Data for 1991

Total Dependency Ratio, 1991

Name: Total Dependency Ratio, 1991
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1991 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 117.275; Andorra is lowest, at 36.236. The middle country reads 68.234. Against 1990, 222 values changed (79 up, 143 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1991

HighestYemen

117.275

LowestAndorra

36.236

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
3measures per country
1991the year it describes
221distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Total Dependency Ratio, 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	117.275	111.148	6.126
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	110.177	104.414	5.763
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	107.055	101.344	5.712
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	105.562	99.328	6.234
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	105.118	100.391	4.726
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	104.786	100.525	4.261
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	104.711	98.893	5.818
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	104.486	100.070	4.417
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	104.150	95.809	8.341
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	102.545	95.110	7.436
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	102.360	92.141	10.219
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	102.022	95.175	6.847
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	101.884	95.024	6.860
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	101.068	91.729	9.340
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	100.334	95.842	4.492
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	100.146	95.229	4.918
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.740	93.797	5.942
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	99.405	93.871	5.534
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	99.152	91.982	7.170
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	98.927	91.093	7.834
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	98.839	91.790	7.049
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	98.687	92.574	6.113
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	98.293	93.446	4.846
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	97.582	91.608	5.973
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	97.434	90.055	7.378
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	97.327	89.063	8.264
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	96.615	90.727	5.888
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	96.563	90.838	5.725
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	96.537	90.717	5.820
Honduras`HND`Central America	96.251	90.100	6.150
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	95.823	90.436	5.387
Niger`NER`Western Africa	95.819	91.592	4.227
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	95.097	88.432	6.665
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	94.924	88.570	6.354
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	94.767	89.102	5.665
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	94.760	89.427	5.333
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	94.616	87.643	6.973
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	94.522	88.720	5.802
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	94.262	88.736	5.526
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	93.685	87.723	5.962
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	93.462	87.408	6.054
Belize`BLZ`Central America	92.989	85.092	7.897
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92.760	81.879	10.881
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	92.151	85.926	6.225
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	91.865	86.223	5.642
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	91.648	86.594	5.054
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	91.611	87.101	4.509
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	91.522	86.030	5.493
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	91.010	86.642	4.368
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	90.654	82.700	7.954
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	90.606	84.106	6.499
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.422	83.736	6.685
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	90.286	84.596	5.690
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	90.170	83.402	6.768
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	90.085	84.805	5.280
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.835	83.296	6.539
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	89.822	83.498	6.325
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	89.731	84.282	5.449
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	89.334	83.646	5.688
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	89.315	83.090	6.225
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	88.899	81.023	7.876
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	88.377	81.021	7.356
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	87.101	81.457	5.644
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	84.365	77.362	7.003
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	84.325	77.902	6.422
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	84.131	78.782	5.349
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	84.025	77.057	6.968
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	83.973	77.670	6.303
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	83.200	78.901	4.299
Paraguay`PRY`South America	82.878	75.943	6.935
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	82.315	75.655	6.660
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	82.291	74.021	8.270
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	82.034	75.021	7.013
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	81.519	77.104	4.416
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	81.108	74.597	6.511
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	80.896	77.324	3.571
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	80.856	74.082	6.774
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	80.697	74.827	5.870
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	80.430	75.330	5.099
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	80.414	76.520	3.895
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	80.313	73.330	6.983
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	80.250	75.081	5.169
Bolivia`BOL`South America	79.538	72.157	7.380
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.123	75.135	3.988
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	78.977	75.279	3.698
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	78.162	72.102	6.060
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	77.367	60.411	16.955
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	77.280	72.192	5.088
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.279	67.550	9.730
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	77.214	67.482	9.732
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	76.929	70.555	6.374
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	76.155	64.871	11.285
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	74.789	69.233	5.556
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	74.630	61.981	12.649
Peru`PER`South America	74.318	68.109	6.209
Mexico`MEX`Central America	74.111	66.867	7.243
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	74.016	65.388	8.629
India`IND`Southern Asia	73.639	66.592	7.047
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	73.313	57.514	15.799
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	73.296	67.089	6.206
Ecuador`ECU`South America	72.844	66.353	6.491
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	71.794	57.323	14.471
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	71.592	65.941	5.651
Venezuela`VEN`South America	71.441	64.790	6.651
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	70.852	64.108	6.744
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	70.809	65.739	5.069
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	70.414	63.150	7.263
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	70.230	63.094	7.136
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	68.521	61.507	7.014
Guyana`GUY`South America	68.507	61.839	6.667
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	68.453	58.915	9.538
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	68.015	62.010	6.005
Suriname`SUR`South America	67.853	62.625	5.227
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.627	60.028	7.599
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.625	59.900	7.725
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	67.484	59.647	7.837
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	66.999	58.992	8.008
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	66.887	51.268	15.619
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	66.786	54.778	12.008
Panama`PAN`Central America	66.742	59.499	7.243
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	65.980	60.650	5.330
Colombia`COL`South America	65.426	58.839	6.586
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.198	58.407	6.791
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	64.717	43.198	21.520
Brazil`BRA`South America	64.579	57.643	6.936
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	64.509	50.302	14.206
Argentina`ARG`South America	63.909	49.588	14.321
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	63.546	52.174	11.371
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	62.909	48.406	14.503
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.640	54.975	6.665
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.243	42.828	18.416
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	61.079	52.217	8.862
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	60.817	51.562	9.255
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	60.777	53.505	7.273
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	59.750	50.415	9.334
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	59.148	55.897	3.252
Uruguay`URY`South America	59.041	40.261	18.780
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	58.674	54.567	4.107
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	58.498	51.656	6.841
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	57.816	27.459	30.358
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	57.723	38.482	19.240
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	57.221	42.219	15.002
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	56.707	43.214	13.494
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	55.942	28.280	27.662
Chile`CHL`South America	55.804	46.047	9.757
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	55.670	52.381	3.289
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	55.607	47.333	8.274
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	55.156	38.523	16.633
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	54.548	29.368	25.180
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	54.515	45.426	9.089
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	54.338	29.758	24.579
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	54.270	38.268	16.003
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	53.675	37.860	15.815
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.507	45.088	8.419
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	53.263	39.191	14.072
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	53.249	19.749	33.500
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	53.211	42.520	10.690
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	53.185	43.638	9.547
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	53.117	36.626	16.490
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	52.642	45.565	7.077
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	52.529	37.653	14.876
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	52.324	46.207	6.117
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52.312	35.312	17.000
France`FRA`Western Europe	52.172	30.553	21.618
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.750	43.476	8.274
United States`USA`Northern America	51.654	32.922	18.732
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	51.639	43.492	8.147
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	51.364	33.467	17.897
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	51.352	34.781	16.571
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	51.288	40.077	11.211
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	51.010	34.922	16.087
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50.985	32.493	18.492
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.626	38.194	12.432
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.584	33.895	16.689
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.550	34.269	16.281
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	50.535	29.695	20.840
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	50.422	31.371	19.051
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	50.410	32.334	18.076
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.296	29.802	20.494
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	50.237	40.282	9.956
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.908	27.218	22.690
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	49.895	29.520	20.375
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.895	43.778	6.117
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	49.617	32.804	16.813
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.415	33.955	15.460
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	49.264	28.279	20.985
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	49.214	29.715	19.499
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	49.109	28.446	20.663
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	48.829	39.512	9.317
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	48.779	28.632	20.147
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	48.242	25.145	23.098
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	48.229	26.040	22.188
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	48.090	40.405	7.685
Canada`CAN`Northern America	47.312	30.500	16.812
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	46.564	25.209	21.355
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.821	28.445	17.376
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	45.549	42.239	3.310
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	45.450	29.536	15.914
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	45.428	26.757	18.671
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	45.282	35.298	9.984
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	45.265	23.617	21.647
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	45.123	22.876	22.247
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	44.961	25.480	19.481
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	44.907	38.197	6.710
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.876	32.665	12.211
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	44.467	27.529	16.938
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	44.443	35.016	9.428
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	43.345	37.727	5.619
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	43.342	36.134	7.207
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	42.936	24.865	18.071
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	42.564	41.115	1.449
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	42.274	22.443	19.831
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	42.161	29.546	12.615
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	40.823	26.620	14.203
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	40.368	27.619	12.749
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	39.296	35.402	3.894
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	39.155	15.739	23.417
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	38.660	37.109	1.552
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	38.382	30.149	8.234
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	37.606	35.114	2.492
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	36.707	29.034	7.673
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	36.236	23.237	12.999

02In 1991

At either end

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

Highest

Yemen117.275
Marshall Islands110.177
Burundi107.055
Uganda105.562
Rwanda105.118

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 68.234. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Child dependency ratio (aged 0–14 per 100 aged 15–64)
HighestYemen111.148
LowestVatican City15.739
Middle country: 60.220
Old-age dependency ratio (aged 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)
HighestMonaco33.500
LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.449
Middle country: 7.268

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
79 · 143rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia87.676 → 90.286+2.610
Saint Martin43.333 → 45.549+2.216
Northern Mariana Islands35.487 → 37.606+2.119
Aruba48.390 → 50.237+1.847
Tuvalu66.818 → 68.453+1.635

Fell most

Jordan89.840 → 83.200−6.640
Oman84.712 → 81.519−3.193
Libya80.105 → 77.280−2.825
Marshall Islands112.671 → 110.177−2.494
Eswatini100.585 → 98.293−2.292

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

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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 1991.
221 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 49.895. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1991). Total Dependency Ratio, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1991

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