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Total Dependency Ratio, 2007

2007, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2007 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Uganda is highest, at 108.692; Qatar is lowest, at 21.123. The middle country reads 53.734. Against 2006, 222 values changed (43 up, 179 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2007

HighestUganda

108.692

LowestQatar

21.123

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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
UgandaUGAEastern Africa108.692104.2674.426
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia107.737103.0094.729
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa105.597100.4815.116
NigerNERWestern Africa105.116100.3384.778
ChadTCDMiddle Africa104.48699.5934.894
MalawiMWIEastern Africa100.35592.3078.048
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa98.45293.1685.283
MaliMLIWestern Africa98.18592.4535.732
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa96.20590.1886.018
GuineaGINWestern Africa95.51688.1697.347
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa95.09491.2783.816
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa94.43490.1264.308
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa92.64987.4095.241
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa92.64987.4865.163
YemenYEMWestern Asia92.42187.1095.312
GambiaGMBWestern Africa92.40787.2555.152
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa91.77686.5145.261
ComorosCOMEastern Africa91.62983.5848.044
SudanSDNNorthern Africa91.44686.3705.076
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa91.42786.1985.229
BurundiBDIEastern Africa91.41086.9794.431
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa90.46885.3075.161
BeninBENWestern Africa90.21584.4015.814
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa90.17784.1546.022
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa90.11386.0444.069

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Uganda108.692
  2. Afghanistan107.737
  3. Somalia105.597
  4. Niger105.116
  5. Chad104.486

Lowest

  1. Qatar21.123
  2. United Arab Emirates22.993
  3. Macau27.897
  4. Singapore29.873
  5. Cayman Islands31.604

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 53.734. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestUganda104.267

    LowestVatican City13.587

    Middle country: 42.016

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

    HighestVatican City62.364

    LowestQatar1.303

    Middle country: 8.603

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 43 · 179rose · 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 2007.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 92.649. 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 (2007). Total Dependency Ratio, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2007

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2007: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2007?

Uganda, at 108.692, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2007 describe?

2007.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2007 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2007?

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, 2007 the newest?

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

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