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United States - Dependency Ratio 1977

Name: United States Dependency Ratio 1977
Creator: World Bank
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

52.40 −1.14 from 1976 Global rank: 27th

United States's dependency ratio was 52.40 in 1977, decreased +1.14 from 53.54 in 1976. This was the 27th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1977▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1977
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	United Arab Emirates	39.65	-1.4%
2nd	Andorra	45.74	-2.3%
3rd	Serbia	45.84	0.0%
4th	Russian Federation	46.23	-0.5%
5th	Japan	47.54	1.0%
6th	Bermuda	48.09	-3.5%
7th	Finland	48.31	-0.1%
8th	Croatia	48.44	0.3%
9th	Luxembourg	49.51	-1.2%
10th	Ukraine	49.93	0.0%
11th	Nauru	50.22	-5.1%
12th	Malta	50.23	-1.1%
13th	Canada	50.40	-2.4%
14th	Bulgaria	50.55	1.0%
15th	Latvia	50.57	-0.4%
16th	Liechtenstein	50.85	-1.6%
17th	Poland	51.19	0.8%
18th	Estonia	51.48	0.2%
19th	Moldova	51.68	-1.0%
20th	San Marino	51.85	-2.0%
21st	Hungary	51.95	2.5%
22nd	Channel Islands	51.95	-0.7%
23rd	Belarus	52.17	-1.4%
24th	Singapore	52.27	-4.6%
25th	Hong Kong SAR, China	52.28	-4.0%
26th	Slovenia	52.33	0.2%
27th	United States	52.40	-2.1%
28th	Switzerland	53.05	-0.9%
29th	Qatar	53.48	-5.5%
30th	Gibraltar	53.80	-0.1%
31st	Netherlands	54.35	-2.0%
32nd	Georgia	54.68	-1.8%
33rd	Australia	55.23	-1.3%
34th	Belgium	55.28	-1.3%
35th	Germany	55.29	-1.6%
36th	Lithuania	55.29	-1.6%
37th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	55.87	-2.3%
38th	Denmark	56.19	-0.2%
39th	European Union	56.21	-0.3%
40th	Greece	56.35	0.5%
41st	Sweden	56.48	0.5%
42nd	Romania	56.59	2.6%
43rd	Czechia	57.04	2.2%
44th	Italy	57.06	-0.4%
45th	Slovak Republic	57.07	0.6%
46th	North Macedonia	57.88	-0.8%
47th	Aruba	57.91	-3.5%
48th	United Kingdom	58.40	-1.3%
49th	Montenegro	58.41	-1.2%
50th	Monaco	58.54	-0.1%
51st	Greenland	58.70	-6.9%
52nd	France	58.81	-0.8%
53rd	Cyprus	59.38	-3.6%
54th	Uruguay	59.58	0.7%
55th	Austria	59.63	-1.8%
56th	Argentina	59.65	1.2%
57th	Norway	59.68	-0.3%
58th	Armenia	59.82	-3.2%
59th	Spain	60.35	0.0%
60th	Portugal	60.59	-0.2%
61st	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	61.31	-2.0%
62nd	New Zealand	61.53	-1.7%
63rd	Guam	61.56	-1.7%
64th	Cayman Islands	61.96	-4.3%
65th	Kazakhstan	62.32	0.1%
66th	Iceland	62.44	-1.6%
67th	Barbados	62.60	-2.6%
68th	Faroe Islands	64.35	-0.9%
69th	Chile	64.66	-1.7%
70th	Curaçao	65.87	-3.6%
71st	Mauritius	66.01	-3.0%
72nd	Bahrain	66.69	-4.3%
73rd	Korea	67.14	-3.9%
74th	Trinidad and Tobago	67.60	-3.2%
75th	British Virgin Islands	68.06	-0.7%
76th	Isle of Man	69.09	-0.5%
77th	Puerto Rico (US)	69.48	-1.0%
78th	Timor-Leste	69.75	-2.1%
79th	Israel	69.81	1.4%
80th	Tuvalu	69.95	-5.0%
81st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	69.99	-2.4%
82nd	Sri Lanka	70.74	-1.1%
83rd	Ireland	71.26	-0.5%
84th	Bahamas, The	71.42	-2.3%
85th	Cuba	72.29	-2.4%
86th	Azerbaijan	72.63	-5.5%
87th	Antigua and Barbuda	72.83	-3.8%
88th	Virgin Islands (US)	73.50	-0.3%
89th	Brunei Darussalam	74.40	-2.8%
90th	Brazil	75.22	-1.5%
91st	Costa Rica	75.24	-2.7%
92nd	Kuwait	75.41	-3.8%
93rd	Albania	75.79	-2.6%
94th	New Caledonia	77.36	-0.8%
95th	Fiji	77.42	-2.2%
96th	Kyrgyz Republic	78.12	-1.2%
97th	Myanmar	78.12	-0.5%
98th	Malaysia	78.16	-2.0%
99th	China	78.28	-1.6%
100th	Nepal	79.19	0.3%
101st	India	79.22	-0.6%
102nd	Thailand	79.50	-2.6%
103rd	Lebanon	81.27	-1.8%
104th	Kosovo	81.44	-1.8%
105th	Bhutan	81.66	0.5%
106th	French Polynesia	81.76	-1.9%
107th	Indonesia	81.94	-0.9%
108th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	82.13	0.1%
109th	Lesotho	82.42	0.2%
110th	Haiti	82.43	0.3%
111th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	82.90	-0.1%
112th	Colombia	83.12	-2.2%
113th	Northern Mariana Islands	83.12	-3.0%
114th	Gabon	83.23	1.3%
115th	South Africa	83.25	-0.6%
116th	Türkiye	83.43	-1.6%
117th	American Samoa	83.67	-2.7%
118th	Sierra Leone	84.27	0.5%
119th	Equatorial Guinea	84.41	0.9%
120th	Guinea	84.52	1.1%
121st	Seychelles	85.05	-2.8%
122nd	St. Martin (French part)	85.15	-3.7%
123rd	Panama	85.21	-1.7%
124th	Papua New Guinea	85.22	-1.3%
125th	Viet Nam	85.87	-0.7%
126th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	85.94	-0.4%
127th	Mali	86.57	1.4%
128th	Kiribati	86.85	-2.2%
129th	Gambia, The	87.00	1.6%
130th	Lao PDR	87.09	1.3%
131st	Liberia	87.36	0.5%
132nd	Grenada	87.76	-1.9%
133rd	Eritrea	87.85	0.3%
134th	Turkmenistan	88.05	-1.8%
135th	Central African Republic	88.13	-0.3%
136th	Saudi Arabia	88.13	-0.9%
137th	Uzbekistan	88.17	-2.8%
138th	Ecuador	88.38	-1.0%
139th	Tunisia	88.59	-0.8%
140th	Paraguay	88.65	-1.6%
141st	Pakistan	88.95	-0.2%
142nd	Nigeria	89.04	0.9%
143rd	Palau	89.40	-2.7%
144th	Cambodia	89.92	-2.1%
145th	Mozambique	90.06	0.8%
146th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	90.35	0.6%
147th	Tajikistan	90.38	-1.0%
148th	Burkina Faso	90.42	1.0%
149th	St. Kitts and Nevis	90.48	-2.2%
150th	Peru	90.62	-0.8%
151st	Guyana	90.96	-1.8%
152nd	Dominican Republic	91.05	-1.9%
153rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	91.15	0.0%
154th	Suriname	91.25	-3.1%
155th	Angola	91.28	-1.0%
156th	South Sudan	91.38	0.6%
157th	Vanuatu	91.67	-0.8%
158th	Cameroon	91.70	1.3%
159th	Macao SAR, China	91.90	-18.4%
160th	Senegal	91.91	1.5%
161st	Afghanistan	92.38	0.8%
162nd	Malawi	92.45	0.2%
163rd	El Salvador	92.47	-1.5%
164th	Bangladesh	92.60	0.1%
165th	Morocco	92.88	-1.5%
166th	Guatemala	92.96	-0.1%
167th	Djibouti	93.20	0.2%
168th	Philippines	93.37	-2.1%
169th	Maldives	93.48	0.2%
170th	Turks and Caicos Islands	93.87	-2.2%
171st	Guinea-Bissau	94.26	4.4%
172nd	Côte d'Ivoire	94.55	1.8%
173rd	Mauritania	95.05	0.5%
174th	Jamaica	95.16	-1.8%
175th	Chad	95.37	1.6%
176th	Togo	95.84	0.4%
177th	Niger	95.89	-0.4%
178th	Rwanda	96.08	-0.5%
179th	Tonga	96.10	-1.2%
180th	Burundi	96.16	-0.2%
181st	Congo, Republic of	96.88	0.3%
182nd	Tanzania	97.51	0.6%
183rd	Namibia	97.53	1.1%
184th	Benin	97.68	0.2%
185th	Dominica	99.13	-2.6%
186th	Nicaragua	99.19	0.0%
187th	Mexico	99.34	-0.9%
188th	São Tomé and Principe	99.43	-0.6%
189th	Mongolia	99.58	-1.7%
190th	Ghana	100.09	-1.9%
191st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100.29	-0.6%
192nd	Yemen, Republic of	100.68	1.7%
193rd	Belize	100.76	-1.9%
194th	Sudan	100.78	-0.6%
195th	Botswana	100.89	-2.0%
196th	Madagascar	101.04	0.2%
197th	Uganda	101.69	0.4%
198th	Oman	101.89	-0.7%
199th	Honduras	102.07	0.0%
200th	Micronesia, Federated States of	102.25	-0.7%
201st	Algeria	102.55	0.5%
202nd	Libya	103.58	-1.7%
203rd	Samoa	103.78	-2.5%
204th	Eswatini	104.32	0.8%
205th	Comoros	104.83	0.6%
206th	Zimbabwe	106.30	0.6%
207th	Solomon Islands	106.39	0.1%
208th	Syrian Arab Republic	107.13	0.0%
209th	Iraq	107.22	0.3%
210th	Cabo Verde	108.90	2.0%
211th	Zambia	109.95	0.8%
212th	Marshall Islands	110.34	1.2%
213th	St. Lucia	110.52	-4.0%
214th	Jordan	112.92	-0.8%
215th	Kenya	117.74	-0.2%

FAQ

What was United States's dependency ratio in 1977?▾

United States's dependency ratio in 1977 was 52.40. This ranked 27th globally.

How did United States's dependency ratio change in 1977?▾

United States's dependency ratio decreased by 2.1% in 1977 compared to 1976.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1977?▾

Kenya had the highest dependency ratio in 1977 at 117.74.

What is the dependency ratio of United States in 1977?▾

The dependency ratio of United States in 1977 was 52.40. This ranked 27th globally.

How does 1977 compare to 1976 for United States's dependency ratio?▾

United States's dependency ratio went from 53.54 in 1976 to 52.40 in 1977, a 2.1% decrease.

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