Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Malta

Age dependency ratio in Malta in 2025 — 50.2 per 100. Ranked 66 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 33.3%.

2025 50.2 per 100 +0.89% vs 2024
World rank 66of 217
Period maximum 75.3 per 1001960
Period minimum 42.4 per 1002008

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Malta, 1960–2025405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 75.3 per 1001962: 71.5 per 1001964: 67.6 per 1001966: 64.1 per 1001968: 60.7 per 1001970: 57.3 per 1001972: 54.6 per 1001974: 52.4 per 1001976: 50.8 per 1001978: 49.8 per 1001980: 49.6 per 1001982: 49.9 per 1001984: 50.7 per 1001986: 51.3 per 1001988: 51.3 per 1001990: 51.2 per 1001992: 50.8 per 1001994: 50.2 per 1001996: 49.3 per 1001998: 48 per 1002000: 47 per 1002002: 46.2 per 1002004: 45.2 per 1002006: 43.9 per 1002008: 42.4 per 1002010: 43.5 per 1002012: 45.5 per 1002014: 47.7 per 1002016: 48.8 per 1002018: 48.3 per 1002020: 46.7 per 1002022: 48.1 per 1002024: 49.8 per 1002025: 50.2 per 100
Change over the period: −25.1 (−33.28%) Average annual rate: -0.62 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Malta 50.2 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Southern Europe computed 56.1 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 50.2 +0.4 +0.89%
2024 49.8 +0.7 +1.32%
2023 49.1 +1 +2.09%
2022 48.1 +1.1 +2.3%
2021 47.1 +0.4 +0.77%
2020 46.7 −0.7 −1.39%
2019 47.4 −0.9 −1.86%
2018 48.3 −0.7 −1.34%
2017 48.9 +0.1 +0.15%
2016 48.8 +0.6 +1.16%
2015 48.3 +0.6 +1.25%
2014 47.7 +1 +2.1%
2013 46.7 +1.2 +2.75%
2012 45.5 +1.1 +2.52%
2011 44.3 +0.9 +2.01%
2010 43.5 +0.8 +1.78%
2009 42.7 +0.3 +0.61%
2008 42.4 −0.6 −1.3%
2007 43 −0.9 −1.94%
2006 43.9 −0.8 −1.68%
2005 44.6 −0.6 −1.4%
2004 45.2 −0.6 −1.22%
2003 45.8 −0.4 −0.95%
2002 46.2 −0.3 −0.71%
2001 46.6 −0.4 −0.83%
2000 47 −0.5 −1.1%
1999 47.5 −0.6 −1.16%
1998 48 −0.6 −1.29%
1997 48.7 −0.6 −1.32%
1996 49.3 −0.5 −0.94%
1995 49.8 −0.4 −0.8%
1994 50.2 −0.4 −0.77%
1993 50.6 −0.2 −0.48%
1992 50.8 −0.2 −0.38%
1991 51 −0.2 −0.35%
1990 51.2 −0.1 −0.14%
1989 51.3 −0 −0.01%
1988 51.3 −0 −0.02%
1987 51.3 +0 +0.03%
1986 51.3 +0.2 +0.41%
1985 51.1 +0.4 +0.79%
1984 50.7 +0.4 +0.76%
1983 50.3 +0.3 +0.67%
1982 49.9 +0.2 +0.48%
1981 49.7 +0.1 +0.2%
1980 49.6 −0 −0.09%
1979 49.6 −0.2 −0.41%
1978 49.8 −0.4 −0.75%
1977 50.2 −0.6 −1.1%
1976 50.8 −0.7 −1.41%
1975 51.5 −0.9 −1.69%
1974 52.4 −1 −1.94%
1973 53.4 −1.2 −2.14%
1972 54.6 −1.3 −2.29%
1971 55.9 −1.4 −2.44%
1970 57.3 −1.6 −2.67%
1969 58.8 −1.8 −3.03%
1968 60.7 −1.8 −2.88%
1967 62.5 −1.6 −2.53%
1966 64.1 −1.7 −2.61%
1965 65.8 −1.8 −2.68%
1964 67.6 −1.9 −2.71%
1963 69.5 −2 −2.75%
1962 71.5 −2 −2.72%
1961 73.5 −1.8 −2.42%
1960 75.3

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.