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Total Dependency Ratio, 2015

2015, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2015 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Vatican City is highest, at 117.078; Qatar is lowest, at 17.646. The middle country reads 53.111. Against 2014, 222 values changed (107 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2015

HighestVatican City

117.078

LowestQatar

17.646

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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe117.07813.472103.605
NigerNERWestern Africa106.766101.7135.053
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa103.91799.9333.984
MaliMLIWestern Africa102.52897.1955.333
ChadTCDMiddle Africa102.37298.2044.168
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa100.05695.2704.786
UgandaUGAEastern Africa100.03296.1613.871
BurundiBDIEastern Africa97.11092.7284.382
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa96.52890.3826.145
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia94.61390.0274.586
MalawiMWIEastern Africa94.17188.2105.961
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa93.92988.6115.318
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa92.60287.6015.001
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa92.18187.0085.172
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa91.52184.7546.767
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa90.38284.7705.612
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa89.72184.0855.635
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa88.83682.7536.083
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa88.38285.1083.274
GuineaGINWestern Africa87.99581.3996.596
BeninBENWestern Africa86.69181.0205.671
MonacoMCOWestern Europe86.52722.89263.635
SudanSDNNorthern Africa85.98881.0164.972
GambiaGMBWestern Africa85.75580.8984.857
EritreaERIEastern Africa85.31578.0277.288

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Vatican City117.078
  2. Niger106.766
  3. Central African Republic103.917
  4. Mali102.528
  5. Chad102.372

Lowest

  1. Qatar17.646
  2. United Arab Emirates22.453
  3. Singaporeshared27.683
  4. Macaushared27.683
  5. Bahrain30.035

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 53.111. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNiger101.713

    LowestVatican City13.472

    Middle country: 37.469

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

    HighestVatican City103.605

    LowestQatar1.236

    Middle country: 9.938

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 107 · 115rose · 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 2015.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 27.683. 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 (2015). Total Dependency Ratio, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2015

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2015?

Vatican City, at 117.078, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2015 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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