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Total Dependency Ratio, 1958

1958, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1958 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 114.855; Vatican City is lowest, at 39.424. The middle country reads 79.829. Against 1957, 222 values changed (163 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1958

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

114.855

LowestVatican City

39.424

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, 1958, 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, 1958: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia114.855108.4596.396
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean111.840102.8349.006
SamoaWSMPolynesia110.088104.1875.901
AnguillaAIACaribbean108.09895.49312.605
American SamoaASMPolynesia106.096100.6105.486
GrenadaGRDCaribbean105.81897.4768.343
KenyaKENEastern Africa105.61998.3137.306
PalestinePSEWestern Asia104.75596.3598.397
RwandaRWAEastern Africa104.73398.3826.351
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia103.20990.91812.291
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean102.51392.5279.986
ParaguayPRYSouth America102.26094.1918.069
MontserratMSRCaribbean101.79485.69216.102
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean101.66296.4125.250
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean101.42490.77110.653
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia101.03296.2254.807
NigerNERWestern Africa100.87798.8742.002
PalauPLWMicronesia100.65489.99210.662
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa100.23493.4566.778
FijiFJIMelanesia99.52492.0207.504
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean99.49488.19911.294
NicaraguaNICCentral America98.88093.6025.278
SyriaSYRWestern Asia98.82288.02110.800
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean98.77291.5407.231
NiueNIUPolynesia98.35688.6769.679

02In 1958

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands114.855
  2. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines111.840
  3. Samoa110.088
  4. Anguilla108.098
  5. American Samoa106.096

Lowest

  1. Vatican City39.424
  2. Luxembourg45.757
  3. Germany47.102
  4. Ukraine47.646
  5. Latvia49.687

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 79.829. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

What changed between 1957 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 163 · 59rose · 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 1958.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 82.834. 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 (1958). Total Dependency Ratio, 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1958

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1958: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1958?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 114.855, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1958 describe?

1958.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1958 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1958?

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, 1958 the newest?

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

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