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Malawi: Age dependency ratio, old

4.52percent · 2025-24.2% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
20254.519
20244.56
20234.622
20224.712
20214.842
20204.998
20195.162
20185.334
20175.523
20165.731
20155.961
20146.192
20136.429
20126.67
20116.908
20107.172
20097.479
20087.838
20078.048
20068.009
20057.871
20047.674
20037.433
20027.166
20016.876
20006.553
19996.14
19985.97
19976.134
19966.312
19956.505
19946.713
19936.928
19927.145
19917.378
19907.637
19897.931
19888.278
19878.047
19867.559
19857.432
19847.224
19836.966
19826.668
19816.359
19806.05
19795.736
19785.436
19775.283
19765.265
19755.262
19745.283
19735.334
19725.404
19715.473
19705.518
19695.536
19685.53
19675.502
19665.474
19655.459
19645.46
19635.476
19625.512
19615.56
19605.608

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

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