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Total Dependency Ratio, 2000

2000, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2000 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Uganda is highest, at 111.202; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 28.390. The middle country reads 59.908. Against 1999, 222 values changed (40 up, 182 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2000

HighestUganda

111.202

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

28.390

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
UgandaUGAEastern Africa111.202105.7285.475
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia109.586104.8454.741
YemenYEMWestern Asia107.461101.7535.707
ChadTCDMiddle Africa106.577100.7385.839
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.88196.3108.571
BurundiBDIEastern Africa102.68497.8204.864
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa101.54896.7864.761
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa101.46496.1985.267
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa99.83394.6335.200
GambiaGMBWestern Africa99.42693.3966.029
MaliMLIWestern Africa99.28892.8656.423
PalestinePSEWestern Asia98.92794.3834.544
NigerNERWestern Africa98.30293.8374.465
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa97.99992.1705.828
MalawiMWIEastern Africa97.94291.3896.553
GuineaGINWestern Africa95.48987.7507.740
SudanSDNNorthern Africa95.15289.4655.687
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa94.64788.8915.756
BeninBENWestern Africa94.55688.4036.153
RwandaRWAEastern Africa94.45490.2844.170
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa94.05389.3384.715
EritreaERIEastern Africa93.81687.6776.139
KenyaKENEastern Africa93.44489.1344.309
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa93.39588.2245.171
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa93.20286.2656.936

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Uganda111.202
  2. Afghanistan109.586
  3. Yemen107.461
  4. Chad106.577
  5. Comoros104.881

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates28.390
  2. Northern Mariana Islands32.641
  3. Qatar32.837
  4. Singapore33.405
  5. Cayman Islands33.625

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 59.908. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestUganda105.728

    LowestVatican City13.904

    Middle country: 50.517

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

    HighestVatican City39.822

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.637

    Middle country: 7.966

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 40 · 182rose · 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 2000.

  • 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 (2000). Total Dependency Ratio, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2000

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2000?

Uganda, at 111.202, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2000 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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