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Sri Lanka - Dependency Ratio 2015

Name: Sri Lanka Dependency Ratio 2015
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

50.79 +0.40 from 2014 Global rank: 91st

Sri Lanka's dependency ratio was 50.79 in 2015, increased +0.40 from 50.39 in 2014. This was the 91st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	17.65	-3.5%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	22.45	0.0%
3rd	Singapore	27.68	1.4%
4th	Macao SAR, China	27.68	4.1%
5th	Bahrain	30.03	0.8%
6th	Cayman Islands	31.27	0.1%
7th	Kuwait	31.95	0.3%
8th	Oman	33.02	0.6%
9th	British Virgin Islands	35.59	-1.2%
10th	Korea	36.46	0.0%
11th	Hong Kong SAR, China	36.84	2.8%
12th	Turks and Caicos Islands	37.14	-1.6%
13th	Maldives	37.41	-2.0%
14th	Saudi Arabia	37.55	-1.9%
15th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	37.59	0.6%
16th	Trinidad and Tobago	38.14	1.5%
17th	Brunei Darussalam	38.38	-1.2%
18th	Mauritius	38.39	0.0%
19th	Palau	38.62	1.4%
20th	Andorra	39.36	-0.4%
21st	St. Kitts and Nevis	39.37	-1.9%
22nd	China	39.61	1.9%
23rd	Seychelles	39.73	-0.9%
24th	Thailand	39.73	0.4%
25th	Cyprus	39.82	0.7%
26th	Greenland	40.50	0.1%
27th	St. Lucia	40.58	-2.3%
28th	Azerbaijan	41.34	2.2%
29th	Antigua and Barbuda	41.38	-1.1%
30th	Slovak Republic	41.81	2.2%
31st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	42.04	2.0%
32nd	Northern Mariana Islands	42.38	0.4%
33rd	Jamaica	42.47	-2.5%
34th	Moldova	42.74	5.5%
35th	Ukraine	43.33	2.9%
36th	Brazil	43.59	-0.5%
37th	Russian Federation	43.66	3.6%
38th	Viet Nam	43.77	0.9%
39th	Poland	43.84	2.4%
40th	Belarus	43.85	2.6%
41st	Aruba	44.25	1.7%
42nd	Luxembourg	44.42	-0.5%
43rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	44.43	-0.4%
44th	Cuba	44.72	0.4%
45th	Armenia	45.01	1.8%
46th	Chile	45.33	0.2%
47th	Costa Rica	45.54	-0.6%
48th	Dominica	45.61	-2.2%
49th	Liechtenstein	45.64	1.5%
50th	Bermuda	45.80	0.6%
51st	North Macedonia	45.88	0.9%
52nd	French Polynesia	45.90	-0.8%
53rd	Türkiye	45.95	-1.5%
54th	Bahamas, The	45.95	-0.8%
55th	Malaysia	46.04	-0.9%
56th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.05	1.3%
57th	Albania	46.06	-0.1%
58th	Colombia	46.20	-1.3%
59th	Tunisia	46.36	1.5%
60th	Barbados	47.29	0.1%
61st	Myanmar	47.35	-0.8%
62nd	Canada	47.59	1.8%
63rd	Grenada	48.00	-1.1%
64th	Hungary	48.25	1.8%
65th	Malta	48.27	1.2%
66th	Lebanon	48.34	2.7%
67th	Bhutan	48.34	-1.6%
68th	Curaçao	48.55	0.9%
69th	Switzerland	48.69	0.7%
70th	Austria	48.73	0.3%
71st	Channel Islands	48.76	1.2%
72nd	Slovenia	48.90	2.7%
73rd	Romania	48.96	1.9%
74th	New Caledonia	49.25	-0.4%
75th	Montenegro	49.32	1.7%
76th	Uzbekistan	49.34	1.0%
77th	Indonesia	49.36	-0.7%
78th	Serbia	49.76	2.4%
79th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.76	-0.6%
80th	Turkmenistan	49.88	0.5%
81st	Mongolia	50.08	2.9%
82nd	Czechia	50.08	3.1%
83rd	San Marino	50.17	0.5%
84th	Kosovo	50.31	-0.3%
85th	Lithuania	50.36	1.4%
86th	United States	50.38	0.8%
87th	St. Martin (French part)	50.42	-0.1%
88th	Spain	50.46	1.0%
89th	Georgia	50.52	2.4%
90th	South Africa	50.78	-0.7%
91st	Sri Lanka	50.79	0.8%
92nd	Australia	51.06	1.1%
93rd	Croatia	51.18	1.5%
94th	Morocco	51.22	-0.2%
95th	Iceland	51.22	0.3%
96th	Cabo Verde	51.35	-1.3%
97th	Bulgaria	51.78	2.4%
98th	Algeria	52.06	2.7%
99th	Norway	52.10	0.4%
100th	Germany	52.12	0.6%
101st	India	52.40	-1.6%
102nd	Netherlands	52.43	0.8%
103rd	Ireland	52.50	0.9%
104th	New Zealand	52.52	-0.4%
105th	Kazakhstan	52.52	3.0%
106th	European Union	52.63	1.3%
107th	Puerto Rico (US)	52.86	0.0%
108th	Guam	52.90	0.9%
109th	Mexico	52.97	-1.0%
110th	Latvia	53.00	2.5%
111th	Suriname	53.40	-1.3%
112th	Fiji	53.47	-0.2%
113th	Portugal	53.55	0.9%
114th	Estonia	53.62	2.0%
115th	Dominican Republic	53.69	-0.8%
116th	Panama	54.10	-0.3%
117th	Belgium	54.22	0.9%
118th	Gibraltar	54.99	1.4%
119th	Libya	55.05	-0.2%
120th	Greece	55.19	1.2%
121st	Guyana	55.24	-0.3%
122nd	Denmark	55.33	0.4%
123rd	United Kingdom	55.40	1.0%
124th	Ecuador	55.49	-1.4%
125th	Peru	55.52	-0.7%
126th	El Salvador	55.54	-2.3%
127th	Paraguay	55.56	-1.0%
128th	Italy	55.61	0.9%
129th	Uruguay	55.66	-0.4%
130th	Belize	56.04	-2.8%
131st	Argentina	56.05	0.0%
132nd	Bangladesh	56.46	-2.0%
133rd	Isle of Man	57.09	1.6%
134th	Cambodia	57.48	0.2%
135th	Finland	57.64	2.2%
136th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.15	2.2%
137th	Virgin Islands (US)	58.26	1.7%
138th	Nicaragua	58.42	-1.2%
139th	American Samoa	58.68	-0.7%
140th	Sweden	58.84	1.6%
141st	France	58.97	1.6%
142nd	Philippines	59.52	-1.5%
143rd	Tuvalu	59.62	-0.7%
144th	Lao PDR	59.65	-2.0%
145th	Botswana	61.06	0.1%
146th	Micronesia, Federated States of	61.08	-0.7%
147th	Faroe Islands	61.18	1.1%
148th	Jordan	61.62	-0.7%
149th	Djibouti	61.70	-1.9%
150th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	61.81	-1.5%
151st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	61.98	0.7%
152nd	Honduras	62.17	-2.2%
153rd	Haiti	62.40	-1.4%
154th	Nepal	62.68	-1.9%
155th	Kiribati	63.53	-0.9%
156th	Papua New Guinea	64.04	-1.0%
157th	Israel	64.64	1.0%
158th	Tajikistan	64.65	-0.2%
159th	Nauru	65.94	0.8%
160th	Japan	66.02	2.4%
161st	Namibia	66.78	-0.1%
162nd	Eswatini	67.16	-1.5%
163rd	Marshall Islands	67.40	-2.0%
164th	Lesotho	68.14	0.0%
165th	Guatemala	68.25	-1.9%
166th	Gabon	68.35	-0.4%
167th	Equatorial Guinea	71.20	0.1%
168th	Ghana	72.31	-0.6%
169th	Vanuatu	73.20	1.0%
170th	Pakistan	74.16	-0.4%
171st	Tonga	74.64	-0.8%
172nd	Samoa	75.25	-0.1%
173rd	West Bank and Gaza	76.46	-0.8%
174th	Iraq	76.75	-0.9%
175th	Solomon Islands	76.91	-0.9%
176th	Comoros	78.81	-0.4%
177th	Rwanda	78.92	-0.8%
178th	Togo	79.54	-0.2%
179th	Timor-Leste	79.80	-2.2%
180th	Kenya	79.99	-1.4%
181st	Yemen, Republic of	80.31	-1.0%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	80.40	1.0%
183rd	Syrian Arab Republic	80.91	4.0%
184th	Côte d'Ivoire	80.97	0.7%
185th	Madagascar	81.03	-1.4%
186th	Sierra Leone	81.78	-1.6%
187th	Guinea-Bissau	82.03	-0.9%
188th	São Tomé and Principe	83.46	-0.4%
189th	Liberia	83.77	-0.4%
190th	South Sudan	83.88	2.4%
191st	Senegal	84.80	-0.9%
192nd	Cameroon	85.20	-0.9%
193rd	Eritrea	85.32	0.6%
194th	Gambia, The	85.76	-0.8%
195th	Sudan	85.99	-1.7%
196th	Monaco	86.53	4.0%
197th	Benin	86.69	-0.4%
198th	Guinea	87.99	-1.1%
199th	Zambia	88.38	-1.2%
200th	Zimbabwe	88.84	-0.1%
201st	Nigeria	89.72	-0.4%
202nd	Tanzania	90.38	-0.9%
203rd	Mauritania	91.52	-0.3%
204th	Angola	92.18	0.1%
205th	Burkina Faso	92.60	-0.5%
206th	Mozambique	93.93	-0.3%
207th	Malawi	94.17	-1.5%
208th	Afghanistan	94.61	-1.8%
209th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	96.53	0.0%
210th	Burundi	97.11	2.6%
211th	Uganda	100.03	-1.6%
212th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	100.06	-0.2%
213th	Chad	102.37	0.0%
214th	Mali	102.53	0.0%
215th	Central African Republic	103.92	2.4%
216th	Niger	106.77	-0.5%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's dependency ratio in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's dependency ratio in 2015 was 50.79. This ranked 91st globally.

How did Sri Lanka's dependency ratio change in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's dependency ratio increased by 0.8% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2015?▾

Niger had the highest dependency ratio in 2015 at 106.77.

What is the dependency ratio of Sri Lanka in 2015?▾

The dependency ratio of Sri Lanka in 2015 was 50.79. This ranked 91st globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Sri Lanka's dependency ratio?▾

Sri Lanka's dependency ratio went from 50.39 in 2014 to 50.79 in 2015, a 0.8% increase.

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