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Total Dependency Ratio, 1969

1969, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1969 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Cook Islands is highest, at 121.211; Vatican City is lowest, at 26.025. The middle country reads 85.494. Against 1968, 222 values changed (111 up, 111 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1969

HighestCook Islands

121.211

LowestVatican City

26.025

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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia121.211114.2716.940
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean119.660104.68114.979
DominicaDMACaribbean119.526106.80112.725
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean118.656109.2469.410
SamoaWSMPolynesia118.386112.1446.242
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa118.204110.7087.495
NiueNIUPolynesia117.143106.60510.538
KenyaKENEastern Africa115.976111.0054.971
BelizeBLZCentral America115.543106.4889.055
JordanJORWestern Asia113.891107.0406.852
SurinameSURSouth America113.575104.3829.193
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa112.685103.9738.712
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia109.842104.1185.725
PalestinePSEWestern Asia108.609102.5846.025
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean108.15797.16410.992
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa106.783100.1046.680
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.77599.2047.571
AnguillaAIACaribbean106.69392.26314.430
RwandaRWAEastern Africa106.686100.6596.026
GhanaGHAWestern Africa106.33199.2287.104
PalauPLWMicronesia106.30497.4128.893
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean105.35699.7625.594
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia105.00493.01111.994
HondurasHNDCentral America104.22097.9476.273
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa103.59092.67410.916

02In 1969

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Cook Islands121.211
  2. Saint Kitts and Nevis119.660
  3. Dominica119.526
  4. Saint Lucia118.656
  5. Samoa118.386

Lowest

  1. Vatican City26.025
  2. Japan43.514
  3. Serbia47.042
  4. United Arab Emirates47.279
  5. Bulgaria47.807

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 85.494. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestCook Islands114.271

    LowestVatican City16.234

    Middle country: 79.178

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

    HighestMonaco34.274

    LowestNauru1.858

    Middle country: 7.563

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 111 · 111rose · 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 1969.

  • 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 (1969). Total Dependency Ratio, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1969

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1969: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1969?

Cook Islands, at 121.211, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1969 describe?

1969.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1969 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1969?

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, 1969 the newest?

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

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