North Macedonia's Age Dependency Ratio: Total

AGE DEPENDENCY RATIO FOR ALL PEOPLE (%)

The total age dependency ratio is the ratio of young + elderly dependents (who are generally economically inactive, under 15 or over 64 years old), compared to the number of people of working age (15-64-year-olds).

A high dependency ratio means those of working age, and the overall economy, face a greater burden in supporting the dependent population.

North Macedonia's age dependency ratio for the dependent population is reported as: 54.0% reported in 2025 (most recent observation). This is a lower value against a global average of 58.4%. A lower ratio indicates less financial stress on working people and greater political stability.

North Macedonia's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: World Bank, Washington D.C.


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  Age Dependency Ratio: Total
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Central African Republic 87.7 90.5 91.5 91.6 103.6 97.6 66.4
Congo, Dem. Rep 89.1 89.5 94.6 96.8 96.2 93.0 69.0
Niger 95.5 96.0 98.3 107.4 95.5 88.5 62.7
Mali 90.3 102.1 99.3 99.8 92.9 86.4 67.2
Chad 101.7 102.3 106.6 104.0 92.6 90.9 69.3
Angola 88.8 90.3 93.4 91.8 88.7 84.2 66.5
Mozambique 93.6 94.9 91.4 94.0 88.3 82.3 61.1
Burundi 94.6 106.3 102.7 90.0 87.0 75.2 62.0
Mauritania 95.8 94.1 89.7 90.2 83.9 78.8 62.4
Tanzania 100.3 97.2 89.9 92.8 83.1 79.1 64.6
Uganda 103.5 105.3 111.2 106.0 82.9 76.6 54.7
Afghanistan 94.5 99.7 109.6 103.1 81.8 76.3 57.6
Benin 98.1 99.0 94.6 88.5 79.9 74.8 61.0
Guinea 87.0 90.4 95.5 92.8 78.6 73.3 55.0
Cameroon 94.0 99.2 93.2 87.7 78.4 73.8 60.3
Burkina Faso 93.2 101.5 98.0 93.4 78.1 68.8 53.8
Zimbabwe 108.9 100.8 82.8 85.7 78.1 68.4 59.2
Nigeria 91.5 94.1 87.9 90.2 77.3 70.2 54.9
Sudan 97.2 96.1 95.2 89.4 77.3 74.4 58.5
Yemen, Rep. 105.7 116.9 107.5 86.1 77.2 74.6 56.9
Cote d'Ivoire 98.2 100.9 94.1 86.2 75.8 70.0 62.5
Congo, Rep. 96.3 90.6 83.8 76.0 75.5 69.9 62.7
Zambia 111.1 105.2 101.5 92.6 75.4 70.0 58.2
Gambia 91.4 98.8 99.4 89.2 75.2 68.0 51.1
Malawi 94.1 97.2 97.9 99.3 74.6 67.9 54.7
Liberia 88.5 89.1 85.7 86.4 73.7 67.8 54.6
Togo 96.5 92.7 83.2 79.6 73.7 69.7 61.3
Madagascar 101.5 95.4 93.2 87.6 73.6 70.5 57.9
Ethiopia 96.5 95.9 101.5 94.0 72.6 70.2 54.8
Guinea-Bissau 99.2 103.3 93.2 85.2 71.1 65.0 53.3
Senegal 96.4 98.5 89.3 86.0 70.6 66.0 55.8
Comoros 105.2 104.2 104.9 84.6 70.4 66.2 57.3
Japan 48.2 43.2 46.7 57.4 70.2 71.0 95.0
Rwanda 97.1 105.2 94.5 82.3 69.6 65.6 55.1
Sierra Leone 85.4 88.2 90.0 86.9 69.3 64.2 50.8
Pakistan 87.2 90.4 87.8 75.5 68.4 63.7 54.5
Namibia 102.9 84.4 80.7 67.3 67.9 63.7 52.6
Gabon 86.3 92.8 84.3 71.1 67.7 64.0 58.4
Tajikistan 88.5 89.5 84.8 66.7 66.5 62.1 54.8
Israel 71.6 68.1 61.4 61.0 66.3 63.9 64.6
Kenya 115.5 105.6 93.4 84.2 64.7 60.2 51.2
Ghana 95.5 91.9 83.2 73.9 64.5 60.5 55.5
France 57.0 51.8 53.7 54.6 63.3 65.4 75.8
Finland 47.7 48.6 49.4 51.1 62.7 63.3 70.5
Kazakhstan 67.1 59.9 52.3 46.8 61.7 61.3 62.5
Lesotho 84.8 88.9 79.0 68.9 61.2 55.0 46.1
Kyrgyzstan 75.1 73.5 68.2 53.1 61.0 58.1 53.8
Portugal 59.1 51.5 48.2 50.8 60.4 65.9 87.0
Sweden 56.0 55.6 55.5 53.6 60.3 59.9 66.9
Germany 51.6 44.8 47.3 52.1 60.2 67.0 76.7
Latvia 50.2 49.7 48.5 48.0 59.7 60.4 71.8
Eswatini 106.9 100.6 85.1 71.7 59.6 55.5 47.1
Uzbekistan 81.9 76.6 70.5 50.9 59.6 62.9 58.9
Croatia 48.4 45.8 48.9 49.6 59.5 62.4 76.8
Serbia 45.0 44.1 48.1 46.7 59.5 61.9 73.0
Greece 56.7 49.3 48.9 51.0 59.4 60.7 87.9
Estonia 51.8 51.2 48.4 48.5 58.9 59.3 75.2
Mongolia 94.1 82.4 62.9 46.5 58.7 52.2 55.9
Egypt 82.5 81.2 69.4 60.8 58.3 53.6 52.5
Algeria 98.9 82.5 61.5 47.8 58.1 53.7 59.1
Italy 55.0 45.8 48.1 52.7 58.1 63.3 91.3
Papua New Guinea 81.4 79.5 73.9 67.2 58.1 55.5 50.2
Slovenia 52.1 45.9 42.6 43.9 58.0 61.0 82.9
Belgium 53.1 49.4 52.5 51.6 57.9 60.1 71.6
Denmark 54.5 48.5 50.0 52.8 57.9 61.7 66.9
United Kingdom 56.2 53.9 53.4 51.7 57.9 58.1 65.9
Bulgaria 51.5 50.3 47.6 46.2 57.8 59.4 76.2
Georgia 52.4 52.5 53.4 47.7 57.4 56.5 60.3
Moldova 52.1 56.6 50.6 39.2 57.2 56.4 62.2
Czechia 58.4 51.5 43.3 42.6 56.9 57.5 77.3
Botswana 96.3 93.7 71.6 59.9 56.3 54.8 45.4
Lebanon 77.0 68.9 58.8 47.8 56.3 53.1 57.2
Turkmenistan 83.5 81.1 70.4 51.7 56.3 52.9 50.9
Guatemala 93.2 95.2 90.8 76.0 56.2 51.1 45.4
Guyana 86.2 69.0 67.9 58.3 56.0 55.2 50.2
Cambodia 84.2 87.7 83.0 59.1 55.9 54.9 52.2
Netherlands 51.1 45.2 47.6 48.9 55.8 60.6 66.9
Australia 53.5 49.5 49.5 48.4 55.7 58.0 65.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.9 45.3 44.6 44.3 55.5 61.5 84.1
Romania 59.8 51.2 47.3 46.2 55.5 54.8 73.1
Haiti 83.0 84.1 78.6 67.1 55.2 51.8 46.6
Hungary 54.6 50.7 46.5 45.3 55.1 55.5 70.2
New Zealand 58.6 52.2 52.7 51.2 55.0 57.5 64.6
United States 50.3 51.2 50.0 48.2 55.0 57.8 64.0
Switzerland 50.6 46.4 48.6 47.0 54.6 59.8 76.5
Austria 55.8 48.1 48.1 48.1 54.4 60.3 75.7
Canada 47.4 47.0 46.5 44.2 54.4 58.5 64.3
Lithuania 52.9 50.2 51.0 48.2 54.4 57.3 66.6
Poland 52.4 54.0 46.4 40.1 54.4 55.0 76.4
Bolivia 82.5 79.8 76.3 66.4 54.3 51.9 48.5
Paraguay 84.9 82.8 75.4 60.1 54.1 53.2 51.1
North Macedonia 55.5 51.5 49.7 44.8 54.0 55.5 68.6
Norway 58.5 54.4 54.2 51.0 53.9 55.7 68.6
Jordan 109.3 89.8 74.7 65.2 53.7 50.1 53.6
Honduras 101.9 97.2 85.4 69.8 53.4 51.1 47.9
Russia 46.7 49.0 43.6 38.6 53.4 53.4 65.3
Nepal 79.8 82.4 81.0 68.7 53.1 49.5 44.0
Laos 89.9 89.9 87.2 66.9 53.0 50.5 45.6
Slovak Republic 57.6 55.1 45.0 38.7 52.9 55.5 76.0
Dominican Republic 86.0 74.1 65.6 56.1 52.4 51.6 52.7
Bangladesh 93.2 85.9 68.9 62.0 52.2 51.1 49.3
Ireland 69.9 62.6 49.2 48.1 52.2 52.0 71.8
Spain 59.0 50.0 45.7 46.7 52.1 56.1 90.7
Albania 70.7 61.5 58.6 48.4 52.0 55.4 62.9
Belarus 50.3 50.9 47.4 40.4 51.9 51.6 67.2
Panama 80.5 67.7 59.5 55.0 51.9 51.5 58.6
Sri Lanka 69.1 61.7 49.7 48.9 51.9 52.4 60.3
Uruguay 60.1 59.3 59.8 57.4 51.9 50.4 59.1
Hong Kong 46.7 42.5 39.1 34.1 51.5 60.6 108.1
Nicaragua 99.7 95.6 78.0 62.9 51.5 48.9 49.4
Argentina 61.8 64.1 60.8 56.5 50.7 46.6 54.8
Morocco 88.7 76.2 62.2 52.4 50.7 49.7 54.5
Iceland 59.7 55.2 53.5 49.4 50.4 52.4 60.2
Suriname 82.7 68.2 59.9 56.6 50.4 51.1 53.5
Tunisia 83.9 71.9 55.5 44.3 50.4 48.5 59.4
Armenia 55.7 54.8 54.8 42.9 50.2 53.5 62.8
Malta 49.6 51.2 47.0 43.5 50.2 52.2 67.1
Peru 87.7 75.4 64.0 57.4 49.4 48.8 54.5
Philippines 88.5 80.6 72.9 63.8 48.9 44.2 44.5
El Salvador 88.3 80.3 71.7 63.2 48.6 46.1 46.6
Ukraine 49.9 50.7 45.5 40.9 48.5 48.6 64.6
Mexico 95.1 75.9 64.8 55.9 48.4 47.3 52.5
South Africa 80.9 71.5 65.7 53.0 48.4 49.1 48.8
Ecuador 85.4 73.6 66.9 59.2 48.1 46.1 52.1
Vietnam 83.9 78.4 60.0 44.2 47.8 46.5 58.6
Libya 100.4 80.1 55.4 51.4 47.1 44.0 55.1
Cabo Verde 111.8 101.6 87.4 59.0 46.7 41.7 47.3
Indonesia 79.3 66.4 55.8 51.1 46.6 45.8 52.3
Myanmar 76.5 68.6 58.2 50.4 46.2 46.2 48.5
Türkiye 80.1 68.2 56.3 49.5 46.2 45.6 58.9
India 77.8 74.2 66.6 56.9 46.1 44.8 48.1
Luxembourg 47.8 44.4 49.2 46.3 46.1 50.2 65.1
Taiwan 57.3 49.6 41.3 35.6 46.1 52.1 88.6
Chile 61.5 55.8 53.8 46.1 45.2 45.8 61.7
Costa Rica 70.5 68.0 58.0 47.5 45.1 45.9 61.0
Cyprus 54.1 52.7 47.5 39.5 45.0 47.4 63.5
Brazil 72.2 65.6 53.9 45.7 44.6 46.3 59.1
Korea, Rep. 60.9 44.3 39.0 37.7 44.0 50.4 90.5
Thailand 72.4 51.3 43.9 40.3 43.7 47.7 69.7
Trinidad and Tobago 63.3 61.7 44.7 36.1 43.7 46.4 59.8
Azerbaijan 63.4 60.8 55.9 39.3 43.6 43.4 52.9
China 68.0 51.8 46.1 37.2 43.5 43.8 69.1
Colombia 77.6 66.1 58.8 49.9 43.3 45.5 54.2
Bahamas, The 65.4 51.9 52.7 48.1 42.1 43.5 55.3
Malaysia 74.1 68.9 61.4 49.0 41.5 39.9 49.2
Mauritius 61.1 54.1 46.4 39.4 40.2 44.6 60.1
Brunei 70.2 58.8 49.5 40.4 38.6 39.4 53.6
Bhutan 82.9 84.3 73.5 52.8 37.0 34.1 44.0
Oman 100.2 84.7 64.3 43.9 37.0 35.1 36.1
Jamaica 89.5 75.6 64.7 49.1 36.7 37.4 46.7
Saudi Arabia 86.1 81.7 68.1 42.9 36.4 36.0 39.4
Singapore 45.2 37.0 33.4 27.3 35.0 40.6 55.9
Bahrain 59.9 55.5 47.1 29.1 28.9 28.9 34.4
Kuwait 68.6 60.9 44.8 33.0 26.8 26.4 32.1
United Arab Emirates 40.1 44.1 28.4 22.4 21.6 22.3 25.3
Qatar 45.5 39.0 32.8 17.3 20.1 20.6 26.2

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