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South Sudan – Dependency Ratio 2014

Ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population (15-64). Higher ratios imply greater economic burden on workers. · World Bank
81.89 +1.95 from 2013 G20 rank: 185th

South Sudan's dependency ratio was 81.89 in 2014, increased +1.95 from 79.94 in 2013. This was the 185th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2014
Dependency Ratio by Country – 2014
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Qatar 18.29 -2.0%
2nd United Arab Emirates 22.46 0.2%
3rd Macao SAR, China 26.58 4.2%
4th Singapore 27.31 1.1%
5th Bahrain 29.80 4.3%
6th Cayman Islands 31.25 0.1%
7th Kuwait 31.84 0.5%
8th Oman 32.81 1.0%
9th Hong Kong SAR, China 35.85 2.5%
10th British Virgin Islands 36.02 -1.3%
11th Korea 36.47 -0.2%
12th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 37.35 0.2%
13th Trinidad and Tobago 37.56 1.4%
14th Turks and Caicos Islands 37.74 -2.0%
15th Palau 38.09 2.3%
16th Maldives 38.17 -2.0%
17th Saudi Arabia 38.28 -2.2%
18th Mauritius 38.41 -0.1%
19th Brunei Darussalam 38.84 -1.2%
20th China 38.88 1.7%
21st Cyprus 39.53 0.5%
22nd Andorra 39.54 0.2%
23rd Thailand 39.56 0.2%
24th Seychelles 40.09 -0.9%
25th St. Kitts and Nevis 40.12 -2.3%
26th Azerbaijan 40.45 2.3%
27th Greenland 40.48 -0.2%
28th Moldova 40.52 3.9%
29th Slovak Republic 40.89 1.9%
30th Iran, Islamic Republic of 41.21 1.5%
31st St. Lucia 41.54 -2.4%
32nd Antigua and Barbuda 41.85 -1.2%
33rd Ukraine 42.10 1.9%
34th Russian Federation 42.12 3.3%
35th Northern Mariana Islands 42.19 0.4%
36th Belarus 42.72 2.5%
37th Poland 42.81 2.1%
38th Viet Nam 43.37 0.7%
39th Aruba 43.52 1.1%
40th Jamaica 43.58 -2.8%
41st Brazil 43.82 -0.8%
42nd Armenia 44.22 1.4%
43rd Cuba 44.56 0.5%
44th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 44.62 -0.7%
45th Luxembourg 44.66 -0.3%
46th Liechtenstein 44.97 1.7%
47th Chile 45.25 0.0%
48th Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.47 0.7%
49th North Macedonia 45.48 1.0%
50th Bermuda 45.51 0.5%
51st Tunisia 45.69 1.4%
52nd Costa Rica 45.81 -0.7%
53rd Albania 46.10 -0.3%
54th French Polynesia 46.26 -0.6%
55th Bahamas, The 46.32 -0.8%
56th Malaysia 46.45 -1.1%
57th Dominica 46.63 -3.6%
58th Türkiye 46.63 -1.5%
59th Canada 46.77 1.7%
60th Colombia 46.80 -1.5%
61st Lebanon 47.08 0.0%
62nd Barbados 47.23 0.2%
63rd Hungary 47.38 1.8%
64th Slovenia 47.61 2.5%
65th Malta 47.68 2.1%
66th Myanmar 47.72 -1.1%
67th Romania 48.05 1.4%
68th Curaçao 48.13 0.8%
69th Channel Islands 48.19 1.4%
70th Switzerland 48.35 0.7%
71st Montenegro 48.48 1.1%
72nd Grenada 48.55 -1.0%
73rd Austria 48.56 0.5%
74th Czechia 48.59 3.2%
75th Serbia 48.61 2.1%
76th Mongolia 48.68 2.3%
77th Uzbekistan 48.83 0.2%
78th Bhutan 49.11 -1.5%
79th Georgia 49.33 1.9%
80th New Caledonia 49.43 -0.2%
81st Turkmenistan 49.64 0.0%
82nd Lithuania 49.67 0.8%
83rd Indonesia 49.68 -0.7%
84th San Marino 49.92 0.9%
85th Spain 49.94 1.7%
86th United States 49.96 0.9%
87th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 50.08 -0.8%
88th Sri Lanka 50.39 0.9%
89th Croatia 50.40 1.0%
90th St. Martin (French part) 50.44 0.1%
91st Kosovo 50.45 -0.7%
92nd Australia 50.49 1.1%
93rd Bulgaria 50.56 2.5%
94th Algeria 50.70 2.6%
95th Kazakhstan 50.98 2.9%
96th Iceland 51.07 0.7%
97th South Africa 51.14 -0.6%
98th Morocco 51.33 -0.4%
99th Latvia 51.72 2.7%
100th Germany 51.83 0.4%
101st Norway 51.89 0.4%
102nd European Union 51.97 1.4%
103rd Netherlands 52.01 1.1%
104th Ireland 52.05 1.3%
105th Cabo Verde 52.05 -2.1%
106th Guam 52.43 0.5%
107th Estonia 52.55 2.3%
108th New Zealand 52.75 0.1%
109th Puerto Rico (US) 52.83 -0.4%
110th Portugal 53.07 1.2%
111th India 53.24 -1.7%
112th Mexico 53.51 -1.0%
113th Fiji 53.56 -0.2%
114th Belgium 53.75 1.1%
115th Dominican Republic 54.11 -0.7%
116th Suriname 54.11 -1.3%
117th Gibraltar 54.23 1.5%
118th Panama 54.25 -0.3%
119th Greece 54.52 1.5%
120th United Kingdom 54.84 1.3%
121st Denmark 55.10 0.6%
122nd Italy 55.10 1.2%
123rd Libya 55.18 -0.6%
124th Guyana 55.40 -0.6%
125th Uruguay 55.89 -0.5%
126th Peru 55.93 -0.6%
127th Argentina 56.03 0.0%
128th Paraguay 56.14 -1.3%
129th Isle of Man 56.17 1.7%
130th Ecuador 56.29 -1.3%
131st Finland 56.42 2.5%
132nd El Salvador 56.82 -2.5%
133rd Kyrgyz Republic 56.91 2.2%
134th Virgin Islands (US) 57.27 2.3%
135th Cambodia 57.37 0.0%
136th Bangladesh 57.64 -2.1%
137th Belize 57.65 -2.9%
138th Sweden 57.93 1.9%
139th France 58.06 1.6%
140th American Samoa 59.09 -0.8%
141st Nicaragua 59.12 -1.3%
142nd Tuvalu 60.05 -1.0%
143rd Philippines 60.46 -1.2%
144th Faroe Islands 60.53 1.9%
145th Lao PDR 60.85 -2.1%
146th Botswana 61.02 0.5%
147th Micronesia, Federated States of 61.53 -0.9%
148th Egypt, Arab Republic of 61.54 0.5%
149th Jordan 62.06 -0.4%
150th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 62.73 -1.5%
151st Djibouti 62.89 -1.6%
152nd Haiti 63.28 -1.4%
153rd Honduras 63.58 -2.2%
154th Nepal 63.87 -1.6%
155th Israel 63.98 1.0%
156th Kiribati 64.12 -1.2%
157th Japan 64.47 3.0%
158th Papua New Guinea 64.68 -1.0%
159th Tajikistan 64.80 -0.6%
160th Nauru 65.41 0.9%
161st Namibia 66.85 -0.2%
162nd Lesotho 68.14 0.1%
163rd Eswatini 68.16 -1.3%
164th Gabon 68.64 -0.7%
165th Marshall Islands 68.77 -1.9%
166th Guatemala 69.59 -2.0%
167th Equatorial Guinea 71.13 0.0%
168th Vanuatu 72.46 1.0%
169th Ghana 72.73 -0.4%
170th Pakistan 74.43 -0.3%
171st Tonga 75.26 -0.5%
172nd Samoa 75.29 -0.2%
173rd West Bank and Gaza 77.11 -1.1%
174th Iraq 77.43 -0.7%
175th Solomon Islands 77.58 -0.8%
176th Syrian Arab Republic 77.78 8.5%
177th Comoros 79.14 -0.5%
178th Rwanda 79.54 -0.8%
179th Congo, Republic of 79.60 1.3%
180th Togo 79.73 -0.2%
181st Côte d'Ivoire 80.44 -0.4%
182nd Kenya 81.12 -1.2%
183rd Yemen, Republic of 81.13 -1.2%
184th Timor-Leste 81.56 -2.0%
185th South Sudan 81.89 2.4%
186th Madagascar 82.14 -1.6%
187th Guinea-Bissau 82.73 -0.8%
188th Sierra Leone 83.11 -1.5%
189th Monaco 83.22 4.4%
190th São Tomé and Principe 83.78 -0.1%
191st Liberia 84.10 0.0%
192nd Eritrea 84.77 0.4%
193rd Senegal 85.58 -0.6%
194th Cameroon 86.00 -0.8%
195th Gambia, The 86.48 -0.8%
196th Benin 87.02 -0.4%
197th Sudan 87.47 -1.3%
198th Zimbabwe 88.93 0.3%
199th Guinea 88.93 -1.0%
200th Zambia 89.43 -1.1%
201st Nigeria 90.09 -0.2%
202nd Tanzania 91.23 -0.6%
203rd Mauritania 91.79 -0.3%
204th Angola 92.05 0.1%
205th Burkina Faso 93.08 -0.3%
206th Mozambique 94.22 -0.2%
207th Burundi 94.62 1.3%
208th Malawi 95.64 -1.3%
209th Afghanistan 96.35 -1.8%
210th Congo, Democratic Republic of 96.48 0.0%
211th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 100.27 -0.3%
212th Central African Republic 101.45 3.6%
213th Uganda 101.66 -1.3%
214th Chad 102.35 -0.5%
215th Mali 102.53 0.2%
216th Niger 107.29 -0.3%