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Total Dependency Ratio, 1973

1973, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1973 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Saint Lucia is highest, at 120.826; Vatican City is lowest, at 26.094. The middle country reads 84.975. Against 1972, 222 values changed (80 up, 142 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1973

HighestSaint Lucia

120.826

LowestVatican City

26.094

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean120.826110.9189.908
KenyaKENEastern Africa117.824113.2134.611
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia117.391110.2147.177
JordanJORWestern Asia115.154108.9286.226
NiueNIUPolynesia114.243103.47010.774
SamoaWSMPolynesia114.142107.8566.286
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa113.921107.2936.628
DominicaDMACaribbean110.54097.90812.632
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa110.253102.2557.998
AnguillaAIACaribbean110.06892.96217.107
PalestinePSEWestern Asia108.982103.5755.408
BelizeBLZCentral America108.37199.3639.008
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.849100.2296.620
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa105.78399.4666.317
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa105.47198.9156.555
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia105.14393.90011.243
GhanaGHAWestern Africa105.13099.3115.820
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia104.95397.0157.938
SurinameSURSouth America103.82695.4588.368
HondurasHNDCentral America103.38397.3746.009
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia103.16697.0306.136
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa102.68791.14711.540
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean102.56086.85115.709
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean102.27892.3589.920
OmanOMNWestern Asia102.20195.6206.581

02In 1973

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Saint Lucia120.826
  2. Kenya117.824
  3. Cook Islands117.391
  4. Jordan115.154
  5. Niue114.243

Lowest

  1. Vatican City26.094
  2. United Arab Emirates41.494
  3. Japan45.282
  4. Serbia45.721
  5. Hungary47.535

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)

    HighestKenya113.213

    LowestVatican City16.309

    Middle country: 78.057

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

    HighestMonaco35.914

    LowestNauru1.869

    Middle country: 7.586

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 80 · 142rose · 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 1973.

  • 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 (1973). Total Dependency Ratio, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1973

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1973?

Saint Lucia, at 120.826, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1973 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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