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Total Dependency Ratio, 1965

1965, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1965 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Macau is highest, at 141.297; Vatican City is lowest, at 22.261. The middle country reads 84.408. Against 1964, 222 values changed (126 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1965

HighestMacau

141.297

LowestVatican City

22.261

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, 1965, 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, 1965: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MacauMACEastern Asia141.297131.9859.312
PalauPLWMicronesia121.819111.54610.273
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean119.952111.0458.907
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia117.746110.8536.893
SamoaWSMPolynesia117.597111.5746.023
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia116.690110.5676.123
RwandaRWAEastern Africa115.948109.3256.622
NiueNIUPolynesia115.051104.96210.089
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia113.554101.36812.186
KenyaKENEastern Africa111.616106.1425.474
SurinameSURSouth America110.38599.81010.576
JordanJORWestern Asia109.625102.0427.583
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean108.76796.76112.006
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean108.500102.9735.527
BelizeBLZCentral America108.42499.5938.831
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa108.405101.4896.916
DominicaDMACaribbean108.25996.66511.594
PalestinePSEWestern Asia107.359100.4766.883
AnguillaAIACaribbean106.60992.22314.386
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa106.00997.9308.078
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean105.94097.5848.355
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia105.416101.0284.388
GuyanaGUYSouth America105.41298.1307.281
SyriaSYRWestern Asia104.73796.0998.637
HondurasHNDCentral America104.63198.1276.504

02In 1965

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Macau141.297
  2. Palau121.819
  3. Saint Lucia119.952
  4. Cook Islands117.746
  5. Samoa117.597

Lowest

  1. Vatican City22.261
  2. Japan45.807
  3. Bulgaria48.290
  4. Latvia49.691
  5. Serbia49.793

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 84.408. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Child dependency ratio (aged 0–14 per 100 aged 15–64)

    HighestMacau131.985

    LowestVatican City15.093

    Middle country: 77.215

  • Old-age dependency ratio (aged 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)

    HighestMonaco32.070

    LowestPapua New Guinea1.941

    Middle country: 7.554

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 126 · 96rose · 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 1965.

  • 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 (1965). Total Dependency Ratio, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1965

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1965: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1965?

Macau, at 141.297, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1965 describe?

1965.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1965 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1965?

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, 1965 the newest?

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

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