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Total Dependency Ratio, 1962

1962, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1962 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Palau is highest, at 116.468; Vatican City is lowest, at 24.932. The middle country reads 83.124. Against 1961, 222 values changed (151 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1962

HighestPalau

116.468

LowestVatican City

24.932

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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
PalauPLWMicronesia116.468106.34410.124
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia116.457110.2296.228
SamoaWSMPolynesia114.373108.4035.970
RwandaRWAEastern Africa114.128107.5136.615
NiueNIUPolynesia113.478103.29410.184
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean112.066103.7428.324
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia111.84699.81812.028
AnguillaAIACaribbean111.02795.16915.858
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean110.418102.2088.209
KenyaKENEastern Africa109.593103.5056.088
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia107.349101.4125.937
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean107.133101.7195.415
PalestinePSEWestern Asia106.32798.7357.593
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa105.99599.0556.941
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia105.031100.5884.444
JordanJORWestern Asia104.69096.5518.140
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean104.22893.58010.648
GrenadaGRDCaribbean104.01496.2087.806
GuyanaGUYSouth America103.57896.4007.178
American SamoaASMPolynesia103.47898.3715.107
HondurasHNDCentral America103.34396.8266.517
DominicaDMACaribbean103.10292.01911.084
SyriaSYRWestern Asia103.04993.5249.526
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean102.77794.9617.816
NicaraguaNICCentral America102.48697.2905.196

02In 1962

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Palau116.468
  2. Northern Mariana Islands116.457
  3. Samoa114.373
  4. Rwanda114.128
  5. Niue113.478

Lowest

  1. Vatican City24.932
  2. Luxembourg48.453
  3. Latvia49.784
  4. Bulgaria49.831
  5. Monaco49.842

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 83.124. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 151 · 71rose · 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 1962.

  • 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 (1962). Total Dependency Ratio, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1962

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1962?

Palau, at 116.468, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1962 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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