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Total Dependency Ratio, 1966

1966, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1966 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Macau is highest, at 124.706; Vatican City is lowest, at 24.151. The middle country reads 84.975. Against 1965, 222 values changed (129 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1966

HighestMacau

124.706

LowestVatican City

24.151

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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MacauMACEastern Asia124.706115.7198.988
PalauPLWMicronesia121.972111.50510.467
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia121.182114.0287.154
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean119.662110.6419.021
SamoaWSMPolynesia117.997111.8846.113
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia115.428109.4305.999
NiueNIUPolynesia114.058103.84110.217
RwandaRWAEastern Africa113.968107.4656.503
KenyaKENEastern Africa113.163107.8305.333
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia112.790100.47512.315
SurinameSURSouth America112.009101.79510.214
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean111.13098.49212.639
JordanJORWestern Asia110.945103.5497.396
BelizeBLZCentral America110.811101.8848.926
DominicaDMACaribbean110.71198.88011.831
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa108.582100.8987.683
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean108.344102.7905.555
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa107.983101.1236.860
PalestinePSEWestern Asia107.669101.0136.655
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa107.63099.4338.196
AnguillaAIACaribbean106.05891.83814.220
SyriaSYRWestern Asia105.45197.0878.364
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia105.220100.8264.394
GuyanaGUYSouth America105.16397.8577.306
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean105.09296.5948.498

02In 1966

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Macau124.706
  2. Palau121.972
  3. Cook Islands121.182
  4. Saint Lucia119.662
  5. Samoa117.997

Lowest

  1. Vatican City24.151
  2. Japan44.622
  3. Bulgaria48.010
  4. Serbia49.213
  5. Latvia49.685

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 84.975. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestMacau115.719

    LowestVatican City15.805

    Middle country: 78.270

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

    HighestMonaco32.850

    LowestPapua New Guinea1.929

    Middle country: 7.502

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 129 · 93rose · 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 1966.

  • 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 (1966). Total Dependency Ratio, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1966

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1966?

Macau, at 124.706, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1966 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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