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Total Dependency Ratio, 2004

2004, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2004 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 110.285; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 24.203. The middle country reads 56.977. Against 2003, 222 values changed (38 up, 184 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2004

HighestAfghanistan

110.285

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

24.203

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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia110.285105.5154.771
UgandaUGAEastern Africa110.088105.2164.872
ChadTCDMiddle Africa105.15899.8605.298
NigerNERWestern Africa102.12697.5084.618
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa101.73796.5845.152
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa100.86595.5955.271
MalawiMWIEastern Africa99.52491.8507.674
YemenYEMWestern Asia99.43693.9255.512
ComorosCOMEastern Africa99.04391.0517.992
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa97.60393.4134.190
MaliMLIWestern Africa97.43391.5495.885
GuineaGINWestern Africa96.79389.1937.600
GambiaGMBWestern Africa95.76790.3275.440
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa95.65189.7425.909
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa94.57790.0694.508
BurundiBDIEastern Africa94.22489.6514.573
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa93.86488.4485.416
SudanSDNNorthern Africa93.26387.9155.348
South SudanSSDEastern Africa93.24188.4584.783
PalestinePSEWestern Asia92.78887.8814.907
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa92.60187.2865.315
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa92.30487.0215.282
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa92.22487.0995.125
BeninBENWestern Africa91.70685.8085.898
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa90.31085.0985.212

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Afghanistan110.285
  2. Uganda110.088
  3. Chad105.158
  4. Niger102.126
  5. Somalia101.737

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates24.203
  2. Qatar30.480
  3. Singapore32.665
  4. Cayman Islands32.902
  5. Macau33.653

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 56.977. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestAfghanistan105.515

    LowestVatican City13.540

    Middle country: 45.540

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

    HighestVatican City50.559

    LowestQatar1.508

    Middle country: 8.402

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 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 2004.

  • 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 (2004). Total Dependency Ratio, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2004

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2004?

Afghanistan, at 110.285, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2004 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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