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Total Dependency Ratio, 2014

2014, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2014 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Vatican City is highest, at 121.293; Qatar is lowest, at 18.292. The middle country reads 53.155. Against 2013, 222 values changed (105 up, 117 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2014

HighestVatican City

121.293

LowestQatar

18.292

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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe121.29313.878107.414
NigerNERWestern Africa107.290102.2455.045
MaliMLIWestern Africa102.53097.1235.407
ChadTCDMiddle Africa102.35198.1564.195
UgandaUGAEastern Africa101.65997.8013.859
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa101.45597.6133.842
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa100.26595.5344.731
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa96.48590.3226.163
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia96.34691.7194.627
MalawiMWIEastern Africa95.64389.4526.192
BurundiBDIEastern Africa94.62290.3164.306
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa94.21688.9175.299
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa93.07788.0005.077
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa92.05186.8575.194
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa91.79584.8276.968
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa91.23085.6165.614
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa90.09384.4255.668
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa89.42886.1273.301
GuineaGINWestern Africa88.93382.2626.672
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa88.92882.9995.929
SudanSDNNorthern Africa87.47482.5254.948
BeninBENWestern Africa87.01781.3205.697
GambiaGMBWestern Africa86.48381.5804.904
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa86.33580.9165.419
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa86.00480.6535.352

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Vatican City121.293
  2. Niger107.290
  3. Mali102.530
  4. Chad102.351
  5. Uganda101.659

Lowest

  1. Qatar18.292
  2. United Arab Emirates22.457
  3. Macau26.581
  4. Singapore27.312
  5. Bahrain29.796

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 53.155. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNiger102.245

    LowestVatican City13.878

    Middle country: 37.507

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

    HighestVatican City107.414

    LowestQatar1.256

    Middle country: 9.571

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 105 · 117rose · 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 2014.

  • 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 (2014). Total Dependency Ratio, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2014

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2014: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2014?

Vatican City, at 121.293, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2014 describe?

2014.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2014 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2014?

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, 2014 the newest?

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

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