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Total Dependency Ratio, 1951

1951, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1951 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Grenada is highest, at 111.245; Guam is lowest, at 41.960. The middle country reads 78.023. Against 1950, 222 values changed (133 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1951

HighestGrenada

111.245

LowestGuam

41.960

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Total Dependency Ratio, 1951, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Dependency Ratio, 1951: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GrenadaGRDCaribbean111.245100.78910.456
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean108.28391.32316.960
PalauPLWMicronesia107.95192.13115.820
SamoaWSMPolynesia105.229100.0005.229
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia105.12493.17111.952
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean104.71390.41414.300
MontserratMSRCaribbean103.46187.56615.895
NigerNERWestern Africa103.238101.4451.794
KenyaKENEastern Africa102.06591.84010.224
PalestinePSEWestern Asia101.61392.1679.447
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia101.38394.1007.283
FijiFJIMelanesia101.34789.66411.683
DominicaDMACaribbean101.27786.65414.623
ParaguayPRYSouth America100.97893.3287.650
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa99.39687.21112.185
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean99.12292.7696.353
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia96.05490.4735.581
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia95.84487.3988.447
TongaTONPolynesia95.31286.8278.485
American SamoaASMPolynesia95.28090.7874.494
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean94.13688.9015.235
NauruNRUMicronesia94.00478.55815.446
SudanSDNNorthern Africa93.76387.8955.868
JordanJORWestern Asia93.61484.0579.557
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa93.13389.2123.921

02In 1951

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Grenada111.245
  2. British Virgin Islands108.283
  3. Palau107.951
  4. Samoa105.229
  5. Marshall Islands105.124

Lowest

  1. Guam41.960
  2. Luxembourg42.612
  3. Monaco43.419
  4. Gibraltar45.298
  5. Belgium47.656

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 78.023. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Child dependency ratio (aged 0–14 per 100 aged 15–64)

    HighestNiger101.445

    LowestMonaco20.670

    Middle country: 71.374

  • Old-age dependency ratio (aged 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)

    HighestMonaco22.749

    LowestGuam1.682

    Middle country: 7.620

031950 → 1951

Since 1950

What changed between 1950 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 133 · 89rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1951.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 63.049. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1951). Total Dependency Ratio, 1951 [data set], describing 1951. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1951

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1951: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1951?

Grenada, at 111.245, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1951 describe?

1951.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1951 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1951?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Total Dependency Ratio, 1951 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Total Dependency Ratio, 2023.

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