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Total Dependency Ratio, 1954

1954, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1954 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Grenada is highest, at 108.612; Luxembourg is lowest, at 43.907. The middle country reads 78.999. Against 1953, 222 values changed (150 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1954

HighestGrenada

108.612

LowestLuxembourg

43.907

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, 1954, 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, 1954: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GrenadaGRDCaribbean108.61299.0459.568
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean108.50297.01711.485
SamoaWSMPolynesia107.126101.5215.605
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean106.26192.13214.129
PalauPLWMicronesia105.21292.88812.323
ParaguayPRYSouth America102.95594.8028.153
PalestinePSEWestern Asia102.65093.7018.950
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia101.90790.07911.828
NigerNERWestern Africa101.719100.0431.676
KenyaKENEastern Africa101.63592.8208.815
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia100.41794.4755.941
FijiFJIMelanesia100.35390.8639.490
MontserratMSRCaribbean100.15984.86215.298
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean99.95589.85310.102
American SamoaASMPolynesia99.89494.8565.038
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean99.67493.0996.575
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa99.12888.38210.746
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean98.11080.56217.549
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia96.01388.6737.340
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean95.86090.6855.175
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia95.23889.5245.714
SudanSDNNorthern Africa94.78788.9255.862
TongaTONPolynesia94.77887.5687.210
DominicaDMACaribbean94.75982.36012.400
NicaraguaNICCentral America94.75589.4275.328

02In 1954

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Grenada108.612
  2. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines108.502
  3. Samoa107.126
  4. British Virgin Islands106.261
  5. Palau105.212

Lowest

  1. Luxembourg43.907
  2. Monaco46.681
  3. Ukraine46.916
  4. Gibraltar47.305
  5. Germany47.477

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 78.999. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestSamoa101.521

    LowestMonaco21.758

    Middle country: 73.458

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

    HighestMonaco24.924

    LowestNiger1.676

    Middle country: 7.397

031953 → 1954

Since 1953

What changed between 1953 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 150 · 72rose · 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 1954.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 75.788. 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 (1954). Total Dependency Ratio, 1954 [data set], describing 1954. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1954

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1954: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1954?

Grenada, at 108.612, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1954 describe?

1954.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1954 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1954?

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, 1954 the newest?

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

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