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Total Dependency Ratio, 1956

1956, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1956 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is highest, at 110.327; Luxembourg is lowest, at 44.886. The middle country reads 79.826. Against 1955, 222 values changed (155 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1956

HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

110.327

LowestLuxembourg

44.886

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, 1956, 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, 1956: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean110.327100.22710.100
SamoaWSMPolynesia108.161102.3665.795
GrenadaGRDCaribbean107.14698.1878.959
PalestinePSEWestern Asia103.59994.9418.659
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean103.38890.80812.579
ParaguayPRYSouth America103.24995.0248.225
American SamoaASMPolynesia103.11297.6985.415
KenyaKENEastern Africa103.07495.0608.014
PalauPLWMicronesia102.92891.65211.276
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia102.78896.8525.936
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean102.69692.63110.065
NigerNERWestern Africa101.25099.4681.782
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia101.00789.04611.961
MontserratMSRCaribbean100.54285.10015.442
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia100.47395.1725.301
FijiFJIMelanesia99.82891.4718.356
RwandaRWAEastern Africa99.46893.2716.197
AnguillaAIACaribbean99.29390.8298.464
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean99.04282.84616.195
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa98.51488.6269.888
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean98.46391.6096.854
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean98.44093.2475.193
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean97.79687.38010.416
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa97.27090.6376.633
NicaraguaNICCentral America96.86991.5405.329

02In 1956

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines110.327
  2. Samoa108.161
  3. Grenada107.146
  4. Palestine103.599
  5. British Virgin Islands103.388

Lowest

  1. Luxembourg44.886
  2. Ukraine45.710
  3. Germany46.193
  4. Monaco46.919
  5. Vatican City47.030

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 79.826. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestSamoa102.366

    LowestMonaco20.591

    Middle country: 73.629

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

    HighestMonaco26.328

    LowestNiger1.782

    Middle country: 7.462

031955 → 1956

Since 1955

What changed between 1955 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 155 · 67rose · 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 1956.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 80.070. 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 (1956). Total Dependency Ratio, 1956 [data set], describing 1956. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1956

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1956: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1956?

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at 110.327, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1956 describe?

1956.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1956 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1956?

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, 1956 the newest?

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

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