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Total Dependency Ratio, 1999

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1999 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Uganda is highest, at 111.133; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 30.151. The middle country reads 61.129. Against 1998, 222 values changed (38 up, 184 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1999

HighestUganda

111.133

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

30.151

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
UgandaUGAEastern Africa111.133105.5245.608
YemenYEMWestern Asia109.384103.6235.761
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia108.686103.9644.722
ComorosCOMEastern Africa106.65497.9358.719
ChadTCDMiddle Africa106.117100.1595.957
BurundiBDIEastern Africa104.67699.7264.949
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa102.24797.3414.906
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa100.86995.6045.265
PalestinePSEWestern Asia100.08395.6054.478
GambiaGMBWestern Africa100.02193.8186.203
MaliMLIWestern Africa99.99193.4146.578
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa99.47894.2475.231
RwandaRWAEastern Africa99.21895.2193.999
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa99.14093.1815.959
NigerNERWestern Africa97.50093.0664.434
MalawiMWIEastern Africa97.39291.2526.140
SudanSDNNorthern Africa95.68089.9155.765
BeninBENWestern Africa95.30089.0686.232
KenyaKENEastern Africa94.87690.5384.338
GuineaGINWestern Africa94.80687.0477.758
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa94.44588.7205.725
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa94.25387.0527.201
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa93.98989.2264.763
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa93.93487.4226.512
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa93.58788.4725.115

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Uganda111.133
  2. Yemen109.384
  3. Afghanistan108.686
  4. Comoros106.654
  5. Chad106.117

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates30.151
  2. Singapore33.543
  3. Northern Mariana Islands33.672
  4. Cayman Islands33.692
  5. Qatar33.980

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 61.129. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestUganda105.524

    LowestVatican City14.270

    Middle country: 51.963

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

    HighestVatican City37.364

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.548

    Middle country: 7.849

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 38 · 184rose · 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 1999.

  • 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 (1999). Total Dependency Ratio, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1999

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1999?

Uganda, at 111.133, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1999 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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