Total Dependency Ratio, 2016

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Total Dependency Ratio, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Country	Total dependency ratio (aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)	Child dependency ratio (aged 0–14 per 100 aged 15–64)	Old-age dependency ratio (aged 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe	114.476	13.143	101.333
NigerNERWestern Africa	106.064	100.999	5.064
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	104.212	100.063	4.150
MaliMLIWestern Africa	102.314	97.044	5.269
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	102.283	98.133	4.150
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	99.943	95.406	4.538
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	99.884	95.024	4.859
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	97.947	94.070	3.877
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	96.198	90.086	6.112
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	93.607	88.265	5.342
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	92.890	88.346	4.544
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	92.470	86.739	5.731
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	92.188	87.028	5.160
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	91.949	87.009	4.940
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	91.191	84.593	6.598
MonacoMCOWestern Europe	89.377	23.078	66.299
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	89.305	83.710	5.595
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	89.062	83.456	5.606
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	88.328	82.102	6.226
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	87.273	84.008	3.265
GuineaGINWestern Africa	87.123	80.589	6.534
BeninBENWestern Africa	86.370	80.721	5.650
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	86.095	81.407	4.688
EritreaERIEastern Africa	85.331	77.985	7.346
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	85.004	80.157	4.847

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 53.385. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

  HighestNiger100.999

  LowestVatican City13.143

  Middle country: 37.078

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

  HighestVatican City101.333

  LowestQatar1.275

  Middle country: 10.096

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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.

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  WPP2024_POP_F07_1_DEPENDENCY_RATIOS_BOTH_SEXES.xlsx

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