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Malawi: Age dependency ratio

74.57percent · 2025-20.8% since 2015

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Annual figures for Malawi from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202574.566
202476.341
202378.281
202280.332
202182.45
202084.589
201986.685
201888.693
201790.616
201692.47
201594.171
201495.643
201396.914
201297.945
201198.706
201099.299
200999.79
2008100.19
2007100.355
2006100.21
200599.901
200499.524
200399.177
200298.812
200198.378
200097.942
199997.392
199897.071
199797.215
199697.493
199597.763
199497.905
199397.87
199297.689
199197.434
199097.182
198996.942
198896.721
198796.921
198697.16
198596.94
198496.611
198396.146
198295.518
198194.801
198094.068
197993.37
197892.779
197792.449
197692.233
197591.918
197491.608
197391.281
197290.879
197190.383
197089.763
196989.007
196888.173
196787.313
196686.437
196585.557
196484.963
196384.597
196284.546
196184.97
196085.523

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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