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Total Dependency Ratio, 1957

1957, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1957 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is highest, at 111.121; Vatican City is lowest, at 43.292. The middle country reads 79.620. Against 1956, 221 values changed (165 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1957

HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

111.121

LowestVatican City

43.292

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, 1957, 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, 1957: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean111.121101.6029.519
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia109.800103.6136.187
SamoaWSMPolynesia108.997103.1445.853
GrenadaGRDCaribbean106.42497.7878.637
American SamoaASMPolynesia104.63499.1645.470
KenyaKENEastern Africa104.18596.5387.647
PalestinePSEWestern Asia104.17895.6488.530
AnguillaAIACaribbean103.61893.23710.381
ParaguayPRYSouth America102.86294.6968.166
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean102.73592.73410.001
RwandaRWAEastern Africa102.13995.8536.286
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean101.78189.88611.895
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia101.70189.55912.142
PalauPLWMicronesia101.45190.45410.997
MontserratMSRCaribbean101.16185.47615.685
NigerNERWestern Africa101.07799.1941.883
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia100.68595.6475.038
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean100.00494.7875.217
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean99.70289.19110.511
FijiFJIMelanesia99.65391.7507.903
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa98.80292.0906.712
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean98.74482.69116.054
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa98.29788.7559.542
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean98.20591.1817.024
NicaraguaNICCentral America97.89292.5855.307

02In 1957

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 Grenadines111.121
  2. Northern Mariana Islands109.800
  3. Samoa108.997
  4. Grenada106.424
  5. American Samoa104.634

Lowest

  1. Vatican City43.292
  2. Luxembourg45.307
  3. Ukraine45.843
  4. Germany46.451
  5. Monaco48.816

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 79.620. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorthern Mariana Islands103.613

    LowestMonaco21.932

    Middle country: 73.519

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

    HighestMonaco26.885

    LowestNiger1.883

    Middle country: 7.503

031956 → 1957

Since 1956

What changed between 1956 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 165 · 56rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1957.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 70.269. 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 (1957). Total Dependency Ratio, 1957 [data set], describing 1957. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1957

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1957: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1957?

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at 111.121, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1957 describe?

1957.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1957 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1957?

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, 1957 the newest?

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

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