Sri Lanka

Dependent People

53.65
percent of the working age population
Dec 60Dec 64Dec 68Dec 72Dec 76Dec 80Dec 84Dec 88Dec 92Dec 96Dec 00Dec 04Dec 08Dec 12Dec 16Dec 200.00025.0050.0075.00100.00
  • Sri Lanka
  • Global Median
Source: IMF

Global Ranking

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
113
Nepal52.99

Asia Ranking

6
Laos56.76
7
Cambodia55.71
10
Mongolia54.81
11
Sri Lanka53.65
12
Nepal52.99
13
Russia51.22
14
Uzbekistan50.58
15
India48.66
16
Indonesia47.49

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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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