South Sudan

Dependency ratio

Dependents relative to working-age population.

Dependency ratio - South Sudan

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The reading right now

As of January 2024, Dependency ratio for South Sudan stood at 72.1. That is down 2.57 from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 78.7, ranging from a low of 72.1 in January 2024 to a high of 85.8 in January 2019. The current reading sits 10.2 below its trailing ten-year mean of 82.3.

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