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Malaysia: Age dependency ratio, young

30.16percent · 2025-20.0% 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 Malaysia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202530.158
202430.913
202331.722
202232.629
202133.588
202034.569
201935.447
201836.127
201736.671
201637.165
201537.702
201438.332
201339.039
201239.79
201140.6
201041.634
200943.002
200844.494
200745.925
200647.328
200548.753
200450.175
200351.526
200252.782
200153.978
200055.15
199956.242
199857.119
199757.802
199658.419
199559.025
199459.645
199360.314
199261.11
199162.01
199062.867
198963.6
198864.182
198764.602
198664.908
198565.186
198465.527
198365.974
198266.524
198167.228
198068.164
197969.354
197870.756
197772.3
197673.925
197575.606
197477.323
197379.058
197280.835
197182.653
197084.436
196986.137
196887.756
196789.264
196690.576
196591.608
196491.946
196391.517
196290.682
196189.439
196087.84

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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