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Total Dependency Ratio, 1978

1978, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1978 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Kenya is highest, at 117.140; Vatican City is lowest, at 29.396. The middle country reads 81.913. Against 1977, 221 values changed (64 up, 157 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1978

HighestKenya

117.140

LowestVatican City

29.396

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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KenyaKENEastern Africa117.140112.6624.478
JordanJORWestern Asia111.813106.3255.488
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia111.788104.6647.123
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa110.58098.82611.754
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa110.576103.9626.614
PalestinePSEWestern Asia108.336103.5574.780
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa107.829100.8566.973
SyriaSYRWestern Asia107.048100.8546.194
IraqIRQWestern Asia106.57397.3629.211
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia106.39399.7176.676
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia105.24997.1208.130
ComorosCOMEastern Africa105.24296.0449.198
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa105.20099.1146.086
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean104.97495.4359.539
YemenYEMWestern Asia102.31196.0066.305
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa102.30797.1355.172
HondurasHNDCentral America102.07495.7466.328
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia102.05496.2235.831
UgandaUGAEastern Africa101.99996.0635.935
SamoaWSMPolynesia101.50395.5725.932
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa101.41994.7566.662
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa101.23394.2007.033
OmanOMNWestern Asia101.15295.0816.070
NiueNIUPolynesia101.01788.01513.002
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa99.77791.6318.147

02In 1978

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Kenya117.140
  2. Jordan111.813
  3. Marshall Islands111.788
  4. Cabo Verde110.580
  5. Zambia110.576

Lowest

  1. Vatican City29.396
  2. United Arab Emirates39.556
  3. Andorra44.707
  4. Serbia45.747
  5. Russia46.186

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 81.913. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestKenya112.662

    LowestVatican City16.448

    Middle country: 74.786

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

    HighestMonaco35.508

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates2.032

    Middle country: 7.439

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 64 · 157rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1978.

  • 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 (1978). Total Dependency Ratio, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1978

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1978?

Kenya, at 117.140, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1978 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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