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Total Dependency Ratio, 1977

1977, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1977 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Kenya is highest, at 117.737; Vatican City is lowest, at 28.149. The middle country reads 83.010. Against 1976, 222 values changed (69 up, 153 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1977

HighestKenya

117.737

LowestVatican City

28.149

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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KenyaKENEastern Africa117.737113.2554.482
JordanJORWestern Asia112.917107.2775.640
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia111.633103.3798.254
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean110.524100.8589.666
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia110.338103.0047.334
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa109.949103.3776.572
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa108.89797.05711.840
PalestinePSEWestern Asia108.571103.6784.893
IraqIRQWestern Asia107.22097.9419.279
SyriaSYRWestern Asia107.131100.8256.306
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia106.39399.6266.767
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa106.30199.6076.694
NiueNIUPolynesia105.20191.91813.284
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.83195.6529.179
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa104.32398.2396.084
SamoaWSMPolynesia103.77697.7845.992
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa103.58198.1895.392
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa102.54795.7716.776
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia102.25096.3735.877
HondurasHNDCentral America102.07395.8596.214
OmanOMNWestern Asia101.88695.6866.200
UgandaUGAEastern Africa101.68695.8535.834
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa101.04193.8947.147
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa100.88794.3656.522
SudanSDNNorthern Africa100.78495.7505.034

02In 1977

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Kenya117.737
  2. Jordan112.917
  3. Cook Islands111.633
  4. Saint Lucia110.524
  5. Marshall Islands110.338

Lowest

  1. Vatican City28.149
  2. United Arab Emirates39.655
  3. Andorra45.746
  4. Serbia45.836
  5. Russia46.232

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 83.010. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestKenya113.255

    LowestVatican City16.334

    Middle country: 74.866

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

    HighestMonaco35.981

    LowestPapua New Guinea2.137

    Middle country: 7.427

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 69 · 153rose · 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 1977.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 55.289. 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 (1977). Total Dependency Ratio, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1977

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1977?

Kenya, at 117.737, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1977 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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