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Spain – Dependency Ratio 2021

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
50.88 −0.09 from 2020 G20 rank: 74th

Spain's dependency ratio was 50.88 in 2021, decreased +0.09 from 50.96 in 2020. This was the 74th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2021▾
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Qatar 20.26 1.5%
2nd United Arab Emirates 22.14 -0.1%
3rd Bahrain 29.46 -2.3%
4th Kuwait 30.74 -5.9%
5th Cayman Islands 31.77 1.1%
6th Singapore 32.32 3.7%
7th Maldives 32.79 -2.2%
8th British Virgin Islands 33.44 -1.4%
9th Macao SAR, China 35.95 4.0%
10th Turks and Caicos Islands 36.71 0.5%
11th Brunei Darussalam 37.48 0.2%
12th St. Lucia 37.53 -0.8%
13th Jamaica 37.67 -1.7%
14th Andorra 38.20 0.1%
15th Mauritius 38.47 0.1%
16th Saudi Arabia 38.55 -0.9%
17th Seychelles 39.55 0.9%
18th Korea 39.78 2.6%
19th St. Kitts and Nevis 40.22 0.9%
20th Bhutan 40.44 -2.8%
21st Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 40.73 0.9%
22nd Palau 40.83 1.1%
23rd Antigua and Barbuda 41.09 0.7%
24th Thailand 41.41 1.1%
25th Oman 41.50 5.8%
26th Trinidad and Tobago 41.77 1.3%
27th Cyprus 42.53 1.4%
28th Colombia 42.88 -0.6%
29th Greenland 42.92 1.5%
30th Northern Mariana Islands 43.17 2.3%
31st Bahamas, The 43.33 -1.1%
32nd Azerbaijan 43.46 0.1%
33rd Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 43.55 0.8%
34th Malaysia 43.58 -1.6%
35th Brazil 43.64 0.1%
36th French Polynesia 43.91 0.0%
37th Luxembourg 44.20 0.4%
38th China 44.48 0.9%
39th Hong Kong SAR, China 44.59 3.5%
40th Dominica 44.79 -0.4%
41st Iran, Islamic Republic of 44.83 -0.2%
42nd Kosovo 44.98 -1.4%
43rd Chile 45.04 0.1%
44th Costa Rica 45.27 -0.3%
45th Curaçao 45.52 0.2%
46th Cuba 46.01 0.2%
47th Myanmar 46.25 -0.1%
48th Grenada 46.62 -0.4%
49th Türkiye 46.82 0.7%
50th Malta 47.06 0.8%
51st Viet Nam 47.24 0.6%
52nd Indonesia 47.63 -0.8%
53rd India 48.04 -1.4%
54th Ukraine 48.22 0.7%
55th New Caledonia 48.23 -0.1%
56th Albania 48.44 1.6%
57th Armenia 48.48 0.6%
58th South Africa 48.92 -1.2%
59th Belize 49.06 -2.1%
60th Aruba 49.32 0.9%
61st St. Vincent and the Grenadines 49.35 0.1%
62nd Slovak Republic 49.46 2.2%
63rd Belarus 49.57 1.7%
64th Barbados 49.62 1.5%
65th Mexico 49.81 -1.0%
66th Russian Federation 50.27 1.4%
67th Iceland 50.36 0.9%
68th Tunisia 50.42 0.7%
69th Liechtenstein 50.54 1.6%
70th San Marino 50.62 1.2%
71st Ecuador 50.71 -1.4%
72nd Libya 50.79 -1.9%
73rd Suriname 50.85 -0.5%
74th Spain 50.88 -0.2%
75th El Salvador 50.96 -1.3%
76th Bermuda 51.01 2.1%
77th Austria 51.11 1.2%
78th Peru 51.27 -1.4%
79th Channel Islands 51.28 0.4%
80th Morocco 51.39 -0.1%
81st North Macedonia 51.39 1.8%
82nd Poland 51.51 2.0%
83rd Switzerland 51.53 0.9%
84th Sri Lanka 51.66 0.0%
85th Fiji 51.77 -0.8%
86th Cabo Verde 51.81 -1.1%
87th Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.88 1.6%
88th Canada 52.03 1.6%
89th Dominican Republic 52.59 -0.1%
90th Panama 52.79 -0.6%
91st United States 52.95 0.7%
92nd Ireland 53.04 0.0%
93rd Moldova 53.48 2.5%
94th Philippines 53.60 -2.2%
95th New Zealand 53.63 1.2%
96th Uruguay 53.65 -1.0%
97th Hungary 53.78 1.4%
98th Djibouti 53.94 -1.9%
99th Bangladesh 53.96 -0.2%
100th Lithuania 53.98 0.0%
101st Norway 53.99 0.5%
102nd Netherlands 54.20 0.7%
103rd Argentina 54.22 -1.5%
104th Australia 54.26 1.2%
105th Paraguay 54.34 -0.3%
106th Nicaragua 54.36 -1.6%
107th Gibraltar 54.79 -0.4%
108th Montenegro 54.80 1.4%
109th Turkmenistan 54.83 1.7%
110th Romania 54.86 1.4%
111th Nepal 54.97 -3.0%
112th Guyana 55.09 0.2%
113th American Samoa 55.18 -2.1%
114th Uzbekistan 55.25 2.4%
115th Lao PDR 55.25 -1.1%
116th Slovenia 55.26 1.5%
117th Honduras 55.87 -1.4%
118th European Union 56.10 0.9%
119th Germany 56.23 1.7%
120th Puerto Rico (US) 56.33 0.9%
121st Belgium 56.58 0.5%
122nd Georgia 56.65 1.2%
123rd Bulgaria 56.71 0.3%
124th Serbia 56.73 1.6%
125th Italy 56.93 0.3%
126th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 57.01 -1.6%
127th Cambodia 57.17 -0.6%
128th Jordan 57.23 -1.5%
129th Denmark 57.29 0.5%
130th Portugal 57.32 1.0%
131st Botswana 57.37 -1.3%
132nd Croatia 57.43 1.6%
133rd United Kingdom 57.61 -0.1%
134th Czechia 57.74 1.3%
135th Haiti 58.12 -1.2%
136th Estonia 58.27 0.8%
137th Latvia 58.35 0.8%
138th Greece 58.38 1.3%
139th Lebanon 58.49 -0.7%
140th Algeria 58.56 0.8%
141st St. Martin (French part) 58.61 -2.4%
142nd Isle of Man 58.73 0.0%
143rd Guam 59.01 2.2%
144th Kazakhstan 59.38 1.7%
145th Mongolia 59.63 1.2%
146th Tuvalu 59.76 0.1%
147th Papua New Guinea 60.20 -1.0%
148th Micronesia, Federated States of 60.71 -0.1%
149th Guatemala 60.88 -2.1%
150th Sweden 60.89 0.2%
151st Egypt, Arab Republic of 61.12 -1.0%
152nd Virgin Islands (US) 61.15 1.2%
153rd Syrian Arab Republic 61.23 -4.8%
154th Kyrgyz Republic 61.60 0.4%
155th Eswatini 61.83 -1.5%
156th Marshall Islands 62.06 0.2%
157th France 62.06 0.5%
158th Finland 62.15 0.8%
159th Faroe Islands 62.50 0.1%
160th Kiribati 64.27 0.1%
161st Lesotho 64.97 -1.0%
162nd Tajikistan 66.38 0.8%
163rd Israel 67.06 0.2%
164th Ghana 67.74 -1.3%
165th Nauru 68.06 1.7%
166th Gabon 68.97 0.0%
167th Namibia 69.20 0.8%
168th Timor-Leste 69.26 -2.5%
169th Japan 70.26 0.5%
170th Equatorial Guinea 70.52 -0.1%
171st Iraq 70.77 -1.7%
172nd Kenya 70.96 -2.3%
173rd Pakistan 71.34 -1.0%
174th Solomon Islands 71.66 -1.6%
175th Tonga 72.63 -0.1%
176th Rwanda 73.15 -1.6%
177th Comoros 73.79 -1.1%
178th Sierra Leone 74.09 -1.6%
179th West Bank and Gaza 74.39 -0.9%
180th Vanuatu 75.61 0.0%
181st São Tomé and Principe 76.01 -2.4%
182nd Guinea-Bissau 76.02 -1.5%
183rd Senegal 76.38 -2.2%
184th Madagascar 76.50 -0.8%
185th Togo 77.24 -0.8%
186th Yemen, Republic of 78.17 -0.1%
187th Eritrea 78.17 -2.5%
188th Samoa 78.99 1.0%
189th Liberia 79.18 -1.6%
190th Sudan 79.32 -0.8%
191st Congo, Republic of 79.67 -0.7%
192nd South Sudan 79.84 -2.9%
193rd Gambia, The 80.00 -1.5%
194th Côte d'Ivoire 80.14 -0.8%
195th Zambia 80.90 -1.7%
196th Cameroon 82.09 -1.0%
197th Malawi 82.45 -2.5%
198th Guinea 82.82 -1.2%
199th Nigeria 83.10 -1.7%
200th Benin 83.30 -1.0%
201st Zimbabwe 83.38 -1.2%
202nd Burkina Faso 85.51 -2.1%
203rd Tanzania 85.74 -0.9%
204th Afghanistan 86.08 -1.3%
205th Uganda 88.03 -1.9%
206th Mauritania 88.10 -1.0%
207th Angola 91.04 -0.4%
208th Mozambique 91.83 -0.5%
209th Burundi 96.01 -1.6%
210th Congo, Democratic Republic of 96.73 0.1%
211th Mali 97.97 -1.3%
212th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 97.97 -0.3%
213th Chad 98.92 -1.1%
214th Monaco 100.42 3.4%
215th Niger 100.88 -1.3%
216th Central African Republic 105.02 0.5%
Source: World Bank (SP.POP.DPND)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Spain matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2021. Historically: 682 occurrences, 460 successful (67%). Outcome 24 months later: 2.5%. View full analysis →

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