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Total Dependency Ratio, 1989

1989, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1989 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 116.364; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at 35.069. The middle country reads 69.504. Against 1988, 222 values changed (76 up, 146 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1989

HighestYemen

116.364

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

35.069

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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia116.364110.1836.181
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia114.704108.5596.145
KenyaKENEastern Africa106.669102.2254.444
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa105.74199.7425.999
BurundiBDIEastern Africa105.20499.2925.913
PalestinePSEWestern Asia105.095100.8254.270
UgandaUGAEastern Africa104.96998.6536.317
RwandaRWAEastern Africa104.853100.1964.656
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.19595.8808.316
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa103.83393.32310.511
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa102.69396.4726.221
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa102.67597.4815.194
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa102.18192.6499.532
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa101.49896.5884.910
MaliMLIWestern Africa101.49194.0077.484
ChadTCDMiddle Africa101.33394.2837.049
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa100.92693.9676.959
SyriaSYRWestern Asia99.36193.5555.806
SenegalSENWestern Africa99.23993.3455.894
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa99.22591.9247.301
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia99.13194.6654.466
BeninBENWestern Africa99.12991.8347.295
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa99.08992.9326.157
GambiaGMBWestern Africa98.62390.5578.065
HondurasHNDCentral America98.01591.6376.379

02In 1989

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Yemen116.364
  2. Marshall Islands114.704
  3. Kenya106.669
  4. Zambia105.741
  5. Burundi105.204

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands35.069
  2. Vatican City36.432
  3. Singapore37.456
  4. Andorra38.229
  5. Qatar39.265

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 69.504. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestYemen110.183

    LowestVatican City16.150

    Middle country: 61.624

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

    HighestMonaco33.442

    LowestQatar1.467

    Middle country: 7.365

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 76 · 146rose · 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 1989.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 66.819. 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 (1989). Total Dependency Ratio, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1989

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1989?

Yemen, at 116.364, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1989 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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