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Total Dependency Ratio, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1981 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Marshall Islands is highest, at 114.721; Vatican City is lowest, at 30.749. The middle country reads 77.807. Against 1980, 222 values changed (54 up, 168 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1981

HighestMarshall Islands

114.721

LowestVatican City

30.749

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia114.721107.9046.817
KenyaKENEastern Africa114.467110.0204.447
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa110.845104.2186.627
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa110.82599.68311.143
JordanJORWestern Asia108.063102.9685.095
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa107.776101.7056.071
PalestinePSEWestern Asia107.401102.8894.512
YemenYEMWestern Asia107.260100.9476.313
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa107.135100.2676.868
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.345100.4165.929
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia105.78199.1886.593
ChadTCDMiddle Africa105.26697.4857.781
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa104.96096.4868.473
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.92996.1278.802
IraqIRQWestern Asia104.47895.5538.925
UgandaUGAEastern Africa104.24698.0126.233
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia102.13496.4165.719
HondurasHNDCentral America101.72195.2466.475
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa101.42694.7916.635
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa101.36995.4015.968
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa100.42790.7339.693
OmanOMNWestern Asia100.00294.2795.723
NicaraguaNICCentral America99.61494.4435.171
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa99.52094.8354.685
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa99.14594.2504.895

02In 1981

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Marshall Islands114.721
  2. Kenya114.467
  3. Zambia110.845
  4. Cabo Verde110.825
  5. Jordan108.063

Lowest

  1. Vatican City30.749
  2. Andorra40.875
  3. United Arab Emirates41.126
  4. Singapore42.759
  5. Qatar43.716

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 77.807. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestKenya110.020

    LowestVatican City16.123

    Middle country: 70.114

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

    HighestMonaco34.328

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.617

    Middle country: 7.440

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 54 · 168rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Nauru52.224 → 56.031+3.807
  • Chad101.650 → 105.266+3.616
  • Namibia102.882 → 104.960+2.078
  • Gambia91.437 → 93.049+1.612
  • Yemen105.655 → 107.260+1.605

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 1981.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 90.175. 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 (1981). Total Dependency Ratio, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1981

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1981?

Marshall Islands, at 114.721, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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