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Total Dependency Ratio, 1985

1985, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1985 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Marshall Islands is highest, at 115.583; Vatican City is lowest, at 32.518. The middle country reads 72.444. Against 1984, 222 values changed (65 up, 157 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1985

HighestMarshall Islands

115.583

LowestVatican City

32.518

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia115.583109.0066.577
YemenYEMWestern Asia112.667106.3996.268
KenyaKENEastern Africa110.279105.8394.441
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa109.635103.7385.898
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa108.185101.8476.338
PalestinePSEWestern Asia106.080101.7634.317
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa105.33295.17510.158
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa104.91598.4426.473
UgandaUGAEastern Africa104.48898.1276.361
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.18695.6678.518
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa104.10993.76410.346
ChadTCDMiddle Africa103.74896.2867.462
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia103.41096.7126.697
SyriaSYRWestern Asia103.17097.4415.729
RwandaRWAEastern Africa102.49097.8804.610
JordanJORWestern Asia102.39897.6414.757
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa101.71595.6176.099
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa101.52596.6114.914
IraqIRQWestern Asia101.29792.9388.359
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa100.86092.8248.035
SenegalSENWestern Africa100.62694.9285.699
HondurasHNDCentral America100.18593.7306.454
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia100.01194.4875.524
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa99.55693.4586.098
BurundiBDIEastern Africa99.30693.2066.099

02In 1985

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Marshall Islands115.583
  2. Yemen112.667
  3. Kenya110.279
  4. Eswatini109.635
  5. Zambia108.185

Lowest

  1. Vatican City32.518
  2. Qatar39.180
  3. Andorra39.307
  4. Greenland39.338
  5. Singapore39.374

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 72.444. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestMarshall Islands109.006

    LowestVatican City16.304

    Middle country: 64.970

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

    HighestIsle of Man33.319

    LowestQatar1.379

    Middle country: 7.449

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 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 1985.

  • 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 (1985). Total Dependency Ratio, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1985

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1985?

Marshall Islands, at 115.583, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1985 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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