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Total Dependency Ratio, 1964

1964, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1964 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Palau is highest, at 120.929; Vatican City is lowest, at 20.222. The middle country reads 83.664. Against 1963, 222 values changed (142 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1964

HighestPalau

120.929

LowestVatican City

20.222

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Total Dependency Ratio, 1964, 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, 1964: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
PalauPLWMicronesia120.929110.77610.153
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean117.822109.0908.732
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia117.141110.9286.213
SamoaWSMPolynesia117.000111.0265.974
RwandaRWAEastern Africa116.859110.1746.685
MacauMACEastern Asia116.477107.0149.463
NiueNIUPolynesia115.423105.31610.107
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia113.620101.51512.105
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia113.577107.1086.470
KenyaKENEastern Africa110.663105.0135.650
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa108.759101.7926.967
SurinameSURSouth America108.54897.64310.906
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean108.236102.7445.491
JordanJORWestern Asia108.056100.2877.769
AnguillaAIACaribbean107.74393.00514.738
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean107.14998.8858.264
PalestinePSEWestern Asia107.08899.9717.117
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean106.89295.42911.462
DominicaDMACaribbean106.19294.79311.399
BelizeBLZCentral America105.87797.1668.711
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia105.641101.2434.397
GuyanaGUYSouth America105.21797.9697.248
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa104.85996.7658.094
HondurasHNDCentral America104.53798.0056.532
SyriaSYRWestern Asia103.85994.9488.911

02In 1964

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Palau120.929
  2. Saint Lucia117.822
  3. Northern Mariana Islands117.141
  4. Samoa117.000
  5. Rwanda116.859

Lowest

  1. Vatican City20.222
  2. Japan47.098
  3. Bulgaria48.767
  4. Latvia49.739
  5. Luxembourg49.996

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 83.664. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestSamoa111.026

    LowestVatican City14.220

    Middle country: 76.480

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

    HighestMonaco31.262

    LowestPapua New Guinea1.963

    Middle country: 7.458

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

What changed between 1963 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 142 · 80rose · 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.

The site’s method

  • 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 1964.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 86.606. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 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. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1964). Total Dependency Ratio, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1964

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1964: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1964?

Palau, at 120.929, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1964 describe?

1964.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1964 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1964?

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, 1964 the newest?

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

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