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Total Dependency Ratio, 1987

1987, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1987 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Marshall Islands is highest, at 116.233; Vatican City is lowest, at 34.562. The middle country reads 71.618. Against 1986, 222 values changed (77 up, 145 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1987

HighestMarshall Islands

116.233

LowestVatican City

34.562

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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia116.233109.8546.379
YemenYEMWestern Asia114.769108.5436.226
KenyaKENEastern Africa108.539104.0944.445
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa108.243102.6005.643
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa106.837100.6726.165
PalestinePSEWestern Asia105.514101.2314.283
UgandaUGAEastern Africa104.61798.2576.360
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa104.36993.89010.479
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.16795.7698.398
RwandaRWAEastern Africa104.14699.5364.610
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa104.04897.7436.304
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa103.52093.7229.797
BurundiBDIEastern Africa102.46496.4096.055
ChadTCDMiddle Africa102.21594.9487.267
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa101.96197.0434.918
SyriaSYRWestern Asia101.46895.7145.754
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia101.04894.3656.682
SenegalSENWestern Africa100.36994.5685.801
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa99.60393.6245.979
JordanJORWestern Asia99.58294.9074.675
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa99.35392.3387.015
BeninBENWestern Africa99.15091.5997.551
MaliMLIWestern Africa99.09891.6727.426
IraqIRQWestern Asia99.08891.1267.963
HondurasHNDCentral America99.02992.5036.526

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Marshall Islands116.233
  2. Yemen114.769
  3. Kenya108.539
  4. Eswatini108.243
  5. Zambia106.837

Lowest

  1. Vatican City34.562
  2. Northern Mariana Islands37.504
  3. Singapore38.598
  4. Andorra38.613
  5. Qatar39.270

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 71.618. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestMarshall Islands109.854

    LowestVatican City16.498

    Middle country: 63.896

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

    HighestMonaco33.183

    LowestQatar1.389

    Middle country: 7.528

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 77 · 145rose · 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 1987.

  • 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 (1987). Total Dependency Ratio, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1987

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1987?

Marshall Islands, at 116.233, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1987 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1987?

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, 1987 the newest?

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

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