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Malaysia: Age dependency ratio

41.53percent · 2025-9.8% 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 Malaysia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202541.527
202441.893
202342.327
202242.897
202143.579
202044.271
201944.836
201845.228
201745.495
201645.734
201546.039
201446.453
201346.958
201247.518
201148.147
201049.008
200950.217
200851.57
200752.877
200654.166
200555.486
200456.808
200358.054
200259.2
200160.299
200061.406
199962.468
199863.323
199763.97
199664.548
199565.123
199465.709
199366.338
199267.11
199168.015
199068.892
198969.649
198870.243
198770.666
198670.965
198571.228
198471.55
198371.969
198272.486
198173.161
198074.08
197975.249
197876.63
197778.161
197679.76
197581.388
197483.021
197384.639
197286.277
197187.975
197089.686
196991.357
196892.989
196794.547
196695.914
196596.985
196497.336
196396.897
196296.049
196194.818
196093.285

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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