Middle Eastern and North Africa Compared by People > Age dependency ratio > Dependents to working-age population
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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. For example, 0.7 means there are 7 dependents for every 10 working-age people.
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Interesting observations about People > Age dependency ratio > Dependents to working-age population
- Uganda ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Hot countries in 2005.
- Mali ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- Israel ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
- Sweden ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst European Union in 2005.
- Albania ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Europe in 2005.
- Pakistan ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
- United Arab Emirates has ranked last for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population since 1997.
- France ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Eurozone in 2005.
- Malawi ranked second for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Christian countries in 2005.
- Bhutan ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Cold countries in 2005.