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Total Dependency Ratio, 1976

1976, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1976 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Kenya is highest, at 117.993; Vatican City is lowest, at 27.186. The middle country reads 83.173. Against 1975, 222 values changed (73 up, 149 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1976

HighestKenya

117.993

LowestVatican City

27.186

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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KenyaKENEastern Africa117.993113.4954.498
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean115.089105.2869.803
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia115.049106.9358.114
JordanJORWestern Asia113.851108.0595.792
MacauMACEastern Asia112.68191.46821.213
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa109.126102.6066.520
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia109.036101.4817.554
PalestinePSEWestern Asia108.748103.7345.014
NiueNIUPolynesia108.50795.51112.996
SyriaSYRWestern Asia107.117100.7356.381
IraqIRQWestern Asia106.86797.5819.287
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa106.75494.90711.847
SamoaWSMPolynesia106.466100.4096.057
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia106.27999.3976.881
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa105.71999.1276.592
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa105.35999.7095.650
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.20495.1229.082
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa103.45797.3856.072
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia102.94496.9815.962
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa102.90396.0646.838
BelizeBLZCentral America102.67893.7008.977
OmanOMNWestern Asia102.55896.2336.325
HondurasHNDCentral America102.10396.0156.089
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa102.07795.3016.776
GhanaGHAWestern Africa102.01396.8045.208

02In 1976

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Kenya117.993
  2. Saint Lucia115.089
  3. Cook Islands115.049
  4. Jordan113.851
  5. Macau112.681

Lowest

  1. Vatican City27.186
  2. United Arab Emirates40.223
  3. Serbia45.821
  4. Russia46.482
  5. Andorra46.832

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 83.173. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestKenya113.495

    LowestVatican City16.277

    Middle country: 75.948

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

    HighestMonaco36.441

    LowestNauru1.938

    Middle country: 7.472

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 73 · 149rose · 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 1976.

  • 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 (1976). Total Dependency Ratio, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1976

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1976?

Kenya, at 117.993, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1976 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1976?

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, 1976 the newest?

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

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