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Syrian Arab Republic - Dependency Ratio 1998

Name: Syrian Arab Republic Dependency Ratio 1998
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

85.66 −1.54 from 1997 Global rank: 164th

Syrian Arab Republic's dependency ratio was 85.66 in 1998, decreased +1.54 from 87.19 in 1997. This was the 164th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	United Arab Emirates	32.03	-5.5%
2nd	Singapore	33.61	-1.3%
3rd	Cayman Islands	34.00	-0.9%
4th	Qatar	35.27	-3.4%
5th	Northern Mariana Islands	36.61	-8.2%
6th	Andorra	36.79	0.7%
7th	Korea	38.94	-0.9%
8th	Hong Kong SAR, China	39.96	-0.7%
9th	Liechtenstein	40.75	-0.2%
10th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	40.81	-0.1%
11th	Bermuda	43.12	-0.9%
12th	Slovenia	43.20	-0.5%
13th	San Marino	43.27	0.7%
14th	Aruba	44.39	-2.1%
15th	British Virgin Islands	44.66	-0.6%
16th	Czechia	44.70	-1.4%
17th	Thailand	44.80	-1.1%
18th	Palau	45.08	-4.5%
19th	Japan	45.21	1.4%
20th	Cuba	45.35	-0.1%
21st	Macao SAR, China	45.66	-1.9%
22nd	Spain	45.67	-0.2%
23rd	Channel Islands	46.13	0.2%
24th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.22	-2.3%
25th	Germany	46.55	0.2%
26th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	46.68	0.3%
27th	Russian Federation	46.80	-2.9%
28th	Turks and Caicos Islands	47.01	-0.8%
29th	Italy	47.02	1.0%
30th	Hungary	47.11	-0.4%
31st	Netherlands	47.16	0.6%
32nd	Canada	47.31	-0.5%
33rd	Slovak Republic	47.33	-2.3%
34th	Mauritius	47.33	-1.6%
35th	Greenland	47.63	0.0%
36th	Serbia	47.68	0.7%
37th	Romania	47.69	0.2%
38th	China	47.79	-1.8%
39th	Croatia	47.80	1.1%
40th	Malta	48.03	-1.3%
41st	Bulgaria	48.12	-0.8%
42nd	Portugal	48.19	-0.1%
43rd	European Union	48.41	-0.1%
44th	Switzerland	48.49	0.3%
45th	Greece	48.57	-0.1%
46th	Poland	48.60	-2.3%
47th	Ukraine	48.64	-2.6%
48th	Trinidad and Tobago	48.68	-4.1%
49th	Austria	48.81	-0.5%
50th	Kuwait	48.87	-3.7%
51st	Luxembourg	49.13	0.7%
52nd	Bahrain	49.17	-2.3%
53rd	Denmark	49.28	0.7%
54th	Cyprus	49.70	-2.0%
55th	Finland	49.74	-0.5%
56th	Montenegro	49.74	-0.6%
57th	St. Martin (French part)	49.79	-1.8%
58th	Australia	49.80	-0.3%
59th	Belarus	49.94	-2.2%
60th	Barbados	50.43	-0.8%
61st	Latvia	50.59	-1.7%
62nd	North Macedonia	50.78	-0.7%
63rd	United States	50.87	-0.8%
64th	Estonia	51.09	-1.2%
65th	Ireland	51.13	-2.3%
66th	Sri Lanka	51.32	-1.6%
67th	Lithuania	51.87	-0.1%
68th	Belgium	52.09	0.5%
69th	Gibraltar	52.10	0.6%
70th	Brunei Darussalam	52.26	-2.3%
71st	New Zealand	52.78	0.1%
72nd	Bahamas, The	52.81	0.2%
73rd	France	53.22	0.3%
74th	Virgin Islands (US)	53.40	-0.1%
75th	Moldova	53.93	-2.4%
76th	New Caledonia	54.08	-0.1%
77th	Iceland	54.21	-0.9%
78th	United Kingdom	54.35	-0.5%
79th	Guam	54.68	0.2%
80th	Puerto Rico (US)	54.71	-0.4%
81st	Norway	54.73	-0.3%
82nd	Isle of Man	54.83	-1.1%
83rd	Georgia	54.87	-0.8%
84th	Chile	54.95	-0.8%
85th	Curaçao	55.45	0.2%
86th	Kazakhstan	55.53	-2.5%
87th	Monaco	55.68	0.2%
88th	Antigua and Barbuda	55.78	-1.5%
89th	Brazil	56.25	-2.1%
90th	Sweden	56.38	-0.5%
91st	Seychelles	56.70	-2.0%
92nd	Indonesia	57.58	-1.6%
93rd	Libya	58.24	-3.3%
94th	Türkiye	58.39	-2.0%
95th	Tunisia	58.96	-2.7%
96th	Albania	59.50	-0.7%
97th	Uruguay	59.65	0.3%
98th	French Polynesia	59.73	-2.0%
99th	Azerbaijan	59.78	-2.3%
100th	Faroe Islands	59.83	0.1%
101st	Colombia	60.39	-1.4%
102nd	Costa Rica	60.59	-2.1%
103rd	Myanmar	60.62	-1.9%
104th	Panama	61.08	-1.3%
105th	Lebanon	61.24	-2.0%
106th	Argentina	61.63	-0.7%
107th	St. Kitts and Nevis	61.76	-2.7%
108th	Armenia	61.84	-3.5%
109th	Suriname	62.44	-2.3%
110th	Israel	62.76	-1.0%
111th	Kosovo	63.03	4.8%
112th	Fiji	63.19	-2.1%
113th	Malaysia	63.32	-1.0%
114th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	63.43	-1.7%
115th	Morocco	64.72	-2.0%
116th	Viet Nam	64.81	-3.7%
117th	Peru	66.34	-1.8%
118th	Mexico	66.54	-1.3%
119th	Dominican Republic	67.39	-1.4%
120th	St. Lucia	67.40	-3.2%
121st	Algeria	67.48	-4.0%
122nd	Guyana	67.69	0.2%
123rd	Dominica	67.94	-1.2%
124th	Jamaica	68.01	-2.0%
125th	Mongolia	68.01	-3.0%
126th	Oman	68.16	-2.6%
127th	Ecuador	68.41	-1.0%
128th	India	68.44	-1.3%
129th	South Africa	69.84	-2.5%
130th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	70.28	-6.8%
131st	Grenada	71.19	0.3%
132nd	Saudi Arabia	71.45	-2.3%
133rd	Nauru	71.51	-2.6%
134th	Bangladesh	71.86	-2.3%
135th	Kyrgyz Republic	72.04	-2.8%
136th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	72.33	-1.9%
137th	El Salvador	72.81	-1.2%
138th	American Samoa	73.22	-0.3%
139th	Tuvalu	73.76	-0.4%
140th	Uzbekistan	74.43	-1.9%
141st	Papua New Guinea	74.96	-0.7%
142nd	Jordan	75.07	0.1%
143rd	Turkmenistan	75.19	-2.7%
144th	Philippines	75.54	-1.6%
145th	Botswana	75.86	-3.0%
146th	Bhutan	77.21	-2.1%
147th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	77.32	-0.5%
148th	Djibouti	77.91	-3.3%
149th	Paraguay	78.41	-1.7%
150th	Tonga	79.32	-1.4%
151st	Kiribati	79.41	-0.9%
152nd	Samoa	80.36	0.8%
153rd	Haiti	80.38	-0.9%
154th	Micronesia, Federated States of	80.71	-2.5%
155th	Belize	81.08	-2.1%
156th	Namibia	81.68	-0.5%
157th	Nicaragua	81.77	-2.3%
158th	Nepal	81.98	-0.3%
159th	Lesotho	82.22	-1.8%
160th	Timor-Leste	82.34	-0.3%
161st	Togo	85.11	-1.3%
162nd	Marshall Islands	85.19	-4.2%
163rd	Ghana	85.51	-1.5%
164th	Syrian Arab Republic	85.66	-1.8%
165th	Liberia	86.18	-0.3%
166th	Maldives	86.41	-3.9%
167th	Congo, Republic of	86.90	0.0%
168th	Equatorial Guinea	87.04	-0.2%
169th	Gabon	87.05	-1.5%
170th	Zimbabwe	87.23	-3.6%
171st	Honduras	87.86	-1.5%
172nd	Vanuatu	88.12	-2.0%
173rd	Solomon Islands	88.19	-1.0%
174th	Nigeria	88.61	-0.7%
175th	Lao PDR	88.82	-0.5%
176th	Iraq	89.16	-0.7%
177th	Cambodia	89.18	-3.4%
178th	Sierra Leone	89.60	0.2%
179th	Pakistan	89.87	-1.0%
180th	Tajikistan	90.14	-2.3%
181st	Eritrea	90.54	3.0%
182nd	Tanzania	90.71	-0.4%
183rd	Senegal	90.78	-0.9%
184th	Mozambique	90.96	0.1%
185th	Mauritania	91.12	-0.4%
186th	Eswatini	91.13	-3.4%
187th	Cabo Verde	92.14	-2.0%
188th	Guatemala	92.30	-0.8%
189th	Central African Republic	92.56	-0.4%
190th	São Tomé and Principe	92.78	-1.8%
191st	Madagascar	93.07	0.1%
192nd	South Sudan	93.24	-0.9%
193rd	Angola	93.71	-0.1%
194th	Côte d'Ivoire	94.29	-0.7%
195th	Guinea	94.37	1.2%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	94.45	1.0%
197th	Cameroon	94.73	-1.0%
198th	Guinea-Bissau	95.27	-1.1%
199th	Benin	96.00	-0.7%
200th	Kenya	96.17	-1.2%
201st	Sudan	96.18	-0.5%
202nd	Niger	96.80	0.6%
203rd	Malawi	97.07	-0.1%
204th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	99.10	0.4%
205th	Burkina Faso	100.22	-0.8%
206th	Gambia, The	100.41	-0.1%
207th	Mali	100.75	-0.7%
208th	West Bank and Gaza	101.15	-0.9%
209th	Zambia	102.74	-0.4%
210th	Rwanda	104.61	-4.7%
211th	Chad	105.87	0.8%
212th	Afghanistan	107.59	1.1%
213th	Burundi	107.67	-2.2%
214th	Comoros	108.13	-0.6%
215th	Uganda	111.09	0.6%
216th	Yemen, Republic of	111.23	-1.5%

FAQ

What was Syrian Arab Republic's dependency ratio in 1998?▾

Syrian Arab Republic's dependency ratio in 1998 was 85.66. This ranked 164th globally.

How did Syrian Arab Republic's dependency ratio change in 1998?▾

Syrian Arab Republic's dependency ratio decreased by 1.8% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1998?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest dependency ratio in 1998 at 111.23.

What is the dependency ratio of Syrian Arab Republic in 1998?▾

The dependency ratio of Syrian Arab Republic in 1998 was 85.66. This ranked 164th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Syrian Arab Republic's dependency ratio?▾

Syrian Arab Republic's dependency ratio went from 87.19 in 1997 to 85.66 in 1998, a 1.8% decrease.

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