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Total Dependency Ratio, 1968

1968, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1968 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Cook Islands is highest, at 121.506; Vatican City is lowest, at 25.756. The middle country reads 86.069. Against 1967, 222 values changed (118 up, 104 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1968

HighestCook Islands

121.506

LowestVatican City

25.756

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, 1968, 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, 1968: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia121.506114.4547.052
SamoaWSMPolynesia118.481112.2736.207
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean117.773108.5489.226
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean116.947102.82914.118
DominicaDMACaribbean116.518104.11412.404
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa116.474108.8457.629
NiueNIUPolynesia115.776105.30010.476
KenyaKENEastern Africa115.334110.2475.087
BelizeBLZCentral America114.616105.5629.054
SurinameSURSouth America113.808104.2899.520
JordanJORWestern Asia113.065106.0387.027
PalauPLWMicronesia112.362102.8279.535
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa111.082102.5308.552
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia110.836105.0155.821
RwandaRWAEastern Africa109.032102.8476.185
PalestinePSEWestern Asia108.412102.1936.219
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa107.178100.4346.745
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean106.700101.1135.587
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.45698.6277.830
AnguillaAIACaribbean106.41092.12214.288
GhanaGHAWestern Africa105.77798.6487.128
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean105.71094.98110.729
GrenadaGRDCaribbean104.48197.0987.384
HondurasHNDCentral America104.42498.0836.341
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa104.20393.62910.574

02In 1968

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Cook Islands121.506
  2. Samoa118.481
  3. Saint Lucia117.773
  4. Saint Kitts and Nevis116.947
  5. Dominica116.518

Lowest

  1. Vatican City25.756
  2. Japan43.600
  3. Bulgaria47.651
  4. Serbia47.809
  5. United Arab Emirates48.901

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 86.069. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestCook Islands114.454

    LowestVatican City16.271

    Middle country: 79.433

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

    HighestMonaco34.063

    LowestPapua New Guinea1.946

    Middle country: 7.518

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 118 · 104rose · 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 1968.

  • 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 (1968). Total Dependency Ratio, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1968

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1968: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1968?

Cook Islands, at 121.506, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1968 describe?

1968.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1968 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1968?

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, 1968 the newest?

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

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