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Total Dependency Ratio, 1961

1961, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1961 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 115.707; Vatican City is lowest, at 28.541. The middle country reads 82.071. Against 1960, 222 values changed (164 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1961

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

115.707

LowestVatican City

28.541

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, 1961, 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, 1961: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia115.707109.4246.283
AnguillaAIACaribbean113.20096.74116.459
SamoaWSMPolynesia113.000107.0295.971
PalauPLWMicronesia112.404102.33410.070
RwandaRWAEastern Africa112.005105.4606.544
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean111.559103.3118.247
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia110.32398.24512.078
NiueNIUPolynesia110.254100.21710.037
KenyaKENEastern Africa108.817102.4626.356
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean108.252100.1728.080
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean106.152100.7785.374
PalestinePSEWestern Asia106.03098.2037.827
American SamoaASMPolynesia105.433100.1345.298
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia104.71598.8995.816
GrenadaGRDCaribbean104.48696.6137.873
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa104.40197.4916.910
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia103.93399.4584.475
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean103.37292.99110.381
JordanJORWestern Asia102.85394.5578.296
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean102.43191.84410.587
SyriaSYRWestern Asia102.28592.4539.832
HondurasHNDCentral America102.25595.7566.499
GuyanaGUYSouth America102.24595.0977.149
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean102.16694.3077.859
DominicaDMACaribbean101.95490.96710.987

02In 1961

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 Islands115.707
  2. Anguilla113.200
  3. Samoa113.000
  4. Palau112.404
  5. Rwanda112.005

Lowest

  1. Vatican City28.541
  2. Luxembourg47.664
  3. Latvia49.481
  4. Monaco49.617
  5. Germany50.132

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 82.071. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 164 · 58rose · 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 1961.

  • 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 (1961). Total Dependency Ratio, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1961

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1961?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 115.707, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1961 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1961?

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, 1961 the newest?

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

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