Question

why dependency ratio is higher in india

Answer 1

Dependency ratio is the ratio of children between the ages of 0 to 14 and above 65 years of age to the population aged between 15 to 64. It is higher in India than most countries in the world because of three factors, as follows:
1) Indian families have more children, on an average, than most countries.
2) The old parents in India live more often with their children in India than they do elsewhere in the world.
3) India's population is relatively higher in the lower age groups. 


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Answer 2

Dependency Ratio is a measure showing the number of dependents in the age group of 0-14 and over the age of 65 to the total population is referred  to as the "total dependency ratio". In India, 34.4% of the population is that of children and 6.9% of old. Thus dependency is really high in India. This high dependency ratio can be attributed to high population growth rate in the country.