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United States Dependency Ratio 1970s

Name: United States Dependency Ratio 1970s
Creator: World Bank
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

55.95 decade average (1970-1979)

United States's dependency ratio during the 1970s ranged from 50.79 (1979) to 61.99 (1970), averaging 55.95 over 10 years of data.

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1970s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1970	61.99	−1.00	49th
1971	60.85	−1.14	46th
1972	59.41	−1.44	43rd
1973	57.83	−1.57	35th
1974	56.30	−1.53	32nd
1975	54.88	−1.42	28th
1976	53.54	−1.34	25th
1977	52.40	−1.14	27th
1978	51.50	−0.90	22nd
1979	50.79	−0.71	20th