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Total Dependency Ratio, 1988

1988, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1988 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Marshall Islands is highest, at 115.962; Vatican City is lowest, at 35.316. The middle country reads 70.440. Against 1987, 222 values changed (73 up, 149 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1988

HighestMarshall Islands

115.962

LowestVatican City

35.316

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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia115.962109.6856.277
YemenYEMWestern Asia115.607109.4046.203
KenyaKENEastern Africa107.658103.2114.447
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa106.262100.1796.083
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa105.570100.1495.421
PalestinePSEWestern Asia105.292101.0154.277
UgandaUGAEastern Africa104.75498.4116.343
RwandaRWAEastern Africa104.641100.0114.630
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.18995.8338.355
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa104.17593.66910.506
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa103.93797.6716.266
BurundiBDIEastern Africa103.65497.6685.986
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa102.80593.1499.656
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa101.87596.9644.911
ChadTCDMiddle Africa101.60494.4507.154
SyriaSYRWestern Asia100.49294.7155.776
MaliMLIWestern Africa100.45992.9907.469
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa100.21993.2246.995
SenegalSENWestern Africa99.89094.0425.849
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia99.52592.9546.571
BeninBENWestern Africa99.17691.7557.421
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa99.09091.7317.359
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia98.67094.2124.458
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa98.61292.6955.917
HondurasHNDCentral America98.52992.0366.492

02In 1988

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Marshall Islands115.962
  2. Yemen115.607
  3. Kenya107.658
  4. Zambia106.262
  5. Eswatini105.570

Lowest

  1. Vatican City35.316
  2. Northern Mariana Islands36.129
  3. Singapore37.980
  4. Andorra38.225
  5. Qatar39.401

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 70.440. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestMarshall Islands109.685

    LowestVatican City16.357

    Middle country: 62.763

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

    HighestMonaco33.347

    LowestQatar1.428

    Middle country: 7.433

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 73 · 149rose · 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 1988.

  • 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 (1988). Total Dependency Ratio, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1988

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1988?

Marshall Islands, at 115.962, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1988 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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