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Malawi: Age dependency ratio, young

70.05percent · 2025-20.6% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
202570.047
202471.781
202373.659
202275.619
202177.609
202079.591
201981.523
201883.359
201785.094
201686.739
201588.21
201489.452
201390.485
201291.275
201191.798
201092.126
200992.311
200892.352
200792.307
200692.201
200592.03
200491.851
200391.744
200291.646
200191.503
200091.389
199991.252
199891.101
199791.081
199691.18
199591.258
199491.191
199390.943
199290.544
199190.055
199089.545
198989.01
198888.443
198788.874
198689.602
198589.508
198489.387
198389.18
198288.85
198188.442
198088.018
197987.634
197887.342
197787.166
197686.969
197586.656
197486.325
197385.946
197285.475
197184.91
197084.245
196983.47
196882.643
196781.811
196680.962
196580.099
196479.503
196379.12
196279.035
196179.409
196079.915

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

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