Dependency theory

Dependency theory - notion that resources flow from a periphery of poor underdeveloped states to a core of wealthy states; contends that poor states are impoverished and rich ones enriched by the way poor states are integrated into the world system. Article "Dependency theory" in English Wikipedia has 61.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 57 references and 18 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Dependency theory" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Dependency theory", its content was written by 259 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 888 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 431 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1851 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8069 in March 2020
• Global: #14691 in December 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #27135 in December 2014
• Global: #24602 in April 2015

There are 29 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Dependency theory		61.5466
2	Indonesian (id) Teori ketergantungan		55.5954
3	Korean (ko) 종속 이론		50.8575
4	Chinese (zh) 依附理论 (国际政治经济学)		48.5682
5	Portuguese (pt) Teoria da dependência		45.9962
6	Russian (ru) Теория зависимости		35.5864
7	German (de) Dependenztheorie		35.3123
8	Hindi (hi) निर्भरता का सिद्धान्त		23.5162
9	Spanish (es) Teoría de la dependencia		20.2808
10	Arabic (ar) نظرية التبعية		18.3679

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Dependency theory" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Dependency theory		4 302 646
2	Spanish (es) Teoría de la dependencia		1 735 168
3	Portuguese (pt) Teoria da dependência		626 710
4	German (de) Dependenztheorie		476 971
5	Indonesian (id) Teori ketergantungan		429 643
6	French (fr) Théorie de la dépendance		246 400
7	Russian (ru) Теория зависимости		174 948
8	Japanese (ja) 従属理論		165 540
9	Hindi (hi) निर्भरता का सिद्धान्त		159 901
10	Arabic (ar) نظرية التبعية		146 737

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Dependency theory" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Dependency theory		9 118
2	Spanish (es) Teoría de la dependencia		1 387
3	Portuguese (pt) Teoria da dependência		805
4	Russian (ru) Теория зависимости		644
5	French (fr) Théorie de la dépendance		605
6	German (de) Dependenztheorie		530
7	Chinese (zh) 依附理论 (国际政治经济学)		516
8	Japanese (ja) 従属理論		357
9	Hindi (hi) निर्भरता का सिद्धान्त		344
10	Indonesian (id) Teori ketergantungan		312

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Dependency theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Dependency theory		259
2	German (de) Dependenztheorie		102
3	French (fr) Théorie de la dépendance		58
4	Spanish (es) Teoría de la dependencia		55
5	Russian (ru) Теория зависимости		49
6	Portuguese (pt) Teoria da dependência		48
7	Norwegian (no) Avhengighetsteori		36
8	Turkish (tr) Bağımlılık teorisi		35
9	Italian (it) Teoria della dipendenza		29
10	Danish (da) Afhængighedsteori		23

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Dependency theory" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Dependency theory		1
2	Spanish (es) Teoría de la dependencia		1
3	French (fr) Théorie de la dépendance		1
4	Korean (ko) 종속 이론		1
5	Turkish (tr) Bağımlılık teorisi		1
6	Chinese (zh) 依附理论 (国际政治经济学)		1
7	Arabic (ar) نظرية التبعية		0
8	Azerbaijani (az) Asılılıq nəzəriyyəsi		0
9	Bulgarian (bg) Теория на зависимостта		0
10	Catalan (ca) Teoria de la dependència		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Dependency theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Dependency theory		431
2	Portuguese (pt) Teoria da dependência		184
3	Indonesian (id) Teori ketergantungan		146
4	Persian (fa) نظریه وابستگی		131
5	Arabic (ar) نظرية التبعية		116
6	Chinese (zh) 依附理论 (国际政治经济学)		114
7	Spanish (es) Teoría de la dependencia		103
8	Ukrainian (uk) Теорія залежності		91
9	Korean (ko) 종속 이론		89
10	Japanese (ja) 従属理論		77

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نظرية التبعية
az	Azerbaijani Asılılıq nəzəriyyəsi
bg	Bulgarian Теория на зависимостта
ca	Catalan Teoria de la dependència
cs	Czech Teorie závislosti
da	Danish Afhængighedsteori
de	German Dependenztheorie
en	English Dependency theory
eo	Esperanto Teorio de dependeco
es	Spanish Teoría de la dependencia
fa	Persian نظریه وابستگی
fr	French Théorie de la dépendance
he	Hebrew תאוריית התלות (מדעי החברה)
hi	Hindi निर्भरता का सिद्धान्त
hr	Croatian Teorija zavisnosti
id	Indonesian Teori ketergantungan
it	Italian Teoria della dipendenza
ja	Japanese 従属理論
ko	Korean 종속 이론
nl	Dutch Dependencia-theorie
no	Norwegian Avhengighetsteori
pl	Polish Teoria zależności
pt	Portuguese Teoria da dependência
ru	Russian Теория зависимости
sv	Swedish Beroendeteorin
th	Thai ทฤษฎีภาวะพึ่งพิง
tr	Turkish Bağımlılık teorisi
uk	Ukrainian Теорія залежності
zh	Chinese 依附理论 (国际政治经济学)

Best Rank

English: #27135 12.2014

Global: #24602 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #8069 03.2020

Global: #14691 12.2011

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