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Total Dependency Ratio, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1990 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 116.923; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at 35.487. The middle country reads 68.728. Against 1989, 222 values changed (81 up, 141 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1990

HighestYemen

116.923

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

35.487

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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia116.923110.7666.157
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia112.671106.7145.957
BurundiBDIEastern Africa106.304100.4825.821
KenyaKENEastern Africa105.564101.1324.432
UgandaUGAEastern Africa105.27398.9916.281
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa105.21399.3025.911
RwandaRWAEastern Africa105.195100.5034.692
PalestinePSEWestern Asia104.934100.6704.264
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.16495.8768.288
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa103.32492.82710.497
ChadTCDMiddle Africa102.27095.2816.989
MaliMLIWestern Africa102.10994.6397.470
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa101.63292.2139.419
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa101.47994.5726.908
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa100.90595.9884.916
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa100.83094.6616.169
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa100.58595.5645.021
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa100.28594.1586.127
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia99.66595.1874.478
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa99.22391.9867.237
BeninBENWestern Africa99.00391.8337.171
GambiaGMBWestern Africa98.79690.8477.949
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia98.71793.3345.383
SenegalSENWestern Africa98.47692.5405.936
SyriaSYRWestern Asia98.06192.2165.845

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Yemen116.923
  2. Marshall Islands112.671
  3. Burundi106.304
  4. Kenya105.564
  5. Uganda105.273

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands35.487
  2. Singapore36.985
  3. Vatican City37.797
  4. Andorra37.892
  5. Qatar38.988

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 68.728. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestYemen110.766

    LowestVatican City15.954

    Middle country: 60.951

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

    HighestMonaco33.481

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.481

    Middle country: 7.295

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 81 · 141rose · 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 1990.

  • 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 (1990). Total Dependency Ratio, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1990

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1990?

Yemen, at 116.923, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1990 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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