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Total Dependency Ratio, 2010

2010, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2010 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 107.358; Qatar is lowest, at 17.303. The middle country reads 52.320. Against 2009, 222 values changed (70 up, 152 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2010

HighestNiger

107.358

LowestQatar

17.303

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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa107.358102.3964.962
UgandaUGAEastern Africa105.957101.9124.045
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa104.57499.6104.963
ChadTCDMiddle Africa104.04999.4924.557
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia103.14498.4594.686
MaliMLIWestern Africa99.77594.1575.618
MalawiMWIEastern Africa99.29992.1267.172
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa96.75690.6306.127
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa94.02688.7835.243
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa93.99988.6765.322
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa93.37088.1495.222
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa92.81787.4015.415
GuineaGINWestern Africa92.78985.7517.038
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa92.62789.0963.532
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa91.82886.5925.237
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa91.59188.0313.560
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa90.23584.5015.734
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa90.15183.4096.742
BurundiBDIEastern Africa90.00985.6884.321
SudanSDNNorthern Africa89.39284.4944.899
GambiaGMBWestern Africa89.23484.2075.027
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe89.17713.41575.762
BeninBENWestern Africa88.54782.7705.777
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa87.65082.0065.644
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa87.55182.5525.000

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Niger107.358
  2. Uganda105.957
  3. Somalia104.574
  4. Chad104.049
  5. Afghanistan103.144

Lowest

  1. Qatar17.303
  2. United Arab Emirates22.393
  3. Macau24.552
  4. Singapore27.341
  5. Bahrain29.086

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 52.320. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNiger102.396

    LowestVatican City13.415

    Middle country: 40.140

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

    HighestVatican City75.762

    LowestQatar1.012

    Middle country: 8.769

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 70 · 152rose · 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 2010.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 48.246. 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 (2010). Total Dependency Ratio, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2010

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2010?

Niger, at 107.358, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2010 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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