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Total Dependency Ratio, 1960

1960, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1960 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 115.317; Vatican City is lowest, at 31.991. The middle country reads 81.753. Against 1959, 222 values changed (160 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1960

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

115.317

LowestVatican City

31.991

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, 1960, 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, 1960: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia115.317108.9346.383
AnguillaAIACaribbean115.12698.34416.781
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean112.373104.0338.340
SamoaWSMPolynesia112.144106.1965.948
RwandaRWAEastern Africa109.662103.1876.476
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia108.28096.11812.162
KenyaKENEastern Africa108.002101.3466.656
PalauPLWMicronesia107.73997.65010.089
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.487102.0155.473
NiueNIUPolynesia106.13096.1559.974
PalestinePSEWestern Asia105.68097.6388.042
GrenadaGRDCaribbean104.92196.9497.972
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean104.86899.5365.331
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean103.74495.9277.818
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa102.96696.0926.875
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean102.95492.15310.801
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean102.64392.44610.198
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia102.54798.0274.520
MontserratMSRCaribbean102.48285.45517.027
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia101.85796.0285.829
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean101.30293.2048.099
SyriaSYRWestern Asia101.25591.11010.145
GuyanaGUYSouth America101.00494.1096.895
JordanJORWestern Asia100.98792.5638.424
HondurasHNDCentral America100.96594.4686.497

02In 1960

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 Islands115.317
  2. Anguilla115.126
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines112.373
  4. Samoa112.144
  5. Rwanda109.662

Lowest

  1. Vatican City31.991
  2. Luxembourg46.728
  3. Germany48.720
  4. Latvia48.837
  5. Monaco50.250

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 81.753. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031959 → 1960

Since 1959

What changed between 1959 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 160 · 62rose · 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 1960.

  • 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 (1960). Total Dependency Ratio, 1960 [data set], describing 1960. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1960

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1960: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1960?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 115.317, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1960 describe?

1960.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1960 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1960?

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, 1960 the newest?

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

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