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Total Dependency Ratio, 2003

2003, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2003 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 110.558; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 24.714. The middle country reads 57.832. Against 2002, 222 values changed (40 up, 182 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2003

HighestAfghanistan

110.558

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

24.714

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia110.558105.7854.773
UgandaUGAEastern Africa110.402105.3775.025
ChadTCDMiddle Africa106.775101.3065.469
YemenYEMWestern Asia101.43695.8755.560
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa101.34196.0705.271
ComorosCOMEastern Africa101.12293.0958.027
NigerNERWestern Africa101.08996.5154.573
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa101.05295.8905.163
MalawiMWIEastern Africa99.17791.7447.433
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa98.47594.1554.321
MaliMLIWestern Africa97.62091.6235.996
GuineaGINWestern Africa97.18689.5067.680
GambiaGMBWestern Africa96.82391.2565.567
BurundiBDIEastern Africa96.42491.7814.643
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa95.39789.5305.867
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa94.71389.2125.501
PalestinePSEWestern Asia94.61889.7994.819
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa94.47689.9104.566
South SudanSSDEastern Africa93.74288.9644.778
SudanSDNNorthern Africa93.67088.2295.441
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa92.95687.6085.348
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa92.58087.3115.269
BeninBENWestern Africa92.33086.3825.947
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa92.07486.9465.128
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa90.69084.5136.178

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Afghanistan110.558
  2. Uganda110.402
  3. Chad106.775
  4. Yemen101.436
  5. Ethiopia101.341

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates24.714
  2. Qatar30.465
  3. Singapore33.040
  4. Cayman Islands33.244
  5. Macau36.011

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 57.832. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestAfghanistan105.785

    LowestVatican City13.373

    Middle country: 46.992

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

    HighestVatican City46.627

    LowestQatar1.535

    Middle country: 8.262

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 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 2003.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 39.529. 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 (2003). Total Dependency Ratio, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2003

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2003?

Afghanistan, at 110.558, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2003 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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