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Total Dependency Ratio, 1986

1986, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1986 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Marshall Islands is highest, at 115.940; Vatican City is lowest, at 33.577. The middle country reads 71.967. Against 1985, 222 values changed (67 up, 155 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1986

HighestMarshall Islands

115.940

LowestVatican City

33.577

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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia115.940109.4606.481
YemenYEMWestern Asia113.789107.5416.248
KenyaKENEastern Africa109.361104.9204.441
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa109.224103.4455.779
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa107.497101.2456.251
PalestinePSEWestern Asia105.774101.4794.295
UgandaUGAEastern Africa104.56898.2006.368
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa104.36893.93910.429
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa104.35094.3859.965
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa104.15997.7876.373
ComorosCOMEastern Africa104.15695.7038.452
RwandaRWAEastern Africa103.40898.8064.602
ChadTCDMiddle Africa103.29895.9097.388
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia102.38195.6506.731
SyriaSYRWestern Asia102.33396.5955.738
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa101.81896.9004.918
BurundiBDIEastern Africa101.29395.1956.099
JordanJORWestern Asia100.99896.2904.709
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa100.77694.7286.048
SenegalSENWestern Africa100.63994.8875.752
IraqIRQWestern Asia100.21692.0498.166
HondurasHNDCentral America99.63593.1506.484
BeninBENWestern Africa99.10191.4147.687
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia99.00093.5105.490
NicaraguaNICCentral America98.87793.5375.341

02In 1986

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Marshall Islands115.940
  2. Yemen113.789
  3. Kenya109.361
  4. Eswatini109.224
  5. Zambia107.497

Lowest

  1. Vatican City33.577
  2. Andorra38.720
  3. Qatar38.920
  4. Singapore39.198
  5. Greenland39.205

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 71.967. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestMarshall Islands109.460

    LowestVatican City16.468

    Middle country: 64.586

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

    HighestIsle of Man33.217

    LowestQatar1.354

    Middle country: 7.523

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 67 · 155rose · 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 1986.

  • 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 (1986). Total Dependency Ratio, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1986

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07Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1986?

Marshall Islands, at 115.940, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1986 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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