Age dependency ratio - Country rankings
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Dependent people as percent of the working age population, 2018 - Country rankings:
The average for 2018 was 58.63 percent.The highest value was in Niger: 110.88 percent and the lowest value was in Qatar: 17.52 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Definition: Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
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