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Total Dependency Ratio, 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2005 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Uganda is highest, at 109.760; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 23.851. The middle country reads 55.216. Against 2004, 222 values changed (38 up, 184 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2005

HighestUganda

109.760

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

23.851

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
UgandaUGAEastern Africa109.760105.0394.721
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia109.729104.9684.760
ChadTCDMiddle Africa104.38999.2425.147
NigerNERWestern Africa103.16298.4944.668
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa102.88997.7485.141
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa100.27594.9995.275
MalawiMWIEastern Africa99.90192.0307.871
MaliMLIWestern Africa97.54291.7335.809
YemenYEMWestern Asia97.17891.7275.451
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa96.77292.7114.061
GuineaGINWestern Africa96.60889.0847.524
ComorosCOMEastern Africa96.46188.4657.995
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa95.74689.8035.943
GambiaGMBWestern Africa94.65289.3245.327
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa94.60290.1574.445
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa93.16687.8245.342
SudanSDNNorthern Africa92.73887.4995.239
BurundiBDIEastern Africa92.71388.1984.515
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa92.35587.2265.129
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa92.07286.7905.282
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa92.03486.7645.270
South SudanSSDEastern Africa91.68486.9244.761
BeninBENWestern Africa90.97385.1195.854
PalestinePSEWestern Asia90.80985.8294.980
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa90.67685.4705.207

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Uganda109.760
  2. Afghanistan109.729
  3. Chad104.389
  4. Niger103.162
  5. Somalia102.889

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates23.851
  2. Qatar31.034
  3. Macau31.458
  4. Singapore32.066
  5. Cayman Islands32.488

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 55.216. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestUganda105.039

    LowestVatican City13.665

    Middle country: 44.280

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

    HighestVatican City54.662

    LowestQatar1.518

    Middle country: 8.495

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 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 2005.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 51.191. 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 (2005). Total Dependency Ratio, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2005

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2005?

Uganda, at 109.760, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2005 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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