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Total Dependency Ratio, 2011

2011, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2011 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 107.749; Qatar is lowest, at 17.776. The middle country reads 52.254. Against 2010, 222 values changed (79 up, 143 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2011

HighestNiger

107.749

LowestQatar

17.776

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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa107.749102.7395.010
UgandaUGAEastern Africa104.992101.0363.956
ChadTCDMiddle Africa103.80499.3474.457
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa102.78897.9544.834
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia101.45896.7804.678
MaliMLIWestern Africa100.44994.8865.562
MalawiMWIEastern Africa98.70691.7986.908
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe97.11113.48383.628
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa96.51490.3686.146
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa94.33289.0775.255
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa93.53788.3105.227
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa92.98289.3803.602
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa92.60687.1305.476
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa92.16686.8175.349
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa91.94488.4773.467
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa91.85786.6235.234
GuineaGINWestern Africa91.80184.8726.929
BurundiBDIEastern Africa91.00986.6994.310
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa90.77383.7806.993
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa90.34984.6125.737
SudanSDNNorthern Africa89.42584.5254.900
GambiaGMBWestern Africa88.42483.4105.014
BeninBENWestern Africa88.06282.3015.761
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa87.39281.8105.583
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa86.79981.0255.774

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Niger107.749
  2. Uganda104.992
  3. Chad103.804
  4. Somalia102.788
  5. Afghanistan101.458

Lowest

  1. Qatar17.776
  2. United Arab Emirates22.325
  3. Macau24.139
  4. Singapore26.950
  5. Bahrain29.220

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 52.254. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNiger102.739

    LowestVatican City13.483

    Middle country: 38.590

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

    HighestVatican City83.628

    LowestQatar1.094

    Middle country: 8.906

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 79 · 143rose · 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 2011.

  • 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 (2011). Total Dependency Ratio, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2011

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2011?

Niger, at 107.749, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2011 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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