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Total Dependency Ratio, 1971

1971, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1971 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Saint Lucia is highest, at 121.195; Vatican City is lowest, at 26.002. The middle country reads 85.773. Against 1970, 222 values changed (97 up, 125 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1971

HighestSaint Lucia

121.195

LowestVatican City

26.002

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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean121.195111.4589.737
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia120.393113.6186.775
NiueNIUPolynesia118.568108.11310.456
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa118.096110.9877.109
DominicaDMACaribbean117.393104.60112.792
SamoaWSMPolynesia117.101110.8106.291
KenyaKENEastern Africa117.049112.2874.762
JordanJORWestern Asia114.922108.4066.517
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa114.527105.7638.764
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean113.14497.56315.581
BelizeBLZCentral America112.457103.4698.988
SurinameSURSouth America110.767102.1188.649
PalestinePSEWestern Asia108.885103.1995.686
AnguillaAIACaribbean108.56693.10815.458
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean108.40396.95811.445
SyriaSYRWestern Asia107.00199.9377.064
GhanaGHAWestern Africa106.35399.8026.551
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia105.94494.22011.724
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa105.89499.3056.589
JamaicaJAMCaribbean103.94691.33412.611
HondurasHNDCentral America103.77997.6366.143
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa103.09296.9476.145
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia102.79897.3465.452
RwandaRWAEastern Africa102.78397.0335.750
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean102.66593.1739.492

02In 1971

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Saint Lucia121.195
  2. Cook Islands120.393
  3. Niue118.568
  4. Libya118.096
  5. Dominica117.393

Lowest

  1. Vatican City26.002
  2. Japan43.796
  3. United Arab Emirates43.814
  4. Serbia45.929
  5. Hungary47.270

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 85.773. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestCook Islands113.618

    LowestVatican City16.198

    Middle country: 78.741

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

    HighestMonaco34.859

    LowestNauru1.756

    Middle country: 7.509

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 97 · 125rose · 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 1971.

  • 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 (1971). Total Dependency Ratio, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1971

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1971?

Saint Lucia, at 121.195, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1971 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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