Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Malawi

Age dependency ratio in Malawi in 2025 — 74.6 per 100. Ranked 189 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 12.8%.

2025 74.6 per 100 −2.33% vs 2024
World rank 189of 217
Period maximum 100.4 per 1002007
Period minimum 74.6 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Malawi, 1960–202570809010011019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 85.5 per 1001962: 84.5 per 1001964: 85 per 1001966: 86.4 per 1001968: 88.2 per 1001970: 89.8 per 1001972: 90.9 per 1001974: 91.6 per 1001976: 92.2 per 1001978: 92.8 per 1001980: 94.1 per 1001982: 95.5 per 1001984: 96.6 per 1001986: 97.2 per 1001988: 96.7 per 1001990: 97.2 per 1001992: 97.7 per 1001994: 97.9 per 1001996: 97.5 per 1001998: 97.1 per 1002000: 97.9 per 1002002: 98.8 per 1002004: 99.5 per 1002006: 100.2 per 1002008: 100.2 per 1002010: 99.3 per 1002012: 97.9 per 1002014: 95.6 per 1002016: 92.5 per 1002018: 88.7 per 1002020: 84.6 per 1002022: 80.3 per 1002024: 76.3 per 1002025: 74.6 per 100
Change over the period: −11 (−12.81%) Average annual rate: -0.21 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Malawi 74.6 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 — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 74.6 −1.8 −2.33%
2024 76.3 −1.9 −2.48%
2023 78.3 −2.1 −2.55%
2022 80.3 −2.1 −2.57%
2021 82.5 −2.1 −2.53%
2020 84.6 −2.1 −2.42%
2019 86.7 −2 −2.26%
2018 88.7 −1.9 −2.12%
2017 90.6 −1.9 −2%
2016 92.5 −1.7 −1.81%
2015 94.2 −1.5 −1.54%
2014 95.6 −1.3 −1.31%
2013 96.9 −1 −1.05%
2012 97.9 −0.8 −0.77%
2011 98.7 −0.6 −0.6%
2010 99.3 −0.5 −0.49%
2009 99.8 −0.4 −0.4%
2008 100.2 −0.2 −0.16%
2007 100.4 +0.1 +0.14%
2006 100.2 +0.3 +0.31%
2005 99.9 +0.4 +0.38%
2004 99.5 +0.3 +0.35%
2003 99.2 +0.4 +0.37%
2002 98.8 +0.4 +0.44%
2001 98.4 +0.4 +0.45%
2000 97.9 +0.6 +0.57%
1999 97.4 +0.3 +0.33%
1998 97.1 −0.1 −0.15%
1997 97.2 −0.3 −0.29%
1996 97.5 −0.3 −0.28%
1995 97.8 −0.1 −0.15%
1994 97.9 +0 +0.04%
1993 97.9 +0.2 +0.19%
1992 97.7 +0.3 +0.26%
1991 97.4 +0.3 +0.26%
1990 97.2 +0.2 +0.25%
1989 96.9 +0.2 +0.23%
1988 96.7 −0.2 −0.21%
1987 96.9 −0.2 −0.25%
1986 97.2 +0.2 +0.23%
1985 96.9 +0.3 +0.34%
1984 96.6 +0.5 +0.48%
1983 96.1 +0.6 +0.66%
1982 95.5 +0.7 +0.76%
1981 94.8 +0.7 +0.78%
1980 94.1 +0.7 +0.75%
1979 93.4 +0.6 +0.64%
1978 92.8 +0.3 +0.36%
1977 92.4 +0.2 +0.23%
1976 92.2 +0.3 +0.34%
1975 91.9 +0.3 +0.34%
1974 91.6 +0.3 +0.36%
1973 91.3 +0.4 +0.44%
1972 90.9 +0.5 +0.55%
1971 90.4 +0.6 +0.69%
1970 89.8 +0.8 +0.85%
1969 89 +0.8 +0.95%
1968 88.2 +0.9 +0.98%
1967 87.3 +0.9 +1.01%
1966 86.4 +0.9 +1.03%
1965 85.6 +0.6 +0.7%
1964 85 +0.4 +0.43%
1963 84.6 +0.1 +0.06%
1962 84.5 −0.4 −0.5%
1961 85 −0.6 −0.65%
1960 85.5

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.