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Total Dependency Ratio, 1995

1995, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1995 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Rwanda is highest, at 118.451; Cayman Islands is lowest, at 35.120. The middle country reads 65.028. Against 1994, 222 values changed (67 up, 155 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1995

HighestRwanda

118.451

LowestCayman Islands

35.120

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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
RwandaRWAEastern Africa118.451114.4234.028
YemenYEMWestern Asia115.858109.9015.957
ComorosCOMEastern Africa108.50899.8108.698
UgandaUGAEastern Africa108.023102.0435.980
BurundiBDIEastern Africa106.906101.6195.287
ChadTCDMiddle Africa104.36797.9206.447
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia104.09399.4814.611
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa103.55498.1395.415
PalestinePSEWestern Asia103.54099.2444.297
MaliMLIWestern Africa102.44295.3317.111
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa101.88995.4236.465
GambiaGMBWestern Africa100.11493.1256.989
KenyaKENEastern Africa99.66595.2824.383
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa99.41194.6114.800
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa98.50590.0198.486
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa97.80292.4115.391
MalawiMWIEastern Africa97.76391.2586.505
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa97.62192.2815.340
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa97.57390.7216.851
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa97.51690.6536.863
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa97.20887.9589.250
SudanSDNNorthern Africa97.14991.2345.915
BeninBENWestern Africa96.87790.3256.552
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa96.66788.3178.350
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia96.63391.6364.997

02In 1995

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Rwanda118.451
  2. Yemen115.858
  3. Comoros108.508
  4. Uganda108.023
  5. Burundi106.906

Lowest

  1. Cayman Islands35.120
  2. Andorra35.581
  3. Singapore35.590
  4. United Arab Emirates36.870
  5. Qatar37.563

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 65.028. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestRwanda114.423

    LowestVatican City15.102

    Middle country: 56.327

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

    HighestMonaco33.736

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.366

    Middle country: 7.476

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 67 · 155rose · 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 1995.

  • 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 (1995). Total Dependency Ratio, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1995

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1995: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1995?

Rwanda, at 118.451, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1995 describe?

1995.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1995 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1995?

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, 1995 the newest?

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

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