Bahamas vs Malaysia: Age dependency ratio
Bahamas
42.1%
in 2025
Malaysia
41.5%
in 2025
Bahamas rank
197th
Malaysia rank
198th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Bahamas
- Malaysia
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 42.1% against 41.5% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malaysia ahead.
Bahamas ranks 197th and Malaysia ranks 198th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79.3% | 95.0% | 15.7% | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 73.8% | 82.3% | 8.4% | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 57.9% | 71.6% | 13.7% | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 52.3% | 65.5% | 13.3% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 51.0% | 56.0% | 5.0% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 46.1% | 46.5% | 0.4% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 42.8% | 42.7% | 0.1% | Bahamas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Bahamas or Malaysia?
- Bahamas, at 42.1% against 41.5% in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Bahamas and Malaysia?
- 0.6%, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Malaysia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Bahamas and Malaysia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Bahamas ranks 197th and Malaysia ranks 198th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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.