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Total Dependency Ratio, 1974

1974, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1974 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Macau is highest, at 174.509; Vatican City is lowest, at 26.162. The middle country reads 83.928. Against 1973, 222 values changed (74 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1974

HighestMacau

174.509

LowestVatican City

26.162

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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MacauMACEastern Asia174.509144.87729.631
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean119.532109.6139.918
KenyaKENEastern Africa117.915113.3534.562
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia115.932108.4687.463
JordanJORWestern Asia114.962108.8766.086
NiueNIUPolynesia112.044100.66411.380
SamoaWSMPolynesia111.973105.7456.228
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa109.364103.1166.248
PalestinePSEWestern Asia108.941103.6685.273
AnguillaAIACaribbean108.64790.99817.649
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa107.51099.9397.571
DominicaDMACaribbean107.38594.76212.623
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia107.03098.9698.062
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa106.998100.6066.393
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.881100.4126.469
BelizeBLZCentral America106.47897.4499.028
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa105.42798.8816.547
GhanaGHAWestern Africa104.32598.7395.586
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia104.14193.17110.970
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia103.84997.7356.114
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia103.41296.5506.862
OmanOMNWestern Asia103.01396.4816.532
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa102.83191.15011.681
HondurasHNDCentral America102.80096.8615.939
IraqIRQWestern Asia102.67093.5769.094

02In 1974

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Macau174.509
  2. Saint Lucia119.532
  3. Kenya117.915
  4. Cook Islands115.932
  5. Jordan114.962

Lowest

  1. Vatican City26.162
  2. United Arab Emirates40.949
  3. Serbia45.737
  4. Japan45.974
  5. Russia47.596

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 83.928. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestMacau144.877

    LowestVatican City16.351

    Middle country: 77.232

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

    HighestMonaco36.498

    LowestNauru1.887

    Middle country: 7.572

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 74 · 148rose · 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 1974.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 88.795. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (1974). Total Dependency Ratio, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1974

0674 held

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1974?

Macau, at 174.509, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1974 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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