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Total Dependency Ratio, 1979

1979, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1979 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Kenya is highest, at 116.420; Vatican City is lowest, at 30.316. The middle country reads 79.925. Against 1978, 222 values changed (71 up, 151 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1979

HighestKenya

116.420

LowestVatican City

30.316

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KenyaKENEastern Africa116.420111.9464.473
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia113.233106.2606.973
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa111.688100.11311.575
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa110.987104.3436.644
JordanJORWestern Asia110.596105.2525.344
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa109.739102.4087.331
PalestinePSEWestern Asia108.079103.4004.679
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.887100.8116.076
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia106.31599.6946.622
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa106.03599.9526.083
IraqIRQWestern Asia105.81896.6919.127
ComorosCOMEastern Africa105.40596.2779.128
YemenYEMWestern Asia103.97497.6636.311
UgandaUGAEastern Africa102.60796.5726.036
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia102.22396.4165.806
HondurasHNDCentral America102.03995.6296.410
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa101.76893.4888.279
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa101.41194.5056.906
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa101.40196.4164.985
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean100.79191.2779.514
OmanOMNWestern Asia100.55494.6085.946
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa100.15993.6126.547
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia99.66391.5948.069
NicaraguaNICCentral America99.52794.4045.123
SamoaWSMPolynesia99.42093.5365.885

02In 1979

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Kenya116.420
  2. Marshall Islands113.233
  3. Cabo Verde111.688
  4. Zambia110.987
  5. Jordan110.596

Lowest

  1. Vatican City30.316
  2. United Arab Emirates39.783
  3. Andorra43.645
  4. Bermuda45.440
  5. Serbia45.496

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 79.925. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestKenya111.946

    LowestVatican City16.432

    Middle country: 72.920

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

    HighestMonaco35.063

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates1.843

    Middle country: 7.475

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 71 · 151rose · 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 1979.

  • 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 (1979). Total Dependency Ratio, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1979

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1979?

Kenya, at 116.420, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1979 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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