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Total Dependency Ratio, 1982

1982, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1982 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Marshall Islands is highest, at 114.879; Vatican City is lowest, at 30.511. The middle country reads 75.933. Against 1981, 222 values changed (45 up, 177 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1982

HighestMarshall Islands

114.879

LowestVatican City

30.511

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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia114.879108.1136.766
KenyaKENEastern Africa113.508109.0674.440
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa110.172103.6046.568
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa109.29998.42210.877
YemenYEMWestern Asia108.752102.4466.307
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa108.602102.5456.057
PalestinePSEWestern Asia107.046102.6014.445
JordanJORWestern Asia106.695101.7054.990
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa106.38799.6326.755
SyriaSYRWestern Asia105.67399.8295.844
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa105.42996.9398.490
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia105.31498.7116.603
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.71895.9788.740
UgandaUGAEastern Africa104.60598.3076.298
IraqIRQWestern Asia103.86995.0578.812
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa102.14496.0866.058
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia101.86196.1965.665
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa101.64291.7499.893
HondurasHNDCentral America101.42794.9626.465
ChadTCDMiddle Africa101.31993.7837.537
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa101.16994.6816.488
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa99.91495.0134.901
OmanOMNWestern Asia99.81594.1955.620
NicaraguaNICCentral America99.49794.3015.196
RwandaRWAEastern Africa99.20494.4334.771

02In 1982

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Marshall Islands114.879
  2. Kenya113.508
  3. Zambia110.172
  4. Cabo Verde109.299
  5. Yemen108.752

Lowest

  1. Vatican City30.511
  2. Andorra40.311
  3. Singapore40.917
  4. Qatar42.319
  5. United Arab Emirates42.786

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 75.933. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestKenya109.067

    LowestVatican City15.961

    Middle country: 67.817

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

    HighestMonaco33.952

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.636

    Middle country: 7.393

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 45 · 177rose · 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 1982.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 95.817. 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 (1982). Total Dependency Ratio, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1982

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1982?

Marshall Islands, at 114.879, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1982 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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