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Dominican Republic

Dependent People

53.77
percent of the working age population
Source: IMF
102
Nicaragua54.27
103
Iceland53.96
104
Panama53.93
106
Ecuador53.81
108
Sri Lanka53.65
109
Fiji53.44
110
Norway53.34
111
Romania53.26
112
Guyana53.21

Definition of Dependent People

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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