Afhankelijkheidsratio per land 2026

Afhankelijkheidsratio per land 2026

VN World Population Prospects, herziening 2024 (middenvariant)

De afhankelijkheidsratio vergelijkt het aantal kinderen en ouderen met de beroepsbevolking die hen onderhoudt.

  • 200 landen en gebieden gerangschikt
  • Hoogste: Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek
  • Laagste: Qatar

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Rang Land Totale afhankelijkheidRegioJeugdafhankelijkheidOuderdomsafhankelijkheidMediane leeftijd
1 Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek 101.9% Afrika 97.4% 4.5% 15.7
2 Monaco 100.0% Europa (werelddeel) 28.1% 71.9% 54.1
3 Somalië 96.7% Afrika 91.5% 5.2% 16.7
4 D.R. Congo 95.8% Afrika 89.7% 6.1% 17.0
5 Niger (land) 94.1% Afrika 89.0% 5.1% 16.8
6 Tsjaad 92.8% Afrika 88.7% 4.1% 16.9
7 Mali 91.5% Afrika 87.0% 4.5% 17.0
8 Angola 87.8% Afrika 82.3% 5.5% 17.9
9 Mozambique 87.2% Afrika 82.1% 5.1% 17.8
10 Burundi 84.4% Afrika 79.7% 4.7% 17.8
11 Mauritanië 82.9% Afrika 76.9% 6.0% 18.6
12 Tanzania 82.4% Afrika 76.9% 5.5% 18.7
13 Mayotte 81.8% Afrika 76.6% 5.2% 18.4
14 Oeganda 81.6% Afrika 77.5% 4.1% 18.2
15 Afghanistan 80.7% Azië 76.3% 4.4% 18.5
16 Benin 79.0% Afrika 73.3% 5.7% 19.2
17 Samoa 77.9% Oceanië 66.8% 11.1% 21.0
18 Guinee 77.6% Afrika 71.4% 6.2% 19.5
19 Kameroen 77.4% Afrika 72.4% 5.0% 19.3
20 Jemen 77.0% Azië 72.4% 4.6% 19.5
21 Soedan 76.3% Afrika 70.2% 6.1% 19.8
22 Burkina Faso 76.2% Afrika 71.4% 4.8% 19.1
23 Zimbabwe 75.9% Afrika 69.7% 6.2% 19.4
24 Nigeria 75.7% Afrika 70.3% 5.4% 19.4
25 Ivoorkust 74.6% Afrika 69.9% 4.7% 19.5
26 Congo 74.1% Afrika 68.6% 5.5% 19.8
27 Zambia 74.1% Afrika 70.5% 3.6% 19.2
28 Gambia (land) 73.7% Afrika 68.0% 5.7% 19.8
29 Madagaskar 72.9% Afrika 66.8% 6.1% 20.4
30 Malawi 72.9% Afrika 68.4% 4.5% 19.4
31 Togo 72.7% Afrika 67.0% 5.7% 20.2
32 Vanuatu 72.5% Oceanië 64.8% 7.7% 21.4
33 Liberia 72.4% Afrika 66.6% 5.8% 20.0
34 Martinique 72.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 25.0% 47.1% 51.0
35 Ethiopië 72.1% Afrika 66.3% 5.8% 20.4
36 Eritrea 70.7% Afrika 63.3% 7.4% 20.6
37 Guadeloupe 70.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 27.0% 43.5% 48.4
38 Tonga (land) 70.5% Oceanië 58.6% 11.9% 22.1
39 Japan 70.2% Azië 18.8% 51.4% 51.1
40 Sao Tomé en Principe 70.0% Afrika 63.2% 6.8% 20.8
41 Guinee-Bissau 69.9% Afrika 64.3% 5.6% 20.6
42 Comoren 69.6% Afrika 62.1% 7.5% 21.8
43 Senegal 69.5% Afrika 63.3% 6.2% 20.9
44 Palestina (land) 69.5% Azië 62.8% 6.7% 21.3
45 Rwanda 68.9% Afrika 62.0% 6.9% 21.3
46 Equatoriaal-Guinea 68.7% Afrika 62.2% 6.5% 22.0
47 Sierra Leone 68.2% Afrika 62.6% 5.6% 21.0
48 Zuid-Soedan 67.4% Afrika 62.1% 5.3% 20.0
49 Pakistan 67.3% Azië 59.9% 7.4% 21.8
50 Namibië 67.1% Afrika 60.6% 6.5% 22.6
51 Gabon 67.0% Afrika 60.0% 7.0% 22.6
52 Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden 66.7% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 27.4% 39.3% 45.9
53 Salomonseilanden 66.2% Oceanië 60.0% 6.2% 22.0
54 Tadzjikistan 65.9% Azië 58.8% 7.1% 23.3
55 Israël 65.9% Azië 44.6% 21.3% 30.3
56 Guam 64.7% Oceanië 42.3% 22.4% 32.7
57 Ghana 63.7% Afrika 57.3% 6.4% 22.6
58 Frankrijk 63.6% Europa (werelddeel) 26.1% 37.5% 43.4
59 Irak 63.6% Azië 57.9% 5.7% 22.2
60 Kenia 63.4% Afrika 58.4% 5.0% 21.4
61 Finland 62.7% Europa (werelddeel) 22.8% 39.9% 44.4
62 Kiribati 62.6% Oceanië 55.2% 7.4% 24.0
63 Frans-Guyana 62.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 50.0% 12.1% 26.0
64 Kazachstan 61.8% Azië 46.7% 15.1% 30.7
65 Duitsland 61.6% Europa (werelddeel) 22.4% 39.2% 46.8
66 Portugal 61.3% Europa (werelddeel) 20.4% 40.9% 48.1
67 Oost-Timor 60.7% Azië 52.4% 8.3% 23.2
68 Oezbekistan 60.6% Azië 50.5% 10.1% 27.9
69 Kirgizië 60.5% Azië 50.5% 10.0% 26.5
70 Servië 60.3% Europa (werelddeel) 22.8% 37.5% 45.6
71 Letland 60.3% Europa (werelddeel) 24.0% 36.3% 44.9
72 Micronesië 60.1% Oceanië 49.9% 10.2% 24.5
73 Kroatië 60.1% Europa (werelddeel) 21.6% 38.5% 46.5
74 Lesotho 60.0% Afrika 53.8% 6.2% 23.1
75 Zweden 60.0% Europa (werelddeel) 26.3% 33.7% 41.5
76 Griekenland 59.4% Europa (werelddeel) 20.0% 39.4% 48.1
77 Estland 59.1% Europa (werelddeel) 23.7% 35.4% 44.2
78 Italië 58.9% Europa (werelddeel) 18.2% 40.7% 49.6
79 Swaziland 58.8% Afrika 51.8% 7.0% 23.7
80 Réunion 58.8% Afrika 32.0% 26.8% 39.4
81 Slovenië 58.5% Europa (werelddeel) 22.6% 35.9% 46.0
82 Denemarken 58.4% Europa (werelddeel) 24.5% 33.9% 42.4
83 Bulgarije 58.2% Europa (werelddeel) 22.7% 35.5% 46.0
84 België 58.2% Europa (werelddeel) 24.4% 33.8% 43.1
85 Puerto Rico 58.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 17.2% 40.8% 47.2
86 Moldavië (land) 57.9% Europa (werelddeel) 30.4% 27.5% 40.1
87 Verenigd Koninkrijk 57.9% Europa (werelddeel) 26.4% 31.5% 41.2
88 Mongolië 57.8% Azië 48.7% 9.1% 27.9
89 Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea 57.6% Oceanië 51.7% 5.9% 24.0
90 Georgia 57.6% Azië 31.8% 25.8% 38.6
91 Egypte (land) 57.6% Afrika 49.0% 8.6% 25.7
92 Algerije 57.5% Afrika 46.4% 11.1% 29.8
93 Montenegro 57.3% Europa (werelddeel) 27.8% 29.5% 41.4
94 Tsjechië 57.0% Europa (werelddeel) 23.3% 33.7% 45.2
95 Bosnië en Herzegovina 56.7% Europa (werelddeel) 19.9% 36.8% 47.1
96 Nederland 56.6% Europa (werelddeel) 23.3% 33.3% 42.6
97 Australië (land) 56.2% Oceanië 27.4% 28.8% 39.5
98 Guyana 56.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 44.8% 11.3% 27.5
99 Botswana 56.0% Afrika 49.6% 6.4% 24.7
100 Turkmenistan 56.0% Azië 48.1% 7.9% 28.1
101 Cambodja 55.8% Azië 45.5% 10.3% 27.4
102 Verenigde Staten 55.6% NORTHERN AMERICA 26.3% 29.3% 39.7
103 Oostenrijk 55.5% Europa (werelddeel) 21.9% 33.6% 44.9
104 Libanon 55.5% Azië 38.8% 16.7% 30.0
105 Roemenië 55.5% Europa (werelddeel) 24.0% 31.5% 44.4
106 Zwitserland 55.5% Europa (werelddeel) 23.0% 32.5% 44.2
107 Hongarije 55.4% Europa (werelddeel) 22.3% 33.1% 45.1
108 Nieuw-Zeeland 55.4% Oceanië 27.4% 28.0% 39.0
109 Litouwen 55.3% Europa (werelddeel) 22.2% 33.1% 43.7
110 Canada 55.3% NORTHERN AMERICA 23.1% 32.2% 41.9
111 Guatemala 55.2% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 47.3% 7.9% 24.8
112 Polen 54.8% Europa (werelddeel) 21.9% 32.9% 44.0
113 Haïti 54.4% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 46.9% 7.5% 25.4
114 Macedonië (land) 54.4% Europa (werelddeel) 25.1% 29.3% 42.4
115 Noorwegen 54.1% Europa (werelddeel) 24.2% 29.9% 41.1
116 Rusland 54.1% Europa (werelddeel) 25.8% 28.3% 41.8
117 Paraguay 53.9% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 43.3% 10.6% 28.3
118 Bolivia 53.7% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 44.7% 9.0% 26.5
119 Slowakije 53.5% Europa (werelddeel) 23.6% 29.9% 43.8
120 Aruba 53.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 24.8% 28.3% 42.7
121 Hongkong 53.1% Azië 15.3% 37.8% 49.0
122 Venezuela 53.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 37.2% 15.8% 30.6
123 Albanië 53.0% Europa (werelddeel) 25.0% 28.0% 38.9
124 Jordanië 52.9% Azië 45.3% 7.6% 25.9
125 Barbados 52.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 25.9% 26.9% 40.6
126 Honduras 52.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 45.7% 7.1% 25.6
127 Laos 52.6% Azië 45.0% 7.6% 26.3
128 Spanje 52.6% Europa (werelddeel) 18.8% 33.8% 47.2
129 Nepal 52.5% Azië 42.2% 10.3% 26.7
130 Wit-Rusland 52.3% Europa (werelddeel) 23.5% 28.8% 42.8
131 Dominicaanse Republiek 52.2% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 39.3% 12.9% 29.7
132 Sri Lanka 52.0% Azië 32.5% 19.5% 34.6
133 Bangladesh 51.9% Azië 41.5% 10.4% 27.3
134 Ierland (eiland) 51.9% Europa (werelddeel) 26.8% 25.1% 40.2
135 Panama (land) 51.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 36.7% 15.1% 31.6
136 Uruguay 51.6% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 26.5% 25.1% 37.8
137 Armenië 51.3% Azië 28.3% 23.0% 38.2
138 Nicaragua 51.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 42.1% 8.9% 27.3
139 Malta (land) 50.7% Europa (werelddeel) 19.2% 31.5% 42.5
140 IJsland 50.6% Europa (werelddeel) 26.1% 24.5% 37.7
141 Djibouti (land) 50.5% Afrika 42.8% 7.7% 26.3
142 Suriname 50.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 37.7% 12.8% 29.9
143 Marokko 50.4% Afrika 37.2% 13.2% 31.1
144 Fiji 50.1% Oceanië 39.9% 10.2% 29.3
145 Tunesië 50.1% Afrika 34.6% 15.5% 34.3
146 Argentinië 49.9% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 30.6% 19.3% 34.3
147 Saint Vincent en de Grenadines 49.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 30.6% 18.9% 35.7
148 Nieuw-Caledonië (gebiedsdeel) 49.3% Oceanië 31.2% 18.1% 35.8
149 Peru 49.2% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 34.7% 14.5% 31.6
150 Syrië 49.0% Azië 41.6% 7.4% 24.8
151 Zuid-Afrika 48.5% Afrika 38.0% 10.5% 29.9
152 Oekraïne 48.3% Europa (werelddeel) 19.9% 28.4% 42.9
153 El Salvador 48.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 35.5% 12.6% 29.4
154 Mexico (land) 48.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 35.1% 13.0% 31.0
155 Filipijnen 47.9% Azië 39.1% 8.8% 27.6
156 Cuba (land) 47.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 21.8% 26.0% 43.6
157 Vietnam 47.8% Azië 33.2% 14.6% 34.9
158 Ecuador 47.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 34.4% 13.1% 30.7
159 Curaçao 47.2% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 20.9% 26.3% 40.0
160 Luxemburg (land) 46.9% Europa (werelddeel) 23.1% 23.8% 40.8
161 Noord-Korea 46.8% Azië 27.7% 19.1% 37.8
162 Indonesië 46.3% Azië 34.9% 11.4% 31.7
163 Myanmar 46.2% Azië 34.9% 11.3% 31.4
164 Libië 46.2% Afrika 38.3% 7.9% 29.1
165 Grenada 46.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 27.1% 19.0% 35.9
166 Turkije 45.9% Azië 30.0% 15.9% 34.9
167 Belize (land) 45.9% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 38.0% 7.9% 28.3
168 India 45.8% Azië 34.7% 11.1% 30.2
169 Kaapverdië 45.6% Afrika 34.7% 10.9% 30.5
170 Cyprus 45.6% Azië 23.4% 22.2% 40.1
171 Zuid-Korea 45.5% Azië 14.3% 31.2% 47.3
172 Chili 45.3% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 23.4% 21.9% 38.5
173 Costa Rica 45.2% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 25.9% 19.3% 36.7
174 Brazilië 45.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 27.7% 17.3% 36.2
175 Thailand 44.4% Azië 20.3% 24.1% 41.9
176 Trinidad en Tobago 44.3% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 24.8% 19.5% 39.2
177 Iran 43.9% Azië 31.0% 12.9% 35.5
178 Frans-Polynesië 43.8% Oceanië 25.7% 18.1% 37.6
179 Colombia 43.7% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 28.4% 15.3% 34.0
180 Azerbeidzjan 43.6% Azië 29.6% 14.0% 35.1
181 Antigua en Barbuda 43.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 24.6% 18.4% 37.7
182 China 42.7% Azië 21.1% 21.6% 41.7
183 Westelijke Sahara 42.2% Afrika 32.3% 9.9% 33.8
184 Bahama's 42.2% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 24.5% 17.7% 36.7
185 Macau 41.6% Azië 19.0% 22.6% 41.4
186 Maleisië 41.2% Azië 29.4% 11.8% 32.4
187 Mauritius (land) 40.9% Afrika 20.2% 20.7% 39.3
188 Seychellen 40.0% Afrika 27.4% 12.6% 35.6
189 Brunei 38.9% Azië 28.3% 10.6% 34.2
190 Saint Lucia 37.7% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 23.5% 14.2% 36.1
191 Jamaica 36.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 24.5% 12.3% 34.3
192 Oman 36.5% Azië 32.8% 3.7% 30.8
193 Bhutan 36.2% Azië 27.0% 9.2% 31.9
194 Saoedi-Arabië 36.2% Azië 31.9% 4.3% 30.6
195 Singapore 36.1% Azië 16.0% 20.1% 37.9
196 Maldiven 31.1% Azië 24.2% 6.9% 34.4
197 Bahrein 28.8% Azië 23.4% 5.4% 34.4
198 Koeweit 26.6% Azië 22.5% 4.1% 35.8
199 Verenigde Arabische Emiraten 21.5% Azië 19.3% 2.2% 32.6
200 Qatar 20.1% Azië 18.0% 2.1% 34.4

Two very different routes to a high dependency ratio

Central African Republic has the world's highest total dependency ratio, at almost 102 dependents for every 100 working-age people — meaning there are slightly more children and elderly combined than there are people of working age to support them. Somalia and D.R. Congo aren't far behind. But these countries get there almost entirely through child dependency: huge young populations relative to a comparatively small working-age base, the same pattern visible in our median age ranking's youngest countries. Monaco is the striking exception at the top of the table, with a total dependency ratio of 100 driven almost entirely by old-age dependency instead — a small, ageing resident population with very few children.

The Gulf outlier

At the opposite end, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain have the lowest dependency ratios in the world, all under 32 dependents per 100 working-age people. This isn't primarily a fertility story — it reflects these countries' very large working-age migrant populations, which inflate the denominator without a matching increase in the number of children or retirees (most migrant workers move without dependents and often return home before retirement). It's a useful reminder that the dependency ratio measures a population's current age structure, not how many people any one household actually supports.

Why this ratio matters

The dependency ratio is a rough proxy for the economic weight each working-age person carries — in taxes, pensions, schooling, and direct family support — even though it says nothing about actual income, productivity or the participation rate of anyone counted as "working age." A rising old-age dependency ratio (visible on our shrinking populations ranking) and a falling child dependency ratio, happening together, is the signature of a population moving through the later stages of the demographic transition: fewer children being born, but a large surviving cohort of retirees still to be supported.

Veelgestelde vragen

Hoeveel landen omvat deze ranglijst?

Deze tabel omvat 200 landen en gebieden, gerangschikt met gegevens van de World Population Prospects van de Verenigde Naties.

Welk land heeft de hoogste afhankelijkheidsratio?

Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek heeft de hoogste totale afhankelijkheidsratio, met 101.9 afhankelijken per 100 mensen in de werkende leeftijd.

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