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Malaysia: Age dependency ratio, old

11.37percent · 2025+36.4% 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 Malaysia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202511.369
202410.979
202310.605
202210.268
20219.991
20209.702
20199.389
20189.101
20178.824
20168.569
20158.337
20148.121
20137.919
20127.728
20117.547
20107.374
20097.215
20087.076
20076.952
20066.838
20056.733
20046.633
20036.528
20026.417
20016.32
20006.257
19996.226
19986.204
19976.168
19966.13
19956.098
19946.064
19936.023
19926.001
19916.005
19906.025
19896.049
19886.062
19876.063
19866.056
19856.042
19846.023
19835.995
19825.962
19815.933
19805.916
19795.895
19785.873
19775.861
19765.835
19755.782
19745.698
19735.581
19725.443
19715.322
19705.249
19695.22
19685.233
19675.283
19665.338
19655.377
19645.391
19635.381
19625.366
19615.379
19605.445

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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