Dependency Ratio
WorldPopulationThe ratio of the number of people in ages not in the labor force (ages 0–15 and 65 and older) compared to the number of people in ages typically in the labor force (ages 15–64). A higher ratio indicates more people outside of typical workforce ages.
CIAA map highlights the global dependency ratios: Dark purple shows the highest (over 75 percent) in Africa, including Niger and Mali. Light purple shows lowest (under 50 percent) in China, India, Pakistan, Brazil, and Greenland.
Class | Rank | Percent | Class | Rank | Percent | Ultisols | Aridisols | Histosols | Entisols | Rocky Land | Alfisols | Spodosols | Gelisols | Inceptisols | Andisols | Vertisols | Mollisols | Ice/Glacier | Less than 1 | 1–5 | 6–10 | 11–15 | More than 15 | Lowest hazard | Low hazard | Moderately low hazard | Moderate hazard | Moderately high hazard | High hazard | Highest hazard | |
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| 29.2% | 9.16% | 4.00% | 5.44% | 0.754% | 6.87% | 5.89% | 3.80% | 7.01% | 1.28% | 2.72% | 23.6% | 5.25% | 65.3% | 51.1% | 35.9% | 21.6% | 5.21% | 26.4% | 18.4% | 16.6% | 29.2% | 5.20% | 4.36% | 7.41% | |||||||