Spain - Dependency Ratio 2018
51.21
+0.12 from 2017
Spain's dependency ratio was 51.21 in 2018, increased +0.12 from 51.09 in 2017. This was the 79th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 17.78 | 1.9% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 22.26 | -0.2% |
| 3rd | Bahrain | 29.23 | 1.3% |
| 4th | Singapore | 29.56 | 2.5% |
| 5th | Macao SAR, China | 31.20 | 4.6% |
| 6th | Cayman Islands | 31.40 | 0.3% |
| 7th | Kuwait | 32.14 | 0.1% |
| 8th | Oman | 34.17 | 3.4% |
| 9th | British Virgin Islands | 34.95 | -2.1% |
| 10th | Maldives | 34.96 | -2.2% |
| 11th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 36.45 | -0.2% |
| 12th | Korea | 37.30 | 1.4% |
| 13th | Brunei Darussalam | 37.55 | -0.5% |
| 14th | Andorra | 38.33 | -1.2% |
| 15th | Mauritius | 38.49 | 0.0% |
| 16th | St. Lucia | 38.54 | -1.3% |
| 17th | Saudi Arabia | 38.97 | 3.0% |
| 18th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 39.08 | 0.4% |
| 19th | Seychelles | 39.09 | -0.3% |
| 20th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 39.26 | 1.5% |
| 21st | Palau | 39.55 | 1.0% |
| 22nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.65 | 0.6% |
| 23rd | Jamaica | 39.81 | -2.1% |
| 24th | Thailand | 40.30 | 0.6% |
| 25th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 40.40 | 3.3% |
| 26th | Antigua and Barbuda | 40.68 | -0.4% |
| 27th | Cyprus | 41.03 | 1.0% |
| 28th | Greenland | 41.13 | 0.8% |
| 29th | Northern Mariana Islands | 42.44 | -0.3% |
| 30th | China | 42.54 | 2.5% |
| 31st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 42.99 | -0.9% |
| 32nd | Azerbaijan | 43.12 | 0.4% |
| 33rd | Brazil | 43.43 | 0.1% |
| 34th | Luxembourg | 43.83 | -0.1% |
| 35th | Colombia | 44.09 | -1.7% |
| 36th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.34 | 1.5% |
| 37th | Bhutan | 44.65 | -3.6% |
| 38th | Bahamas, The | 44.68 | -1.0% |
| 39th | French Polynesia | 44.69 | -1.1% |
| 40th | Chile | 45.08 | -0.4% |
| 41st | Malaysia | 45.23 | -0.6% |
| 42nd | Cuba | 45.26 | 0.6% |
| 43rd | Costa Rica | 45.33 | 0.1% |
| 44th | Türkiye | 45.55 | 0.1% |
| 45th | Dominica | 45.59 | -0.9% |
| 46th | Slovak Republic | 45.80 | 3.2% |
| 47th | Curaçao | 45.85 | -6.8% |
| 48th | Viet Nam | 46.12 | 1.8% |
| 49th | Albania | 46.51 | 0.7% |
| 50th | Myanmar | 46.53 | -0.5% |
| 51st | Ukraine | 46.56 | 2.0% |
| 52nd | Kosovo | 46.88 | -2.2% |
| 53rd | Belarus | 46.89 | 1.9% |
| 54th | Aruba | 47.12 | 2.1% |
| 55th | Grenada | 47.14 | -0.6% |
| 56th | Armenia | 47.41 | 1.3% |
| 57th | Russian Federation | 47.53 | 2.4% |
| 58th | Barbados | 47.76 | 0.7% |
| 59th | Poland | 47.76 | 3.0% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 48.01 | 2.0% |
| 61st | Bermuda | 48.02 | 1.6% |
| 62nd | Liechtenstein | 48.20 | 1.9% |
| 63rd | Malta | 48.25 | -1.3% |
| 64th | New Caledonia | 48.46 | -0.5% |
| 65th | Indonesia | 48.56 | -0.5% |
| 66th | Tunisia | 48.61 | 1.6% |
| 67th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.80 | 2.3% |
| 68th | Moldova | 48.82 | 3.8% |
| 69th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.18 | -0.2% |
| 70th | Austria | 49.68 | 0.8% |
| 71st | Canada | 49.73 | 1.3% |
| 72nd | Iceland | 49.92 | -1.2% |
| 73rd | San Marino | 49.99 | -0.1% |
| 74th | India | 50.03 | -1.5% |
| 75th | Switzerland | 50.09 | 1.1% |
| 76th | Channel Islands | 50.45 | 1.1% |
| 77th | South Africa | 50.68 | -1.1% |
| 78th | Hungary | 50.77 | 1.6% |
| 79th | Spain | 51.21 | 0.2% |
| 80th | Morocco | 51.27 | 0.2% |
| 81st | Mexico | 51.27 | -1.1% |
| 82nd | St. Martin (French part) | 51.41 | 2.1% |
| 83rd | Sri Lanka | 51.49 | 0.3% |
| 84th | Cabo Verde | 51.54 | 0.6% |
| 85th | United States | 51.69 | 0.9% |
| 86th | Uzbekistan | 51.71 | 1.7% |
| 87th | Suriname | 51.74 | -0.8% |
| 88th | Montenegro | 51.85 | 1.9% |
| 89th | Belize | 51.90 | -2.0% |
| 90th | Turkmenistan | 51.92 | 1.7% |
| 91st | Romania | 51.97 | 2.1% |
| 92nd | New Zealand | 52.37 | 0.2% |
| 93rd | Australia | 52.45 | 0.8% |
| 94th | El Salvador | 52.77 | -1.3% |
| 95th | Slovenia | 52.78 | 2.4% |
| 96th | Dominican Republic | 52.83 | -0.3% |
| 97th | Fiji | 52.87 | -0.5% |
| 98th | Ecuador | 52.90 | -1.6% |
| 99th | Ireland | 53.03 | 0.2% |
| 100th | Norway | 53.20 | 0.7% |
| 101st | Netherlands | 53.26 | 0.5% |
| 102nd | Serbia | 53.27 | 2.5% |
| 103rd | Lithuania | 53.32 | 1.6% |
| 104th | Libya | 53.56 | -1.4% |
| 105th | Peru | 53.57 | -1.6% |
| 106th | Panama | 53.62 | -0.3% |
| 107th | Germany | 53.88 | 1.2% |
| 108th | Georgia | 54.00 | 2.1% |
| 109th | Guyana | 54.30 | -2.0% |
| 110th | Bangladesh | 54.33 | -0.6% |
| 111th | Croatia | 54.40 | 2.4% |
| 112th | European Union | 54.49 | 1.1% |
| 113th | Czechia | 54.58 | 2.7% |
| 114th | Paraguay | 54.74 | -0.3% |
| 115th | Uruguay | 54.92 | -0.6% |
| 116th | Bulgaria | 54.97 | 1.9% |
| 117th | Guam | 55.35 | 1.8% |
| 118th | Portugal | 55.40 | 1.1% |
| 119th | Mongolia | 55.41 | 3.5% |
| 120th | Puerto Rico (US) | 55.50 | 2.1% |
| 121st | Gibraltar | 55.51 | -0.1% |
| 122nd | Belgium | 55.65 | 0.9% |
| 123rd | Lebanon | 55.74 | 4.5% |
| 124th | Argentina | 55.85 | -0.2% |
| 125th | Algeria | 56.15 | 2.4% |
| 126th | Denmark | 56.23 | 0.6% |
| 127th | Italy | 56.31 | 0.3% |
| 128th | Latvia | 56.33 | 1.5% |
| 129th | Estonia | 56.35 | 1.3% |
| 130th | Philippines | 56.50 | -1.5% |
| 131st | Kazakhstan | 56.52 | 2.0% |
| 132nd | Nicaragua | 56.62 | -1.0% |
| 133rd | Greece | 56.90 | 0.8% |
| 134th | United Kingdom | 57.00 | 0.9% |
| 135th | Lao PDR | 57.11 | -1.2% |
| 136th | American Samoa | 57.46 | -0.7% |
| 137th | Djibouti | 57.54 | -2.4% |
| 138th | Cambodia | 57.78 | 0.0% |
| 139th | Honduras | 58.51 | -1.8% |
| 140th | Isle of Man | 58.56 | 0.5% |
| 141st | Tuvalu | 58.98 | 0.3% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 59.44 | -1.2% |
| 143rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 59.58 | 0.5% |
| 144th | Jordan | 59.64 | -1.2% |
| 145th | Botswana | 59.78 | -1.0% |
| 146th | Kyrgyz Republic | 59.95 | 0.8% |
| 147th | Haiti | 60.17 | -1.1% |
| 148th | Nepal | 60.18 | -1.2% |
| 149th | Sweden | 60.32 | 0.6% |
| 150th | Finland | 60.47 | 1.5% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 60.82 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | France | 60.82 | 0.9% |
| 153rd | Papua New Guinea | 62.08 | -1.1% |
| 154th | Faroe Islands | 62.20 | 0.4% |
| 155th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 62.48 | -0.1% |
| 156th | Kiribati | 63.68 | 0.5% |
| 157th | Marshall Islands | 64.09 | -1.6% |
| 158th | Guatemala | 64.58 | -1.7% |
| 159th | Eswatini | 64.59 | -1.3% |
| 160th | Tajikistan | 64.88 | 0.4% |
| 161st | Nauru | 65.42 | -0.8% |
| 162nd | Israel | 66.40 | 0.7% |
| 163rd | Lesotho | 66.87 | -0.9% |
| 164th | Namibia | 67.75 | 0.7% |
| 165th | Gabon | 68.63 | 0.3% |
| 166th | Japan | 69.02 | 1.0% |
| 167th | Ghana | 70.22 | -1.1% |
| 168th | Equatorial Guinea | 71.09 | -0.2% |
| 169th | Pakistan | 73.10 | -0.6% |
| 170th | Tonga | 73.47 | -0.4% |
| 171st | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.62 | -5.2% |
| 172nd | Iraq | 74.11 | -1.3% |
| 173rd | Timor-Leste | 74.57 | -2.3% |
| 174th | Solomon Islands | 74.62 | -1.1% |
| 175th | Vanuatu | 75.09 | 0.7% |
| 176th | West Bank and Gaza | 75.68 | 0.0% |
| 177th | Kenya | 75.74 | -1.8% |
| 178th | Comoros | 76.47 | -1.4% |
| 179th | Rwanda | 76.58 | -1.2% |
| 180th | Samoa | 76.63 | 0.9% |
| 181st | Sierra Leone | 77.73 | -1.7% |
| 182nd | Madagascar | 78.41 | -0.9% |
| 183rd | Togo | 78.71 | -0.4% |
| 184th | Yemen, Republic of | 78.79 | -0.5% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | 79.35 | -1.3% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 80.81 | -1.3% |
| 187th | Congo, Republic of | 81.00 | -0.1% |
| 188th | Senegal | 81.29 | -1.7% |
| 189th | Sudan | 81.33 | -1.9% |
| 190th | Côte d'Ivoire | 81.37 | -0.1% |
| 191st | Liberia | 82.33 | -0.7% |
| 192nd | Gambia, The | 83.27 | -1.1% |
| 193rd | Eritrea | 83.62 | -1.5% |
| 194th | Cameroon | 84.12 | -0.4% |
| 195th | Zambia | 84.88 | -1.4% |
| 196th | Benin | 85.51 | -0.6% |
| 197th | Guinea | 85.57 | -0.9% |
| 198th | Zimbabwe | 86.52 | -1.1% |
| 199th | Nigeria | 87.06 | -1.2% |
| 200th | Tanzania | 87.78 | -0.7% |
| 201st | Malawi | 88.69 | -2.1% |
| 202nd | Afghanistan | 89.85 | -1.6% |
| 203rd | Burkina Faso | 90.15 | -1.1% |
| 204th | Mauritania | 90.29 | -0.5% |
| 205th | South Sudan | 90.37 | -0.4% |
| 206th | Angola | 91.90 | -0.2% |
| 207th | Mozambique | 92.93 | -0.3% |
| 208th | Uganda | 93.56 | -2.2% |
| 209th | Monaco | 94.30 | 2.8% |
| 210th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 95.94 | 0.2% |
| 211th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 99.01 | -0.5% |
| 212th | Burundi | 100.49 | -0.6% |
| 213th | Chad | 101.19 | -0.6% |
| 214th | Mali | 101.28 | -0.6% |
| 215th | Niger | 104.41 | -0.8% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 104.96 | 0.3% |
FAQ
What was Spain's dependency ratio in 2018?▾
Spain's dependency ratio in 2018 was 51.21. This ranked 79th globally.
How did Spain's dependency ratio change in 2018?▾
Spain's dependency ratio increased by 0.2% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2018?▾
Central African Republic had the highest dependency ratio in 2018 at 104.96.
What is the dependency ratio of Spain in 2018?▾
The dependency ratio of Spain in 2018 was 51.21. This ranked 79th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Spain's dependency ratio?▾
Spain's dependency ratio went from 51.09 in 2017 to 51.21 in 2018, a 0.2% increase.
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