United Arab Emirates – Dependency Ratio 1978

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
39.56 −0.10 from 1977 G20 rank: 1st

United Arab Emirates's dependency ratio was 39.56 in 1978, decreased +0.10 from 39.65 in 1977. This was the 1st highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1978
Dependency Ratio by Country – 1978
RankCountryValueYoY
1st United Arab Emirates 39.56 -0.2%
2nd Andorra 44.71 -2.3%
3rd Serbia 45.75 -0.2%
4th Russian Federation 46.19 -0.1%
5th Bermuda 46.65 -3.0%
6th Japan 47.92 0.8%
7th Finland 48.17 -0.3%
8th Croatia 48.59 0.3%
9th Luxembourg 49.04 -1.0%
10th Nauru 49.18 -2.1%
11th Canada 49.27 -2.3%
12th Liechtenstein 49.81 -2.0%
13th Malta 49.85 -0.7%
14th Singapore 49.87 -4.6%
15th Ukraine 49.88 -0.1%
16th Hong Kong SAR, China 50.10 -4.2%
17th Latvia 50.36 -0.4%
18th Qatar 50.51 -5.5%
19th Bulgaria 50.67 0.2%
20th San Marino 50.81 -2.0%
21st Moldova 51.42 -0.5%
22nd United States 51.50 -1.7%
23rd Belarus 51.51 -1.3%
24th Channel Islands 51.53 -0.8%
25th Poland 51.58 0.8%
26th Estonia 51.61 0.3%
27th Switzerland 52.39 -1.2%
28th Slovenia 52.41 0.2%
29th Hungary 53.16 2.3%
30th Netherlands 53.28 -2.0%
31st Gibraltar 53.66 -0.3%
32nd Georgia 53.78 -1.6%
33rd Germany 54.29 -1.8%
34th Lithuania 54.48 -1.5%
35th Australia 54.55 -1.2%
36th Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.56 -2.3%
37th Belgium 54.61 -1.2%
38th Greenland 55.08 -6.2%
39th Denmark 55.86 -0.6%
40th European Union 55.96 -0.4%
41st Aruba 56.16 -3.0%
42nd Sweden 56.56 0.1%
43rd Greece 56.62 0.5%
44th Italy 56.70 -0.6%
45th North Macedonia 57.24 -1.1%
46th Cyprus 57.32 -3.5%
47th Slovak Republic 57.44 0.6%
48th Montenegro 57.51 -1.5%
49th United Kingdom 57.66 -1.3%
50th Romania 57.87 2.3%
51st Czechia 57.99 1.7%
52nd Monaco 58.05 -0.8%
53rd Armenia 58.25 -2.6%
54th France 58.38 -0.7%
55th Austria 58.47 -1.9%
56th Cayman Islands 59.26 -4.3%
57th Norway 59.43 -0.4%
58th Uruguay 59.89 0.5%
59th Spain 60.12 -0.4%
60th Portugal 60.28 -0.5%
61st Argentina 60.39 1.2%
62nd New Zealand 60.47 -1.7%
63rd Barbados 60.51 -3.3%
64th Guam 60.59 -1.6%
65th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 60.66 -1.1%
66th Iceland 61.32 -1.8%
67th Kazakhstan 62.31 0.0%
68th Curaçao 63.53 -3.6%
69th Faroe Islands 63.54 -1.3%
70th Chile 63.57 -1.7%
71st Bahrain 64.08 -3.9%
72nd Mauritius 64.16 -2.8%
73rd Korea 64.71 -3.6%
74th Trinidad and Tobago 65.68 -2.8%
75th Tuvalu 65.76 -6.0%
76th British Virgin Islands 67.66 -0.6%
77th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 67.79 -3.1%
78th Timor-Leste 68.12 -2.3%
79th Azerbaijan 68.43 -5.8%
80th Isle of Man 68.54 -0.8%
81st Puerto Rico (US) 68.65 -1.2%
82nd Bahamas, The 69.51 -2.7%
83rd Cuba 70.00 -3.2%
84th Sri Lanka 70.07 -0.9%
85th Antigua and Barbuda 70.25 -3.6%
86th Israel 70.61 1.1%
87th Ireland 70.82 -0.6%
88th Virgin Islands (US) 72.31 -1.6%
89th Brunei Darussalam 72.68 -2.3%
90th Kuwait 72.71 -3.6%
91st Costa Rica 73.41 -2.4%
92nd Albania 73.94 -2.4%
93rd Brazil 74.11 -1.5%
94th China 74.66 -4.6%
95th Macao SAR, China 75.82 -17.5%
96th Fiji 75.88 -2.0%
97th New Caledonia 76.60 -1.0%
98th Malaysia 76.63 -2.0%
99th Kyrgyz Republic 77.12 -1.3%
100th Thailand 77.16 -2.9%
101st Myanmar 77.61 -0.7%
102nd India 78.71 -0.6%
103rd Nepal 79.39 0.3%
104th Kosovo 79.72 -2.1%
105th Lebanon 79.84 -1.8%
106th French Polynesia 80.36 -1.7%
107th Northern Mariana Islands 80.78 -2.8%
108th Indonesia 81.13 -1.0%
109th Colombia 81.24 -2.3%
110th American Samoa 81.35 -2.8%
111th St. Martin (French part) 81.78 -4.0%
112th Bhutan 82.06 0.5%
113th Türkiye 82.18 -1.5%
114th Seychelles 82.19 -3.4%
115th Egypt, Arab Republic of 82.21 0.1%
116th South Africa 82.61 -0.8%
117th Haiti 82.65 0.3%
118th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 82.80 -0.1%
119th Lesotho 83.05 0.8%
120th Panama 83.66 -1.8%
121st Papua New Guinea 83.99 -1.4%
122nd Gabon 84.27 1.2%
123rd Sierra Leone 84.69 0.5%
124th Viet Nam 84.78 -1.3%
125th Kiribati 84.88 -2.3%
126th Equatorial Guinea 85.01 0.7%
127th Guinea 85.42 1.1%
128th Uzbekistan 85.80 -2.7%
129th Iran, Islamic Republic of 85.86 -0.1%
130th Grenada 86.31 -1.7%
131st Turkmenistan 86.46 -1.8%
132nd Palau 87.12 -2.5%
133rd Paraguay 87.28 -1.6%
134th Saudi Arabia 87.35 -0.9%
135th Tunisia 87.36 -1.4%
136th Ecuador 87.45 -1.0%
137th Liberia 87.72 0.4%
138th Mali 87.76 1.4%
139th Central African Republic 87.94 -0.2%
140th Eritrea 88.08 0.3%
141st Lao PDR 88.22 1.3%
142nd Suriname 88.43 -3.1%
143rd Gambia, The 88.44 1.7%
144th Cambodia 88.63 -1.4%
145th Pakistan 88.74 -0.2%
146th St. Kitts and Nevis 89.05 -1.6%
147th Dominican Republic 89.29 -1.9%
148th Guyana 89.32 -1.8%
149th Tajikistan 89.48 -1.0%
150th Peru 89.76 -0.9%
151st Nigeria 89.89 1.0%
152nd Congo, Democratic Republic of 90.03 -0.4%
153rd Angola 90.33 -1.0%
154th Vanuatu 90.96 -0.8%
155th El Salvador 90.99 -1.6%
156th Mozambique 91.00 1.0%
157th Burkina Faso 91.32 1.0%
158th Morocco 91.40 -1.6%
159th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 91.40 0.3%
160th Philippines 91.54 -2.0%
161st South Sudan 91.95 0.6%
162nd Turks and Caicos Islands 92.11 -1.9%
163rd Cameroon 92.69 1.1%
164th Bangladesh 92.72 0.1%
165th Malawi 92.78 0.4%
166th Guatemala 92.96 0.0%
167th Afghanistan 93.07 0.7%
168th Djibouti 93.31 0.1%
169th Jamaica 93.38 -1.9%
170th Senegal 93.50 1.7%
171st Maldives 93.68 0.2%
172nd Tonga 94.43 -1.7%
173rd Mauritania 95.44 0.4%
174th Niger 95.63 -0.3%
175th Burundi 95.74 -0.4%
176th Côte d'Ivoire 96.00 1.5%
177th Rwanda 96.05 0.0%
178th Togo 96.16 0.3%
179th Dominica 96.62 -2.5%
180th Chad 96.86 1.6%
181st Congo, Republic of 96.99 0.1%
182nd Mongolia 97.68 -1.9%
183rd Benin 97.81 0.1%
184th Mexico 98.18 -1.2%
185th Tanzania 98.22 0.7%
186th Botswana 98.33 -2.5%
187th Guinea-Bissau 98.34 4.3%
188th Ghana 98.37 -1.7%
189th São Tomé and Principe 98.79 -0.6%
190th Belize 98.94 -1.8%
191st Nicaragua 99.26 0.1%
192nd St. Vincent and the Grenadines 99.59 -0.7%
193rd Sudan 99.65 -1.1%
194th Namibia 99.78 2.3%
195th Oman 101.15 -0.7%
196th Madagascar 101.23 0.2%
197th Algeria 101.42 -1.1%
198th Samoa 101.50 -2.2%
199th Uganda 102.00 0.3%
200th Micronesia, Federated States of 102.05 -0.2%
201st Honduras 102.07 0.0%
202nd Libya 102.31 -1.2%
203rd Yemen, Republic of 102.31 1.6%
204th St. Lucia 104.97 -5.0%
205th Eswatini 105.20 0.8%
206th Comoros 105.24 0.4%
207th Solomon Islands 106.39 0.0%
208th Iraq 106.57 -0.6%
209th Syrian Arab Republic 107.05 -0.1%
210th Zimbabwe 107.83 1.4%
211th Zambia 110.58 0.6%
212th Cabo Verde 110.58 1.5%
213th Marshall Islands 111.78 1.3%
214th Jordan 111.81 -1.0%
215th Kenya 117.14 -0.5%