Total Dependency Ratio, 2021

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Total Dependency Ratio, 2021: 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	105.754	11.905	93.849
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	105.023	100.468	4.555
NigerNERWestern Africa	100.876	95.780	5.096
MonacoMCOWestern Europe	100.416	25.622	74.794
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	98.924	94.851	4.073
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	97.971	92.948	5.023
MaliMLIWestern Africa	97.966	93.109	4.858
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	96.726	90.680	6.047
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	96.005	91.180	4.825
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	91.828	86.475	5.353
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	91.036	85.793	5.243
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	88.096	82.036	6.059
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	88.035	84.113	3.922
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	86.083	81.706	4.378
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	85.738	80.114	5.624
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	85.514	80.730	4.785
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	83.385	76.787	6.598
BeninBENWestern Africa	83.304	77.719	5.585
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	83.100	77.625	5.475
GuineaGINWestern Africa	82.819	76.545	6.273
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	82.450	77.609	4.842
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	82.089	77.053	5.037
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	80.898	77.593	3.305
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	80.139	75.622	4.517
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	80.003	74.924	5.078

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 54.846. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

  HighestCentral African Republic100.468

  LowestVatican City11.905

  Middle country: 34.915

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

  HighestVatican City93.849

  LowestQatar1.568

  Middle country: 11.404

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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

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.

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