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Total Dependency Ratio, 1963

1963, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1963 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Palau is highest, at 119.292; Vatican City is lowest, at 21.348. The middle country reads 83.433. Against 1962, 222 values changed (146 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1963

HighestPalau

119.292

LowestVatican City

21.348

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, 1963, 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, 1963: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
PalauPLWMicronesia119.292109.15410.138
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia117.008110.8006.208
SamoaWSMPolynesia116.024110.0595.965
RwandaRWAEastern Africa116.010109.3366.674
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean115.212106.6718.540
NiueNIUPolynesia115.071104.87410.197
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia113.022100.98012.042
KenyaKENEastern Africa110.257104.3995.858
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia110.135103.9816.154
AnguillaAIACaribbean109.16393.94415.219
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean108.819100.5998.220
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia108.241102.9045.337
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa107.882100.9086.973
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean107.780102.3285.453
PalestinePSEWestern Asia106.73299.3787.354
JordanJORWestern Asia106.39698.4387.958
SurinameSURSouth America106.03594.98411.050
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia105.653101.2344.419
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean105.39094.37911.011
GuyanaGUYSouth America104.58697.3747.212
DominicaDMACaribbean104.48893.26111.226
HondurasHNDCentral America104.14297.6076.535
GrenadaGRDCaribbean103.62295.8797.743
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa103.49795.2828.215
SyriaSYRWestern Asia103.34094.1319.208

02In 1963

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Palau119.292
  2. Northern Mariana Islands117.008
  3. Samoa116.024
  4. Rwanda116.010
  5. Saint Lucia115.212

Lowest

  1. Vatican City21.348
  2. Japan49.003
  3. Luxembourg49.158
  4. Bulgaria49.354
  5. Latvia49.821

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 83.433. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 146 · 76rose · 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 1963.

  • 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 (1963). Total Dependency Ratio, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1963

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1963: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1963?

Palau, at 119.292, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1963 describe?

1963.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1963 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1963?

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, 1963 the newest?

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

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