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Total Dependency Ratio, 2001

2001, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2001 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Uganda is highest, at 111.210; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 26.832. The middle country reads 58.932. Against 2000, 222 values changed (41 up, 181 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2001

HighestUganda

111.210

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

26.832

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
UgandaUGAEastern Africa111.210105.8755.335
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia110.219105.4644.755
ChadTCDMiddle Africa107.339101.6075.732
YemenYEMWestern Asia105.46399.8095.655
ComorosCOMEastern Africa103.48695.1118.375
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa101.75496.4775.277
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa100.49695.8914.606
BurundiBDIEastern Africa100.48695.7064.781
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa100.18795.0105.178
NigerNERWestern Africa99.16594.6674.498
GambiaGMBWestern Africa98.67792.8125.866
MaliMLIWestern Africa98.61092.3386.272
MalawiMWIEastern Africa98.37991.5036.876
PalestinePSEWestern Asia97.68593.0644.621
GuineaGINWestern Africa96.90189.1367.765
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa96.84491.1385.706
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa94.82789.0395.788
SudanSDNNorthern Africa94.58988.9855.604
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa94.19989.5334.667
BeninBENWestern Africa93.79687.7176.079
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa93.17887.7905.388
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa93.14387.9295.214
EritreaERIEastern Africa92.98686.7756.211
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa92.34986.0056.344
South SudanSSDEastern Africa92.17387.4724.701

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Uganda111.210
  2. Afghanistan110.219
  3. Chad107.339
  4. Yemen105.463
  5. Comoros103.486

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates26.832
  2. Qatar31.892
  3. Singapore33.186
  4. Cayman Islands33.640
  5. Northern Mariana Islands33.759

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 58.932. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestUganda105.875

    LowestVatican City13.554

    Middle country: 49.369

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

    HighestVatican City41.686

    LowestQatar1.622

    Middle country: 8.023

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 41 · 181rose · 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 2001.

  • 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 (2001). Total Dependency Ratio, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2001

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2001?

Uganda, at 111.210, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2001 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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