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Total Dependency Ratio, 2022

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 2022 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Central African Republic is highest, at 105.588; Qatar is lowest, at 19.960. The middle country reads 54.903. Against 2021, 222 values changed (104 up, 118 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 2022

HighestCentral African Republic

105.588

LowestQatar

19.960

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa105.588101.1804.407
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe104.23412.09792.137
MonacoMCOWestern Europe99.84925.78274.066
NigerNERWestern Africa99.51194.4225.089
ChadTCDMiddle Africa97.86093.7934.067
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa97.48592.4655.020
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa96.76690.7336.033
MaliMLIWestern Africa96.75991.9854.774
BurundiBDIEastern Africa94.08089.2554.825
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa91.30185.9965.305
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa90.59085.3045.286
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa87.12981.1256.004
UgandaUGAEastern Africa86.64582.6973.948
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa85.01879.4035.615
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia84.96280.6064.356
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa83.69878.9324.766
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa82.54875.9616.587
BeninBENWestern Africa82.42676.8395.587
GuineaGINWestern Africa81.82175.5826.238
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa81.68776.2225.465
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa81.23076.2225.008
MalawiMWIEastern Africa80.33275.6194.712
SamoaWSMPolynesia79.66969.6869.983
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa79.51676.1843.332
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa79.19774.6584.539

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Central African Republic105.588
  2. Vatican City104.234
  3. Monaco99.849
  4. Niger99.511
  5. Chad97.860

Lowest

  1. Qatar19.960
  2. United Arab Emirates22.123
  3. Kuwait28.143
  4. Bahrain29.162
  5. Maldives32.387

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 54.903. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 104 · 118rose · 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 2022.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 56.195. 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 (2022). Total Dependency Ratio, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/2022

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 2022?

Central African Republic, at 105.588, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 2022 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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