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United States - Dependency Ratio 1972

Name: United States Dependency Ratio 1972
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

59.41 −1.44 from 1971 Global rank: 43rd

United States's dependency ratio was 59.41 in 1972, decreased +1.44 from 60.85 in 1971. This was the 43rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1972▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1972
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	United Arab Emirates	42.45	-3.1%
2nd	Japan	44.50	1.6%
3rd	Serbia	45.76	-0.4%
4th	Hungary	47.19	-0.2%
5th	Croatia	47.92	-0.2%
6th	Bulgaria	48.30	0.3%
7th	Russian Federation	49.19	-1.7%
8th	Finland	49.48	-1.5%
9th	Czechia	50.71	0.8%
10th	Ukraine	50.89	-0.4%
11th	Slovenia	51.23	0.3%
12th	Latvia	51.24	0.6%
13th	Romania	51.27	0.5%
14th	Estonia	51.58	0.5%
15th	Poland	51.83	-1.8%
16th	Luxembourg	52.18	-1.3%
17th	Andorra	52.23	-2.2%
18th	Sweden	53.82	1.2%
19th	Gibraltar	53.96	1.2%
20th	Bermuda	54.03	-1.1%
21st	San Marino	54.28	0.1%
22nd	Switzerland	54.55	-0.1%
23rd	Malta	54.60	-2.3%
24th	Liechtenstein	55.02	-1.2%
25th	Channel Islands	55.47	0.2%
26th	Denmark	55.50	0.5%
27th	Greece	55.77	0.2%
28th	Moldova	56.17	-2.2%
29th	Slovak Republic	56.34	-1.2%
30th	Italy	56.55	0.8%
31st	European Union	56.72	0.0%
32nd	Macao SAR, China	56.72	-19.3%
33rd	Argentina	57.19	0.4%
34th	Belarus	57.36	-2.3%
35th	Canada	57.82	-2.9%
36th	Uruguay	58.19	0.0%
37th	Monaco	58.24	0.9%
38th	Germany	58.41	-0.2%
39th	Australia	58.44	-0.6%
40th	Belgium	58.45	-0.3%
41st	Netherlands	59.06	-0.8%
42nd	Lithuania	59.31	0.1%
43rd	United States	59.41	-2.4%
44th	Norway	59.82	0.2%
45th	Georgia	59.90	-1.8%
46th	United Kingdom	60.00	0.6%
47th	France	60.44	0.0%
48th	Spain	60.50	0.3%
49th	North Macedonia	61.36	-1.3%
50th	Portugal	61.44	-0.3%
51st	Austria	62.59	-0.1%
52nd	Montenegro	62.91	-2.0%
53rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	63.02	-2.4%
54th	Hong Kong SAR, China	64.40	-4.6%
55th	Qatar	65.38	2.1%
56th	Israel	65.73	0.0%
57th	Cyprus	65.76	-0.3%
58th	Singapore	66.22	-4.5%
59th	Faroe Islands	66.42	-0.9%
60th	New Zealand	66.59	-1.0%
61st	Kazakhstan	66.60	-1.9%
62nd	Isle of Man	67.55	1.4%
63rd	Iceland	68.25	-1.8%
64th	Guam	68.29	-1.3%
65th	Nauru	68.97	-6.0%
66th	Aruba	69.81	-2.4%
67th	Barbados	69.87	-0.8%
68th	Chile	70.19	-1.4%
69th	British Virgin Islands	70.77	-0.6%
70th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	71.15	-1.5%
71st	Virgin Islands (US)	71.24	3.2%
72nd	Armenia	72.14	-3.1%
73rd	Ireland	72.89	-0.5%
74th	Timor-Leste	73.78	0.2%
75th	Puerto Rico (US)	74.72	-2.4%
76th	Sri Lanka	75.70	-1.0%
77th	Cuba	76.28	0.3%
78th	Bahamas, The	76.54	-0.4%
79th	Cayman Islands	77.28	-4.0%
80th	New Caledonia	77.31	1.2%
81st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.48	-0.2%
82nd	Gabon	77.69	1.5%
83rd	Nepal	77.79	0.3%
84th	Mauritius	77.83	-3.1%
85th	Curaçao	77.84	-2.3%
86th	Trinidad and Tobago	78.58	-2.7%
87th	China	79.12	-0.9%
88th	Greenland	79.57	-3.9%
89th	Myanmar	79.73	-0.4%
90th	Bhutan	79.79	0.3%
91st	Korea	80.06	-2.0%
92nd	Guinea	80.72	0.6%
93rd	India	81.31	-0.3%
94th	Equatorial Guinea	81.38	0.5%
95th	Haiti	81.38	0.2%
96th	Brazil	81.40	-1.5%
97th	Mali	81.41	1.0%
98th	Sierra Leone	81.48	0.8%
99th	Gambia, The	81.71	0.5%
100th	Kyrgyz Republic	82.39	-0.5%
101st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	82.42	-0.3%
102nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	83.33	0.0%
103rd	Kuwait	83.53	-0.6%
104th	Lao PDR	83.63	0.4%
105th	Brunei Darussalam	83.81	-1.3%
106th	Indonesia	84.40	0.0%
107th	South Africa	84.59	-0.1%
108th	Tuvalu	84.69	-3.6%
109th	Albania	85.05	-1.7%
110th	Nigeria	85.21	0.8%
111th	Liberia	85.30	0.5%
112th	Bahrain	85.42	-4.5%
113th	Burkina Faso	85.66	1.2%
114th	Guinea-Bissau	86.25	0.4%
115th	Malaysia	86.28	-1.9%
116th	Eritrea	86.49	1.0%
117th	Costa Rica	86.73	-2.5%
118th	Central African Republic	86.76	0.7%
119th	Kosovo	87.07	-0.9%
120th	Lesotho	87.12	-2.0%
121st	Cameroon	87.16	1.0%
122nd	Mozambique	87.21	0.7%
123rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	87.60	0.8%
124th	Fiji	87.74	-2.2%
125th	Senegal	88.30	0.1%
126th	Lebanon	88.42	-1.7%
127th	Thailand	88.55	-1.5%
128th	Antigua and Barbuda	88.72	-3.2%
129th	Pakistan	88.74	0.5%
130th	Türkiye	88.75	-0.7%
131st	Afghanistan	88.78	0.9%
132nd	Papua New Guinea	88.97	0.2%
133rd	South Sudan	89.00	0.6%
134th	Chad	89.16	1.0%
135th	French Polynesia	90.63	-2.1%
136th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	90.71	-1.1%
137th	Panama	90.71	-0.7%
138th	Malawi	90.88	0.5%
139th	Azerbaijan	90.93	-2.9%
140th	Djibouti	91.02	0.8%
141st	Côte d'Ivoire	91.07	0.1%
142nd	Bangladesh	91.10	0.6%
143rd	Viet Nam	91.22	-1.3%
144th	Mauritania	91.63	1.2%
145th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	91.66	-0.2%
146th	Ecuador	92.05	-0.6%
147th	Tunisia	92.15	-0.7%
148th	Yemen, Republic of	92.47	1.9%
149th	Colombia	92.47	-1.8%
150th	Saudi Arabia	92.53	-0.8%
151st	Maldives	92.62	0.3%
152nd	Peru	92.96	-0.2%
153rd	Cambodia	93.29	0.8%
154th	Guatemala	93.49	0.0%
155th	Togo	93.54	0.5%
156th	Namibia	93.60	0.6%
157th	St. Martin (French part)	93.74	0.1%
158th	American Samoa	93.95	-2.2%
159th	Congo, Republic of	94.42	0.6%
160th	Tajikistan	94.72	-0.5%
161st	Tanzania	95.03	0.4%
162nd	Benin	95.12	0.9%
163rd	Burundi	95.16	2.4%
164th	Vanuatu	95.19	-0.4%
165th	Kiribati	95.72	-0.7%
166th	Paraguay	95.78	-1.3%
167th	Angola	96.15	-0.3%
168th	Seychelles	96.27	-1.6%
169th	Iraq	96.61	2.7%
170th	Turkmenistan	96.67	-1.4%
171st	Grenada	97.58	-1.9%
172nd	Niger	98.00	-0.5%
173rd	Uganda	98.03	1.1%
174th	Tonga	98.12	-0.2%
175th	Morocco	98.27	-0.7%
176th	Northern Mariana Islands	98.46	-4.2%
177th	Guyana	98.50	-1.2%
178th	El Salvador	98.59	-0.9%
179th	Uzbekistan	98.72	-1.2%
180th	Nicaragua	99.74	-0.3%
181st	Madagascar	99.91	0.3%
182nd	Dominican Republic	100.25	-1.8%
183rd	Oman	100.46	1.8%
184th	Comoros	100.62	0.9%
185th	Eswatini	100.93	0.3%
186th	Marshall Islands	100.99	4.9%
187th	Philippines	101.07	-0.8%
188th	Sudan	101.14	0.3%
189th	Rwanda	101.19	-1.6%
190th	Solomon Islands	101.20	0.5%
191st	Algeria	101.41	-0.5%
192nd	Palau	101.72	-0.4%
193rd	Mexico	101.91	0.0%
194th	São Tomé and Principe	101.93	-0.6%
195th	Micronesia, Federated States of	102.34	0.9%
196th	Cabo Verde	102.41	0.2%
197th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	102.48	-0.2%
198th	Jamaica	103.17	-0.7%
199th	Honduras	103.57	-0.2%
200th	Zambia	104.47	1.3%
201st	Turks and Caicos Islands	104.71	-3.4%
202nd	Zimbabwe	105.60	-0.3%
203rd	Mongolia	105.75	-0.2%
204th	Ghana	105.82	-0.5%
205th	Syrian Arab Republic	106.89	-0.1%
206th	St. Kitts and Nevis	107.45	-5.0%
207th	Suriname	107.66	-2.8%
208th	Belize	110.35	-1.9%
209th	Botswana	113.04	-1.3%
210th	Dominica	113.88	-3.0%
211th	Jordan	115.14	0.2%
212th	Samoa	115.83	-1.1%
213th	Kenya	117.59	0.5%
214th	Libya	117.90	-0.2%
215th	St. Lucia	121.41	0.2%

FAQ

What was United States's dependency ratio in 1972?▾

United States's dependency ratio in 1972 was 59.41. This ranked 43rd globally.

How did United States's dependency ratio change in 1972?▾

United States's dependency ratio decreased by 2.4% in 1972 compared to 1971.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1972?▾

St. Lucia had the highest dependency ratio in 1972 at 121.41.

What is the dependency ratio of United States in 1972?▾

The dependency ratio of United States in 1972 was 59.41. This ranked 43rd globally.

How does 1972 compare to 1971 for United States's dependency ratio?▾

United States's dependency ratio went from 60.85 in 1971 to 59.41 in 1972, a 2.4% decrease.

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