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dependency ratio

dependency ratio noun: the number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.

Noun

dependency ratio (plural dependency ratios)

  1. The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.

dependency ratio meaning in Tamil

dependency ratio in Tamil

சார்புநிலை விகிதம், சாருமை விகிதம்

Forms of dependency ratio

pluraldependency ratios

Questions about dependency ratio

What does dependency ratio mean?
Dependency ratio means the number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
What is dependency ratio in Tamil?
Dependency ratio in Tamil is சார்புநிலை விகிதம், சாருமை விகிதம். See Dependency ratio meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dependency ratio?
Dependency ratio is a noun.
What is the plural of dependency ratio?
The plural of dependency ratio is dependency ratios.

Words near dependency ratio in the dictionary

  1. dependency grammars
  2. dependency hell
  3. dependency injection
  4. dependency injections
  5. dependency inversion principle
  6. dependency ratio
  7. dependency ratios
  8. dependency theory
  9. dependent
  10. dependent clause
  11. dependent clauses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dependency ratio (page history and authors); dependency ratio (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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