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Total Dependency Ratio, 1998

1998, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1998 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 111.233; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 32.031. The middle country reads 62.400. Against 1997, 222 values changed (42 up, 180 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1998

HighestYemen

111.233

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

32.031

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia111.233105.4215.812
UgandaUGAEastern Africa111.094105.3575.737
ComorosCOMEastern Africa108.12799.3408.787
BurundiBDIEastern Africa107.674102.6095.065
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia107.594102.8944.700
ChadTCDMiddle Africa105.87399.7906.083
RwandaRWAEastern Africa104.607100.7593.849
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa102.73697.6925.044
PalestinePSEWestern Asia101.15196.7374.414
MaliMLIWestern Africa100.75594.0256.730
GambiaGMBWestern Africa100.40894.0246.384
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa100.22394.1306.094
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa100.04894.7765.272
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa99.10193.8335.268
MalawiMWIEastern Africa97.07191.1015.970
NigerNERWestern Africa96.79592.3924.403
SudanSDNNorthern Africa96.17790.3435.834
KenyaKENEastern Africa96.16891.8114.357
BeninBENWestern Africa96.00089.6836.316
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa95.27287.7857.487
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa94.73388.1366.597
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa94.44988.7505.700
GuineaGINWestern Africa94.36786.5777.790
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa94.29289.4864.806
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa93.70688.6605.046

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Yemen111.233
  2. Uganda111.094
  3. Comoros108.127
  4. Burundi107.674
  5. Afghanistan107.594

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates32.031
  2. Singapore33.613
  3. Cayman Islands33.994
  4. Qatar35.274
  5. Northern Mariana Islands36.614

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.400. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestYemen105.421

    LowestVatican City14.545

    Middle country: 53.316

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

    HighestVatican City34.545

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.473

    Middle country: 7.792

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 42 · 180rose · 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 1998.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 47.331. 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 (1998). Total Dependency Ratio, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1998

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1998?

Yemen, at 111.233, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1998 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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