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Sri Lanka – Dependency Ratio 1970

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
77.12 −0.62 from 1969 Global rank: 77th

Sri Lanka's dependency ratio was 77.12 in 1970, decreased +0.62 from 77.73 in 1969. This was the 77th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1970▾
Dependency Ratio by Country – 1970
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Japan 43.51 0.0%
2nd United Arab Emirates 45.51 -3.7%
3rd Serbia 46.36 -1.4%
4th Hungary 47.88 -1.9%
5th Bulgaria 47.99 0.4%
6th Croatia 48.42 -1.3%
7th Czechia 50.21 -0.2%
8th Latvia 50.63 0.5%
9th Romania 50.96 0.4%
10th Finland 50.99 -1.1%
11th Russian Federation 51.10 -2.4%
12th Estonia 51.12 0.1%
13th Slovenia 51.26 -0.8%
14th Ukraine 51.41 -0.8%
15th Gibraltar 52.64 0.5%
16th Sweden 52.70 0.6%
17th Luxembourg 53.13 0.2%
18th San Marino 53.94 1.1%
19th Poland 54.12 -2.7%
20th Switzerland 54.13 0.7%
21st Andorra 54.27 -0.6%
22nd Greece 54.73 2.1%
23rd Channel Islands 54.83 1.1%
24th Denmark 55.20 -0.2%
25th Bermuda 55.40 -1.3%
26th Italy 55.62 1.0%
27th Liechtenstein 55.91 0.1%
28th European Union 56.72 0.1%
29th Argentina 56.84 0.1%
30th Monaco 57.27 1.2%
31st Malta 57.27 -2.7%
32nd Slovak Republic 57.91 -1.4%
33rd Uruguay 58.09 0.2%
34th Germany 58.28 0.5%
35th Belgium 58.72 -0.1%
36th Moldova 58.81 -2.4%
37th United Kingdom 59.13 1.1%
38th Australia 59.14 -0.6%
39th Lithuania 59.16 0.3%
40th Norway 59.61 0.3%
41st Qatar 59.81 4.8%
42nd Netherlands 59.89 -0.3%
43rd Spain 59.92 0.9%
44th Belarus 60.05 -1.6%
45th France 60.49 -0.2%
46th Canada 61.55 -3.0%
47th Georgia 61.95 -0.4%
48th Portugal 61.96 -0.4%
49th United States 61.99 -1.6%
50th Austria 62.43 1.0%
51st North Macedonia 63.26 -2.1%
52nd Isle of Man 65.45 1.9%
53rd Montenegro 65.54 -2.3%
54th Israel 65.99 -0.5%
55th Bosnia and Herzegovina 66.20 -2.5%
56th Cyprus 66.32 -0.6%
57th Virgin Islands (US) 66.87 -0.8%
58th Faroe Islands 67.54 0.0%
59th New Zealand 67.84 -0.8%
60th Kazakhstan 69.05 -1.7%
61st Guam 69.59 -0.2%
62nd Iceland 70.74 -1.6%
63rd Barbados 71.08 -1.0%
64th British Virgin Islands 71.41 -2.9%
65th Chile 72.08 -1.1%
66th Aruba 72.19 -0.6%
67th Singapore 72.43 -4.0%
68th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.63 -0.9%
69th Ireland 73.21 0.2%
70th Timor-Leste 73.28 0.6%
71st Hong Kong SAR, China 74.25 -14.2%
72nd New Caledonia 75.26 0.6%
73rd Gabon 75.52 1.2%
74th Cuba 75.65 0.7%
75th Armenia 76.52 -2.2%
76th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 77.11 1.2%
77th Sri Lanka 77.12 -0.8%
78th Bahamas, The 77.27 -0.6%
79th Nepal 77.31 0.2%
80th Nauru 77.98 -2.3%
81st Puerto Rico (US) 78.60 -1.7%
82nd Macao SAR, China 78.97 -8.4%
83rd Bhutan 79.29 0.2%
84th Guinea 79.82 0.3%
85th Mali 79.83 0.9%
86th Sierra Leone 80.10 1.0%
87th China 80.18 -0.6%
88th Myanmar 80.38 -0.3%
89th Equatorial Guinea 80.42 0.7%
90th Gambia, The 80.99 0.4%
91st Curaçao 81.01 -1.2%
92nd Haiti 81.08 0.2%
93rd India 81.88 -0.4%
94th Mauritius 82.55 -2.5%
95th Egypt, Arab Republic of 82.98 -0.5%
96th Lao PDR 83.06 0.3%
97th Kyrgyz Republic 83.28 -0.7%
98th Trinidad and Tobago 83.28 -2.5%
99th Kuwait 83.33 2.4%
100th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 83.33 0.1%
101st Korea 83.50 -2.1%
102nd Burkina Faso 83.57 1.3%
103rd Cayman Islands 83.61 -2.2%
104th Brazil 83.85 -1.4%
105th Nigeria 83.96 0.6%
106th Indonesia 84.25 0.5%
107th Liberia 84.49 0.6%
108th South Africa 84.61 0.2%
109th Eritrea 84.74 1.1%
110th Greenland 85.23 -2.0%
111th Cameroon 85.48 1.0%
112th Guinea-Bissau 85.65 0.2%
113th Central African Republic 85.70 0.4%
114th Mozambique 86.03 0.7%
115th Congo, Democratic Republic of 86.22 0.6%
116th Kosovo 86.50 4.3%
117th Brunei Darussalam 86.85 -2.8%
118th Afghanistan 87.26 0.9%
119th Chad 87.56 0.7%
120th Albania 87.72 -1.1%
121st Pakistan 87.76 0.8%
122nd South Sudan 87.95 0.6%
123rd Papua New Guinea 88.09 0.9%
124th Senegal 88.24 -0.1%
125th Yemen, Republic of 88.98 1.9%
126th Mauritania 89.26 1.6%
127th Djibouti 89.56 0.9%
128th Malaysia 89.69 -1.8%
129th Malawi 89.76 0.8%
130th Türkiye 89.88 -0.4%
131st Cambodia 89.90 2.1%
132nd Bangladesh 90.34 0.6%
133rd Tuvalu 90.55 -2.9%
134th Côte d'Ivoire 90.68 0.5%
135th Lesotho 90.79 -2.0%
136th Thailand 91.00 -1.0%
137th Costa Rica 91.12 -2.1%
138th Fiji 91.40 -1.6%
139th Lebanon 91.55 -1.6%
140th Maldives 91.76 1.0%
141st Panama 91.82 -0.4%
142nd Somalia, Fed. Rep. 92.00 -0.3%
143rd Iraq 92.13 1.7%
144th Iran, Islamic Republic of 92.52 -0.6%
145th Namibia 92.54 0.5%
146th Bahrain 92.56 -2.1%
147th Togo 92.73 0.4%
148th Burundi 93.00 0.2%
149th Ecuador 93.03 -0.4%
150th Congo, Republic of 93.23 0.6%
151st Benin 93.28 1.1%
152nd Viet Nam 93.29 -0.9%
153rd Peru 93.34 -0.2%
154th Tunisia 93.40 -0.5%
155th St. Martin (French part) 93.41 0.3%
156th Guatemala 93.60 -0.3%
157th French Polynesia 93.67 -0.1%
158th Saudi Arabia 93.69 -0.1%
159th Marshall Islands 94.11 -3.4%
160th Tanzania 94.22 0.5%
161st Antigua and Barbuda 94.47 -0.7%
162nd Angola 95.40 1.5%
163rd Tajikistan 95.55 -0.3%
164th Colombia 95.63 -1.4%
165th Vanuatu 95.73 0.1%
166th Azerbaijan 95.90 -1.8%
167th Uganda 96.38 0.4%
168th Oman 96.80 2.0%
169th Kiribati 96.94 -0.7%
170th Paraguay 98.02 -0.8%
171st Seychelles 98.16 0.8%
172nd American Samoa 98.20 -1.6%
173rd Tonga 98.20 0.3%
174th Niger 98.88 -0.4%
175th Comoros 98.92 1.0%
176th Turkmenistan 99.06 -0.6%
177th Madagascar 99.47 0.0%
178th Morocco 99.47 -0.3%
179th El Salvador 100.22 -0.1%
180th Nicaragua 100.25 -0.3%
181st Sudan 100.48 0.3%
182nd Eswatini 100.49 -0.1%
183rd Solomon Islands 100.56 0.6%
184th Micronesia, Federated States of 100.71 0.3%
185th Uzbekistan 100.86 -0.8%
186th Guyana 100.91 -1.2%
187th Grenada 101.49 -1.8%
188th Zambia 101.68 1.0%
189th Mexico 101.72 0.2%
190th Philippines 102.45 -0.7%
191st Algeria 102.52 -0.6%
192nd Cabo Verde 102.73 -0.8%
193rd Palau 102.86 -3.2%
194th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 102.94 -0.4%
195th São Tomé and Principe 103.07 1.6%
196th Dominican Republic 103.78 -1.5%
197th Honduras 104.00 -0.2%
198th Jamaica 104.04 0.6%
199th Rwanda 104.59 -2.0%
200th Mongolia 105.71 0.7%
201st Zimbabwe 106.33 -0.4%
202nd Ghana 106.58 0.2%
203rd Syrian Arab Republic 106.98 0.2%
204th Northern Mariana Islands 107.57 -2.1%
205th Turks and Caicos Islands 110.20 1.9%
206th Suriname 112.55 -0.9%
207th Botswana 114.12 1.3%
208th Jordan 114.51 0.5%
209th Belize 114.64 -0.8%
210th Kenya 116.46 0.4%
211th Samoa 117.94 -0.4%
212th Libya 118.32 0.1%
213th St. Kitts and Nevis 118.55 -0.9%
214th Dominica 120.08 0.5%
215th St. Lucia 120.10 1.2%
Source: World Bank (SP.POP.DPND)
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