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Total Dependency Ratio, 1996

1996, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1996 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 114.545; Cayman Islands is lowest, at 34.670. The middle country reads 64.327. Against 1995, 222 values changed (58 up, 164 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1996

HighestYemen

114.545

LowestCayman Islands

34.670

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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia114.545108.6365.908
RwandaRWAEastern Africa113.974110.0493.925
UgandaUGAEastern Africa109.501103.5795.922
ComorosCOMEastern Africa108.886100.1348.753
BurundiBDIEastern Africa108.881103.6605.221
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia105.224100.5804.644
ChadTCDMiddle Africa103.70297.4196.283
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa103.44898.1465.302
PalestinePSEWestern Asia102.91498.5874.326
MaliMLIWestern Africa101.98494.9906.994
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa101.48895.1416.346
GambiaGMBWestern Africa100.46993.6956.774
KenyaKENEastern Africa98.50394.1224.380
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa98.29792.9405.357
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa98.24392.9595.284
MalawiMWIEastern Africa97.49391.1806.312
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa97.46089.3278.132
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa97.11892.4234.695
BeninBENWestern Africa97.06290.5766.486
SudanSDNNorthern Africa96.95791.0445.913
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa96.68889.9116.776
NigerNERWestern Africa95.76391.4194.343
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa95.76290.8954.867
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa95.73686.4929.243
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa95.72487.4028.323

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Yemen114.545
  2. Rwanda113.974
  3. Uganda109.501
  4. Comoros108.886
  5. Burundi108.881

Lowest

  1. Cayman Islands34.670
  2. Singapore34.808
  3. United Arab Emirates35.484
  4. Andorra36.185
  5. Qatar37.282

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 64.327. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestRwanda110.049

    LowestVatican City14.938

    Middle country: 55.153

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

    HighestMonaco33.871

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.373

    Middle country: 7.563

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 58 · 164rose · 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 1996.

  • 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 (1996). Total Dependency Ratio, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1996

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1996?

Yemen, at 114.545, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1996 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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