Dependent People

North America Ranking

percent of the working age populationSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Guatemala	62.3	2020	1	63.37
2	Honduras	55.19	2020	2	56.22
3	El Salvador	54.42	2020	3	54.63
4	Nicaragua	54.27	2020	4	54.59
5	Panama	53.93	2020	5	54.07
6 ↑	United States	53.85	2020	7	53.28
7 ↓	Ecuador	53.81	2020	6	54.03
8 ↑	Canada	51.24	2020	9	50.36
9 ↓	Mexico	50.27	2020	8	50.61
10	Costa Rica	45.1	2020	10	44.84

Definition of Dependent People

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. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.