1%
149th	Timor-Leste	82.10	0.7%
150th	Bhutan	82.41	-0.9%
151st	Paraguay	82.50	-0.4%
152nd	Haiti	82.98	-0.5%
153rd	Namibia	83.36	-0.3%
154th	Djibouti	84.90	-0.9%
155th	Botswana	85.87	-2.7%
156th	Equatorial Guinea	86.67	0.7%
157th	Lesotho	87.19	-1.0%
158th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	87.69	-1.2%
159th	Congo, Republic of	87.70	-0.8%
160th	Liberia	87.96	-0.7%
161st	Belize	88.34	-1.9%
162nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	88.71	-1.4%
163rd	Sierra Leone	88.93	0.2%
164th	Togo	89.18	-1.0%
165th	Micronesia, Federated States of	89.40	-2.0%
166th	Nicaragua	89.41	-1.9%
167th	Ghana	89.52	-1.1%
168th	Eritrea	89.86	-0.4%
169th	Mauritania	89.90	-0.6%
170th	Lao PDR	90.00	0.0%
171st	Nigeria	91.17	-0.9%
172nd	Tanzania	91.37	-2.9%
173rd	Gabon	91.50	-0.7%
174th	Guinea	91.62	0.4%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	91.65	-1.8%
176th	Solomon Islands	91.68	-1.0%
177th	Iraq	92.07	-0.8%
178th	Pakistan	92.12	0.2%
179th	Central African Republic	92.67	0.1%
180th	Mozambique	92.79	-0.9%
181st	Honduras	92.82	-1.3%
182nd	South Sudan	92.99	0.4%
183rd	Angola	93.10	0.7%
184th	Madagascar	93.22	-0.4%
185th	Vanuatu	93.99	1.1%
186th	Tajikistan	94.06	1.1%
187th	Guatemala	94.36	-0.3%
188th	Senegal	94.41	-1.1%
189th	Cambodia	95.01	2.4%
190th	Niger	95.59	-0.1%
191st	Benin	95.61	-0.9%
192nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	97.23	0.7%
193rd	São Tomé and Principe	97.30	-0.3%
194th	Sudan	97.34	0.0%
195th	Côte d'Ivoire	97.53	-0.9%
196th	Eswatini	97.63	2.8%
197th	Maldives	97.79	-1.3%
198th	Malawi	97.90	0.0%
199th	Cameroon	98.14	-0.5%
200th	Cabo Verde	98.47	-1.1%
201st	Guinea-Bissau	99.42	-0.8%
202nd	Gambia, The	99.57	0.4%
203rd	Zimbabwe	99.93	-1.2%
204th	Marshall Islands	100.45	-3.5%
205th	Kenya	100.91	-1.3%
206th	Burkina Faso	102.28	-0.2%
207th	Mali	102.80	-0.1%
208th	Afghanistan	103.00	1.0%
209th	Zambia	103.67	-0.2%
210th	West Bank and Gaza	104.03	-0.3%
211th	Chad	105.65	2.3%
212th	Uganda	106.44	0.5%
213th	Comoros	107.75	1.1%
214th	Rwanda	109.35	6.1%
215th	Burundi	116.03	0.4%
216th	Yemen, Republic of	116.79	-0.4%

FAQ

What was South Africa's dependency ratio in 1994?▾

South Africa's dependency ratio in 1994 was 70.18. This ranked 117th globally.

How did South Africa's dependency ratio change in 1994?▾

South Africa's dependency ratio decreased by 0.0% in 1994 compared to 1993.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1994?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest dependency ratio in 1994 at 116.79.

What is the dependency ratio of South Africa in 1994?▾

The dependency ratio of South Africa in 1994 was 70.18. This ranked 117th globally.

How does 1994 compare to 1993 for South Africa's dependency ratio?▾

South Africa's dependency ratio went from 70.20 in 1993 to 70.18 in 1994, a 0.0% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1994. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.3%. View full analysis →

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