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Total Dependency Ratio, 1997

1997, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1997 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 112.969; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 33.906. The middle country reads 63.457. Against 1996, 222 values changed (52 up, 170 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1997

HighestYemen

112.969

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

33.906

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia112.969107.1085.861
UgandaUGAEastern Africa110.437104.5995.838
BurundiBDIEastern Africa110.135104.9605.176
RwandaRWAEastern Africa109.717105.8883.828
ComorosCOMEastern Africa108.788100.0028.786
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia106.412101.7374.675
ChadTCDMiddle Africa105.03298.8436.190
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa103.14997.9735.176
PalestinePSEWestern Asia102.10697.7434.363
MaliMLIWestern Africa101.45094.5816.868
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa101.02094.7956.225
GambiaGMBWestern Africa100.55993.9856.574
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa99.09293.8245.269
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa98.71793.4045.313
KenyaKENEastern Africa97.32592.9554.371
MalawiMWIEastern Africa97.21591.0816.134
SudanSDNNorthern Africa96.66590.7745.891
BeninBENWestern Africa96.63690.2346.403
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa96.34188.5437.798
NigerNERWestern Africa96.20891.8364.372
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa95.68488.9986.686
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa94.96890.1284.840
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa94.44486.1668.278
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa94.34789.7474.600
South SudanSSDEastern Africa94.11089.3754.736

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Yemen112.969
  2. Uganda110.437
  3. Burundi110.135
  4. Rwanda109.717
  5. Comoros108.788

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates33.906
  2. Singapore34.044
  3. Cayman Islands34.315
  4. Andorra36.513
  5. Qatar36.531

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 63.457. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestYemen107.108

    LowestVatican City14.752

    Middle country: 54.260

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

    HighestMonaco34.019

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.415

    Middle country: 7.692

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 52 · 170rose · 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 1997.

  • 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 (1997). Total Dependency Ratio, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1997

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1997?

Yemen, at 112.969, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1997 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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