Name: Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Creator: World Development Indicators

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Young-age dependency ratio by country in 2025 (age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population))

In 2025, Central African Republic had the highest value (99.11) among 216 countries, while Korea, Rep. had the lowest (14.69).

#	Country	Value	Change
1	Central African Republic	99.11	-1.2%
2	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	91.59	-0.1%
3	Niger	90.36	-1.5%
4	Congo, Dem. Rep.	90.16	-0.3%
5	Chad	88.52	-0.4%
6	Mali	88.33	-1.5%
7	Angola	83.19	-1.0%
8	Mozambique	83.18	-1.3%
9	Burundi	82.25	-2.9%
10	Uganda	78.87	-1.7%
11	Mauritania	77.96	-1.3%
12	Tanzania	77.52	-0.8%
13	Afghanistan	77.36	-1.3%
14	Benin	74.22	-1.2%
15	Cameroon	73.34	-1.3%
16	Burkina Faso	73.33	-2.6%
17	Yemen, Rep.	72.69	-0.4%
18	Guinea	72.44	-1.5%
19	Togo	72.06	-1.7%
20	Zambia	71.84	-1.9%
21	Nigeria	71.83	-2.0%
22	Zimbabwe	71.74	-2.6%
23	Sudan	71.3	-0.9%
24	Cote d'Ivoire	71.11	-1.7%
25	Congo, Rep.	70.08	-2.0%
26	Malawi	70.05	-2.4%
27	Gambia, The	69.58	-2.0%
28	Samoa	68.12	-1.4%
29	Liberia	67.87	-1.9%
30	Madagascar	67.61	-1.2%
216	Korea, Rep.	14.69	-2.5%

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

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Young-age dependency ratio by country in 2025 (age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population))

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