Data for 2012

Total Dependency Ratio, 2012

Name: Total Dependency Ratio, 2012
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2012 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 107.779; Qatar is lowest, at 18.378. The middle country reads 52.771. Against 2011, 222 values changed (90 up, 132 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2012

HighestNiger

107.779

LowestQatar

18.378

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
222distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Total Dependency Ratio, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Dependency Ratio, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Niger`NER`Western Africa	107.779	102.747	5.032
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	105.641	13.675	91.966
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	104.015	100.122	3.893
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	103.420	99.062	4.358
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	101.520	95.991	5.529
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	101.043	96.320	4.723
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	99.773	95.103	4.671
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	97.945	91.275	6.670
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	96.431	90.267	6.165
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	95.318	91.643	3.674
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	94.410	89.149	5.262
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	93.529	88.311	5.218
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	92.233	86.695	5.539
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	92.156	87.850	4.306
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	91.899	86.668	5.232
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	91.664	84.442	7.222
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	91.248	87.836	3.412
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	90.775	83.943	6.833
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	90.378	84.648	5.730
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90.236	84.857	5.379
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	89.184	84.271	4.913
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	87.859	82.056	5.803
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	87.778	82.778	5.000
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	87.662	81.924	5.739
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	87.115	81.597	5.518
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	86.193	79.505	6.687
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	85.363	79.329	6.034
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.892	79.976	4.916
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	84.806	77.831	6.975
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	84.391	75.410	8.981
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	83.979	78.834	5.145
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	83.893	77.947	5.946
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	83.672	77.098	6.574
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	83.189	78.139	5.050
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	83.011	79.007	4.003
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	82.200	77.762	4.438
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	80.836	75.783	5.053
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	80.683	73.174	7.509
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	80.095	75.483	4.612
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	79.862	74.878	4.984
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	78.901	72.733	6.169
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	78.866	73.468	5.398
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	78.408	73.065	5.344
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	77.455	72.678	4.778
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	75.985	67.365	8.620
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	75.984	65.538	10.446
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	75.761	22.847	52.914
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	74.740	68.168	6.571
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	73.290	67.474	5.816
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	72.597	65.734	6.864
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	71.208	67.437	3.771
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	71.178	65.311	5.867
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	71.156	65.522	5.634
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	69.823	64.484	5.339
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	69.760	62.750	7.011
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	68.216	61.428	6.788
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	67.027	61.197	5.830
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	66.920	60.971	5.949
Honduras`HND`Central America	66.556	61.313	5.243
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	65.960	61.388	4.573
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	65.885	57.572	8.313
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	65.741	60.749	4.992
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	65.719	59.753	5.966
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.113	58.564	6.549
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	64.894	58.567	6.328
Bolivia`BOL`South America	64.558	55.456	9.102
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	63.892	61.809	2.083
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	63.562	57.104	6.458
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	62.997	57.157	5.840
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	62.692	57.150	5.542
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	62.685	42.454	20.231
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.550	45.739	16.811
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.026	56.465	5.560
Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.187	54.777	6.410
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	61.041	54.562	6.478
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	60.943	52.377	8.566
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	60.792	53.624	7.168
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.536	21.185	39.352
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	60.340	53.235	7.105
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.188	54.729	5.460
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	60.040	52.856	7.184
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.861	48.903	10.959
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	58.575	33.699	24.876
Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.808	49.593	8.214
Ecuador`ECU`South America	57.789	48.152	9.637
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.602	51.108	6.494
Peru`PER`South America	56.608	44.685	11.923
Uruguay`URY`South America	56.527	34.042	22.484
France`FRA`Western Europe	56.293	28.969	27.325
Guyana`GUY`South America	56.222	48.549	7.673
Argentina`ARG`South America	56.147	39.529	16.618
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	55.987	49.131	6.856
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	55.678	26.134	29.544
Suriname`SUR`South America	55.526	46.280	9.247
India`IND`Southern Asia	55.060	47.162	7.898
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.866	46.680	8.185
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.761	31.277	23.484
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	54.684	47.096	7.588
Panama`PAN`Central America	54.584	44.335	10.249
Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.563	44.852	9.712
Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.446	45.119	9.327
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.440	47.506	6.935
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	54.237	27.086	27.151
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	54.054	25.391	28.663
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	53.822	46.448	7.375
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	53.771	21.484	32.287
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	53.592	25.254	28.338
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	53.591	28.208	25.383
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	53.574	39.778	13.796
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	53.230	27.222	26.008
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52.811	22.418	30.393
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	52.730	27.726	25.004
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	52.605	25.915	26.690
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52.243	31.396	20.847
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	52.049	41.011	11.037
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.866	43.892	7.973
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	51.848	22.692	29.155
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.797	43.640	8.157
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	51.670	41.134	10.536
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	51.581	20.298	31.283
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	51.444	27.929	23.515
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	51.001	37.464	13.537
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.646	26.030	24.616
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.623	42.625	7.998
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	50.537	32.349	18.188
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.395	41.413	8.982
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	50.322	31.123	19.199
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	50.272	23.429	26.843
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	50.216	33.990	16.226
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	49.990	44.587	5.403
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	49.930	40.944	8.986
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	49.709	37.667	12.041
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49.604	22.375	27.229
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	49.586	37.663	11.923
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	49.483	34.875	14.608
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.340	21.450	27.890
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	49.329	28.291	21.038
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.080	42.077	7.003
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	49.066	21.966	27.100
United States`USA`Northern America	48.994	29.063	19.930
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	48.922	22.608	26.314
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	48.903	40.951	7.952
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	48.495	41.156	7.339
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	48.483	28.204	20.279
Colombia`COL`South America	48.274	38.942	9.332
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.267	38.808	9.458
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	48.184	22.317	25.868
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	48.166	20.090	28.076
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.037	37.170	10.867
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	48.016	21.448	26.568
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	47.858	27.657	20.200
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	47.714	27.810	19.904
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	47.655	22.107	25.548
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	47.518	39.790	7.728
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	47.486	28.649	18.837
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.206	38.151	9.056
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	47.091	32.916	14.175
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	47.086	23.160	23.926
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	47.085	29.230	17.855
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	46.894	41.327	5.567
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	46.845	21.016	25.829
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	46.791	37.084	9.706
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.631	29.754	16.876
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	46.530	34.996	11.534
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	46.197	37.152	9.045
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	45.918	21.124	24.795
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	45.487	34.020	11.467
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	45.475	21.471	24.003
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	45.452	21.341	24.111
Chile`CHL`South America	45.392	30.232	15.160
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	45.374	20.965	24.409
Canada`CAN`Northern America	45.239	23.714	21.526
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	45.215	30.210	15.005
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	44.994	24.745	20.249
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.918	21.918	23.000
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	44.727	23.787	20.941
Brazil`BRA`South America	44.643	34.352	10.291
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	44.629	27.168	17.460
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	44.572	34.991	9.581
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.066	24.947	19.119
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	43.637	32.672	10.965
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	43.591	22.389	21.202
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43.107	27.851	15.255
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	43.077	32.397	10.681
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	43.057	34.343	8.714
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	42.865	28.208	14.657
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.055	31.599	10.456
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	41.955	36.872	5.084
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	41.181	21.381	19.800
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	40.888	30.928	9.960
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	40.863	21.509	19.354
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	40.835	20.260	20.575
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	40.777	30.575	10.202
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.268	32.652	7.616
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.170	36.853	3.317
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	39.933	33.968	5.965
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	39.795	34.774	5.021
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	39.712	21.951	17.762
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.623	26.845	12.779
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	39.540	29.453	10.088
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.461	21.457	18.004
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	39.272	21.614	17.658
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	39.227	22.828	16.399
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	38.810	30.928	7.882
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	38.537	24.011	14.526
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.514	27.854	10.660
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.716	25.198	12.517
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	37.394	29.170	8.225
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	37.202	28.507	8.695
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	36.858	27.748	9.109
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	36.783	20.775	16.008
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	36.610	27.289	9.321
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	34.415	19.482	14.933
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	34.251	15.673	18.578
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	34.009	30.488	3.521
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	31.598	29.027	2.571
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	31.150	23.776	7.374
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	28.494	25.535	2.959
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	26.873	17.002	9.871
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	24.559	15.278	9.281
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	22.351	20.556	1.796
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	18.378	17.159	1.219

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

Niger107.779
Vatican City105.641
Uganda104.015
Chad103.420
Mali101.520

Lowest

Qatar18.378
United Arab Emirates22.351
Macau24.559
Singapore26.873
Bahrain28.494

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 52.771. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Child dependency ratio (aged 0–14 per 100 aged 15–64)
HighestNiger102.747
LowestVatican City13.675
Middle country: 38.480
Old-age dependency ratio (aged 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)
HighestVatican City91.966
LowestQatar1.219
Middle country: 9.079

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
90 · 132rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Vatican City97.111 → 105.641+8.530
Monaco71.550 → 75.761+4.211
Libya53.612 → 55.987+2.375
Central African Republic92.982 → 95.318+2.336
Japan58.585 → 60.536+1.951

Fell most

Oman39.103 → 34.009−5.094
Belize63.165 → 61.187−1.978
Cabo Verde56.627 → 54.684−1.943
Ethiopia92.166 → 90.236−1.930
Comoros82.495 → 80.683−1.812

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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UN DESA Population Division (2012). Total Dependency Ratio, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2012

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