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Sweden – Dependency Ratio 2009

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
52.82 +0.45 from 2008 G20 rank: 114th

Sweden's dependency ratio was 52.82 in 2009, increased +0.45 from 52.37 in 2008. This was the 114th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2009
Dependency Ratio by Country – 2009
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Qatar 17.55 -4.8%
2nd United Arab Emirates 22.46 -0.5%
3rd Macao SAR, China 25.41 -4.1%
4th Singapore 27.87 -2.6%
5th Bahrain 29.35 -3.8%
6th Cayman Islands 30.92 -0.9%
7th Kuwait 33.53 -1.9%
8th Hong Kong SAR, China 34.48 -1.1%
9th Trinidad and Tobago 36.10 -0.4%
10th Andorra 37.03 1.6%
11th China 37.26 -0.4%
12th Palau 37.72 -1.9%
13th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 38.00 -0.1%
14th Korea 38.03 -1.0%
15th Slovak Republic 38.54 -0.1%
16th British Virgin Islands 38.80 1.0%
17th Russian Federation 39.06 -1.4%
18th Moldova 39.98 -1.9%
19th Cyprus 39.99 -1.7%
20th Mauritius 40.10 -2.0%
21st Poland 40.25 -1.1%
22nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 40.26 -1.2%
23rd Azerbaijan 40.39 -3.5%
24th Brunei Darussalam 40.45 0.0%
25th Thailand 40.64 -0.9%
26th Belarus 40.86 -1.5%
27th Ukraine 41.24 -1.2%
28th Northern Mariana Islands 41.53 1.5%
29th Czechia 41.60 1.9%
30th Turks and Caicos Islands 41.81 -0.5%
31st Greenland 41.93 -0.8%
32nd Liechtenstein 42.26 1.7%
33rd Malta 42.70 0.6%
34th Bermuda 42.90 -1.5%
35th Seychelles 43.22 -2.5%
36th Armenia 43.29 -1.7%
37th Cuba 43.43 0.2%
38th Aruba 43.54 0.6%
39th Slovenia 43.57 1.3%
40th Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.89 0.7%
41st Canada 44.07 0.2%
42nd Tunisia 44.47 -1.0%
43rd Saudi Arabia 44.68 -4.5%
44th Oman 45.04 -2.9%
45th North Macedonia 45.12 -0.8%
46th Viet Nam 45.17 -2.7%
47th Channel Islands 45.23 -0.2%
48th Hungary 45.24 0.4%
49th Maldives 45.40 -6.1%
50th Bulgaria 45.51 1.1%
51st Antigua and Barbuda 45.55 -1.5%
52nd St. Kitts and Nevis 45.60 -1.9%
53rd Romania 45.66 1.1%
54th Spain 45.85 1.4%
55th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 46.24 -0.7%
56th Brazil 46.31 -1.3%
57th Mongolia 46.41 -0.7%
58th Chile 46.56 -1.2%
59th Ireland 46.68 2.5%
60th Luxembourg 46.75 -1.0%
61st Kazakhstan 46.77 -0.4%
62nd Switzerland 46.80 0.2%
63rd Barbados 46.85 0.5%
64th Serbia 47.04 -0.8%
65th Latvia 47.28 1.6%
66th St. Lucia 47.57 -2.5%
67th Lithuania 47.76 -0.4%
68th French Polynesia 47.79 -1.3%
69th San Marino 47.79 0.9%
70th Algeria 47.92 -0.7%
71st Estonia 48.08 0.6%
72nd United States 48.10 0.4%
73rd Australia 48.15 0.0%
74th Georgia 48.17 -1.5%
75th Costa Rica 48.21 -1.4%
76th Austria 48.25 0.1%
77th Curaçao 48.32 -1.0%
78th Lebanon 48.41 -1.7%
79th Bahamas, The 48.54 -1.1%
80th Iceland 48.59 1.1%
81st Netherlands 48.64 0.5%
82nd Sri Lanka 48.64 0.5%
83rd St. Martin (French part) 48.76 -1.6%
84th Montenegro 48.77 -0.7%
85th European Union 49.27 0.6%
86th Albania 49.46 -2.0%
87th Croatia 49.95 -0.3%
88th Malaysia 50.22 -2.6%
89th Türkiye 50.25 -1.6%
90th Greece 50.41 0.8%
91st Portugal 50.46 0.6%
92nd Finland 50.48 0.5%
93rd Gibraltar 50.53 -0.5%
94th Jamaica 50.64 -3.0%
95th New Caledonia 50.80 -0.6%
96th New Zealand 50.83 0.4%
97th Colombia 50.85 -1.9%
98th Norway 50.90 -0.1%
99th Myanmar 51.10 -1.6%
100th Indonesia 51.43 -0.7%
101st United Kingdom 51.44 0.5%
102nd Belgium 51.49 0.1%
103rd Libya 51.69 -1.0%
104th Isle of Man 51.71 0.4%
105th Grenada 51.73 -2.4%
106th Virgin Islands (US) 51.75 1.1%
107th Uzbekistan 52.10 -2.5%
108th Germany 52.16 0.7%
109th Denmark 52.19 0.9%
110th Italy 52.33 0.5%
111th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 52.39 -1.6%
112th Guam 52.53 -0.8%
113th Morocco 52.80 -1.1%
114th Sweden 52.82 0.9%
115th Turkmenistan 53.02 -2.9%
116th South Africa 53.67 -1.0%
117th Kosovo 53.70 -0.8%
118th Dominica 53.82 -2.1%
119th Kyrgyz Republic 53.83 -2.7%
120th Bhutan 54.10 -2.7%
121st France 54.24 0.7%
122nd Fiji 54.78 -0.6%
123rd Panama 55.23 -0.5%
124th Puerto Rico (US) 55.56 0.3%
125th Argentina 56.74 -0.6%
126th Japan 56.79 1.9%
127th Mexico 56.79 -1.6%
128th Dominican Republic 56.87 -1.6%
129th Suriname 56.95 -0.4%
130th Faroe Islands 57.29 1.0%
131st Uruguay 57.88 -0.7%
132nd Peru 57.92 -1.0%
133rd India 57.92 -1.6%
134th Nauru 59.25 0.6%
135th Guyana 59.60 -2.2%
136th Ecuador 59.84 -1.2%
137th Botswana 60.37 -1.1%
138th Cambodia 60.42 -2.8%
139th Israel 60.52 0.2%
140th Egypt, Arab Republic of 60.76 -0.2%
141st Paraguay 61.35 -2.1%
142nd Cabo Verde 61.56 -4.2%
143rd Bangladesh 62.70 -1.0%
144th Monaco 62.85 5.3%
145th Tuvalu 62.97 -2.1%
146th Nicaragua 64.03 -1.9%
147th American Samoa 64.35 -1.6%
148th Philippines 64.73 -1.1%
149th Micronesia, Federated States of 64.76 -2.1%
150th El Salvador 64.94 -2.6%
151st Syrian Arab Republic 65.89 0.4%
152nd Jordan 66.34 -1.8%
153rd Belize 67.20 -1.9%
154th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 67.30 -1.4%
155th Tajikistan 67.56 -1.5%
156th Djibouti 67.73 -1.6%
157th Kiribati 67.76 -0.8%
158th Papua New Guinea 67.90 -1.0%
159th Namibia 68.01 -1.5%
160th Haiti 68.20 -1.5%
161st Lao PDR 68.91 -3.3%
162nd Lesotho 69.34 -0.8%
163rd Nepal 70.51 -2.4%
164th Marshall Islands 70.87 0.9%
165th Vanuatu 71.10 -1.0%
166th Honduras 71.55 -2.4%
167th Gabon 72.04 -1.5%
168th Equatorial Guinea 72.18 -0.9%
169th Eswatini 72.96 -2.0%
170th Ghana 74.40 -1.0%
171st Pakistan 76.32 -1.3%
172nd Congo, Republic of 76.45 -0.8%
173rd Samoa 76.73 -0.8%
174th Tonga 77.18 -0.9%
175th Guatemala 77.76 -2.2%
176th Togo 79.46 -0.1%
177th Iraq 80.11 -1.1%
178th Solomon Islands 80.48 -0.2%
179th West Bank and Gaza 82.68 -2.2%
180th Rwanda 82.94 -0.5%
181st Zimbabwe 84.48 1.2%
182nd São Tomé and Principe 84.67 -0.2%
183rd Kenya 84.67 -0.6%
184th Timor-Leste 84.87 0.5%
185th South Sudan 84.91 -1.6%
186th Senegal 85.92 0.0%
187th Guinea-Bissau 85.94 -0.8%
188th Eritrea 86.35 -0.9%
189th Liberia 86.45 -0.1%
190th Comoros 86.83 -2.7%
191st Sierra Leone 87.47 -0.6%
192nd Cameroon 87.94 -0.4%
193rd Yemen, Republic of 88.05 -2.3%
194th Madagascar 88.63 -1.1%
195th Côte d'Ivoire 89.07 -3.7%
196th Benin 89.20 -0.7%
197th Sudan 89.76 -0.9%
198th Burundi 89.85 -0.9%
199th Mauritania 89.92 -0.2%
200th Nigeria 90.02 0.4%
201st Gambia, The 90.22 -1.2%
202nd Central African Republic 90.88 0.5%
203rd Angola 91.78 0.0%
204th Tanzania 92.46 0.7%
205th Burkina Faso 93.11 0.3%
206th Zambia 93.41 -0.9%
207th Mozambique 93.50 0.5%
208th Guinea 93.70 -1.0%
209th Congo, Democratic Republic of 96.80 0.3%
210th Mali 99.16 0.5%
211th Malawi 99.79 -0.4%
212th Chad 103.97 -0.3%
213th Afghanistan 104.80 -1.4%
214th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 105.21 -0.4%
215th Niger 106.75 0.7%
216th Uganda 106.96 -0.9%