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Age dependency ratio — Madagascar

Age dependency ratio in Madagascar in 2025 — 73.6 per 100. Ranked 187 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 22%.

2025 73.6 per 100 −1.02% vs 2024
World rank 187of 217
Period maximum 101.5 per 1001980
Period minimum 73.6 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Madagascar, 1960–202570809010011019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 94.4 per 1001962: 98.5 per 1001964: 100.7 per 1001966: 100 per 1001968: 99.5 per 1001970: 99.5 per 1001972: 99.9 per 1001974: 100.5 per 1001976: 100.9 per 1001978: 101.2 per 1001980: 101.5 per 1001982: 101.2 per 1001984: 100.2 per 1001986: 98.7 per 1001988: 97 per 1001990: 95.4 per 1001992: 94.2 per 1001994: 93.2 per 1001996: 92.9 per 1001998: 93.1 per 1002000: 93.2 per 1002002: 93.1 per 1002004: 92.6 per 1002006: 91.3 per 1002008: 89.6 per 1002010: 87.6 per 1002012: 84.9 per 1002014: 82.1 per 1002016: 80 per 1002018: 78.4 per 1002020: 77.1 per 1002022: 75.9 per 1002024: 74.4 per 1002025: 73.6 per 100
Change over the period: −20.7 (−21.98%) Average annual rate: -0.38 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Madagascar

Madagascar 73.6 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Eastern Africa computed 76.8 per 100
Low-income countries computed 79.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 73.6 −0.8 −1.02%
2024 74.4 −0.7 −1%
2023 75.2 −0.7 −0.92%
2022 75.9 −0.6 −0.85%
2021 76.5 −0.6 −0.81%
2020 77.1 −0.6 −0.81%
2019 77.8 −0.7 −0.84%
2018 78.4 −0.7 −0.94%
2017 79.2 −0.9 −1.09%
2016 80 −1 −1.23%
2015 81 −1.1 −1.36%
2014 82.1 −1.3 −1.57%
2013 83.5 −1.4 −1.7%
2012 84.9 −1.4 −1.63%
2011 86.3 −1.3 −1.44%
2010 87.6 −1.1 −1.21%
2009 88.6 −1 −1.07%
2008 89.6 −0.9 −0.98%
2007 90.5 −0.8 −0.9%
2006 91.3 −0.7 −0.81%
2005 92 −0.6 −0.61%
2004 92.6 −0.4 −0.38%
2003 93 −0.2 −0.19%
2002 93.1 −0 −0.05%
2001 93.2 −0 −0.02%
2000 93.2 +0 +0.01%
1999 93.2 +0.1 +0.12%
1998 93.1 +0.1 +0.14%
1997 92.9 +0.1 +0.06%
1996 92.9 −0.1 −0.08%
1995 93 −0.3 −0.28%
1994 93.2 −0.4 −0.45%
1993 93.6 −0.5 −0.56%
1992 94.2 −0.6 −0.63%
1991 94.8 −0.6 −0.68%
1990 95.4 −0.7 −0.76%
1989 96.1 −0.8 −0.84%
1988 97 −0.9 −0.9%
1987 97.8 −0.9 −0.92%
1986 98.7 −0.8 −0.81%
1985 99.6 −0.7 −0.66%
1984 100.2 −0.5 −0.54%
1983 100.8 −0.4 −0.41%
1982 101.2 −0.3 −0.25%
1981 101.4 −0.1 −0.08%
1980 101.5 +0.1 +0.09%
1979 101.4 +0.2 +0.18%
1978 101.2 +0.2 +0.19%
1977 101 +0.2 +0.19%
1976 100.9 +0.2 +0.19%
1975 100.7 +0.2 +0.21%
1974 100.5 +0.3 +0.25%
1973 100.2 +0.3 +0.3%
1972 99.9 +0.3 +0.27%
1971 99.6 +0.2 +0.17%
1970 99.5 +0 +0.03%
1969 99.4 −0.1 −0.09%
1968 99.5 −0.2 −0.21%
1967 99.7 −0.3 −0.3%
1966 100 −0.4 −0.37%
1965 100.4 −0.3 −0.32%
1964 100.7 +0.6 +0.59%
1963 100.1 +1.6 +1.67%
1962 98.5 +2 +2.03%
1961 96.5 +2.1 +2.27%
1960 94.4 — —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 39.9 MU Mauritius 40.2 DJ Djibouti 51 KE Kenya 64.7 RW Rwanda 69.6 SS South Sudan 69.7 KM Comoros 70.4 ER Eritrea 72 ET Ethiopia 72.6 MG Madagascar 73.6 MW Malawi 74.6 ZM Zambia 75.3 ZW Zimbabwe 78.1 UG Uganda 82.9 TZ Tanzania 83.1 BI Burundi 87 MZ Mozambique 88.3 SO Somalia 96.7
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About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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