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Total Dependency Ratio, 1972

1972, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1972 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Saint Lucia is highest, at 121.409; Vatican City is lowest, at 26.113. The middle country reads 85.361. Against 1971, 222 values changed (88 up, 134 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1972

HighestSaint Lucia

121.409

LowestVatican City

26.113

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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean121.409111.5649.845
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia119.261112.3466.915
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa117.901110.9616.940
KenyaKENEastern Africa117.590112.9124.678
NiueNIUPolynesia117.125106.61010.515
SamoaWSMPolynesia115.835109.5426.293
JordanJORWestern Asia115.138108.7706.367
DominicaDMACaribbean113.878101.19812.680
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa113.036104.5918.445
BelizeBLZCentral America110.349101.3678.982
AnguillaAIACaribbean109.24893.13716.111
PalestinePSEWestern Asia108.962103.4195.543
SurinameSURSouth America107.66399.1918.472
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean107.44891.83115.618
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.890100.0666.824
GhanaGHAWestern Africa105.81999.7046.116
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia105.75094.25011.499
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa105.60399.0366.568
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean104.70793.35511.351
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa104.46998.2356.234
HondurasHNDCentral America103.57297.4956.077
JamaicaJAMCaribbean103.17290.26212.910
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean102.48392.7779.706
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa102.40791.05811.349
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia102.33496.1866.149

02In 1972

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Saint Lucia121.409
  2. Cook Islands119.261
  3. Libya117.901
  4. Kenya117.590
  5. Niue117.125

Lowest

  1. Vatican City26.113
  2. United Arab Emirates42.446
  3. Japan44.497
  4. Serbia45.760
  5. Hungary47.191

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 85.361. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestKenya112.912

    LowestVatican City16.267

    Middle country: 79.057

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

    HighestMonaco35.372

    LowestNauru1.848

    Middle country: 7.550

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 88 · 134rose · 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 1972.

  • 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 (1972). Total Dependency Ratio, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1972

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1972?

Saint Lucia, at 121.409, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1972 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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