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Total Dependency Ratio, 1953

1953, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1953 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Grenada is highest, at 109.391; Luxembourg is lowest, at 43.393. The middle country reads 78.610. Against 1952, 222 values changed (141 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1953

HighestGrenada

109.391

LowestLuxembourg

43.393

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, 1953, 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, 1953: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GrenadaGRDCaribbean109.39199.5339.858
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean107.87592.74415.131
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean107.38895.07012.318
SamoaWSMPolynesia106.626101.1505.476
PalauPLWMicronesia106.41093.12613.283
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia102.87391.07511.798
ParaguayPRYSouth America102.43094.4078.023
PalestinePSEWestern Asia102.30293.1919.111
NigerNERWestern Africa102.099100.4171.682
KenyaKENEastern Africa101.26592.0189.248
FijiFJIMelanesia100.70790.53410.173
MontserratMSRCaribbean100.69085.30015.390
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia100.64494.3026.342
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean99.61993.1876.432
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa99.34088.11911.221
American SamoaASMPolynesia98.38693.5644.822
DominicaDMACaribbean96.27283.26613.006
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia95.86088.1727.688
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean95.81185.76110.050
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia95.57789.9255.651
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean95.01389.8295.184
TongaTONPolynesia94.81987.2227.597
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean94.40775.95118.456
SudanSDNNorthern Africa94.35988.4935.867
NicaraguaNICCentral America93.64988.3485.301

02In 1953

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Grenada109.391
  2. British Virgin Islands107.875
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines107.388
  4. Samoa106.626
  5. Palau106.410

Lowest

  1. Luxembourg43.393
  2. Monaco46.430
  3. Gibraltar46.690
  4. Germany48.138
  5. Guam48.214

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 78.610. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestSamoa101.150

    LowestMonaco22.285

    Middle country: 72.813

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

    HighestMonaco24.145

    LowestNiger1.682

    Middle country: 7.440

031952 → 1953

Since 1952

What changed between 1952 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 141 · 81rose · 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 1953.

  • 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 (1953). Total Dependency Ratio, 1953 [data set], describing 1953. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1953

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1953: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1953?

Grenada, at 109.391, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1953 describe?

1953.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1953 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1953?

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, 1953 the newest?

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

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