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Total Dependency Ratio, 1980

1980, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1980 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Kenya is highest, at 115.471; Vatican City is lowest, at 30.695. The middle country reads 78.949. Against 1979, 222 values changed (65 up, 157 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1980

HighestKenya

115.471

LowestVatican City

30.695

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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KenyaKENEastern Africa115.471111.0104.461
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia114.262107.3806.882
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa111.844100.47511.368
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa111.106104.4556.651
JordanJORWestern Asia109.349104.1365.212
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa108.912101.7257.186
PalestinePSEWestern Asia107.763103.1724.591
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa106.885100.8076.078
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.690100.6975.993
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia106.11999.5236.596
YemenYEMWestern Asia105.65599.3416.314
ComorosCOMEastern Africa105.22396.2738.949
IraqIRQWestern Asia105.08996.0589.031
UgandaUGAEastern Africa103.53797.3956.142
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa102.88294.5488.334
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia102.25896.4905.768
HondurasHNDCentral America101.92795.4686.458
ChadTCDMiddle Africa101.65094.0387.612
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa101.50494.7296.775
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa100.44195.6194.822
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa100.33594.4705.865
OmanOMNWestern Asia100.20394.3725.831
NicaraguaNICCentral America99.69694.5515.145
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa99.18189.7039.478
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa98.86992.4156.454

02In 1980

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Kenya115.471
  2. Marshall Islands114.262
  3. Cabo Verde111.844
  4. Zambia111.106
  5. Jordan109.349

Lowest

  1. Vatican City30.695
  2. United Arab Emirates40.084
  3. Andorra42.380
  4. Bermuda44.661
  5. Serbia45.045

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 78.949. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestKenya111.010

    LowestVatican City16.271

    Middle country: 71.589

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

    HighestMonaco34.666

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.678

    Middle country: 7.600

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 65 · 157rose · 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 1980.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 88.467. 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 (1980). Total Dependency Ratio, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1980

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1980?

Kenya, at 115.471, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1980 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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