Congo vs Malawi: Age dependency ratio
Congo
75.5%
in 2025
Malawi
74.6%
in 2025
Congo rank
26th
Malawi rank
29th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Congo
- Malawi
How they compare
Congo currently reports 75.5% against 74.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Congo ahead.
Congo ranks 26th and Malawi ranks 29th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89.8% | 86.1% | 3.7% | Congo |
| 1970s | 95.5% | 91.7% | 3.9% | Congo |
| 1980s | 93.7% | 96.2% | 2.5% | Malawi |
| 1990s | 87.9% | 97.5% | 9.6% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 79.6% | 99.4% | 19.8% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 79.2% | 94.1% | 14.9% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 78.2% | 79.4% | 1.3% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Congo or Malawi?
- Congo, at 75.5% against 74.6% in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Congo and Malawi?
- 0.9%, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Malawi?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Congo and Malawi rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Congo ranks 26th and Malawi ranks 29th of 217 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.