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Total Dependency Ratio, 1994

1994, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1994 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 116.788; Andorra is lowest, at 34.965. The middle country reads 66.191. Against 1993, 222 values changed (80 up, 142 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1994

HighestYemen

116.788

LowestAndorra

34.965

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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia116.788110.7816.007
BurundiBDIEastern Africa116.026110.3825.644
RwandaRWAEastern Africa109.354104.8914.464
ComorosCOMEastern Africa107.75099.1208.630
UgandaUGAEastern Africa106.443100.4176.026
ChadTCDMiddle Africa105.64699.0196.627
PalestinePSEWestern Asia104.02999.7554.274
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa103.67198.1515.521
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia102.99798.4214.576
MaliMLIWestern Africa102.79795.5787.219
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa102.28095.6986.582
KenyaKENEastern Africa100.91296.5264.386
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia100.44795.2555.193
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa99.92793.1896.738
GambiaGMBWestern Africa99.56892.3497.219
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa99.42090.5558.864
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa98.46789.2089.258
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa98.14591.1996.945
MalawiMWIEastern Africa97.90591.1916.713
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia97.79491.8785.917
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa97.62892.9194.709
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa97.52592.6234.902
SudanSDNNorthern Africa97.33991.4225.917
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa97.30188.9448.358
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa97.22691.8075.419

02In 1994

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Yemen116.788
  2. Burundi116.026
  3. Rwanda109.354
  4. Comoros107.750
  5. Uganda106.443

Lowest

  1. Andorra34.965
  2. Cayman Islands35.658
  3. Singapore36.142
  4. Qatar37.806
  5. United Arab Emirates38.272

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 66.191. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestYemen110.781

    LowestVatican City15.261

    Middle country: 57.664

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

    HighestMonaco33.618

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.386

    Middle country: 7.402

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 80 · 142rose · 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 1994.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 70.877. 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 (1994). Total Dependency Ratio, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1994

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1994: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1994?

Yemen, at 116.788, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1994 describe?

1994.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1994 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1994?

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, 1994 the newest?

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

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