Gambia vs Malawi: Age dependency ratio
Gambia
75.2%
in 2025
Malawi
74.6%
in 2025
Gambia rank
28th
Malawi rank
29th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Gambia
- Malawi
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 75.2% against 74.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malawi ahead.
Gambia ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 29th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.5% | 86.1% | 7.6% | Malawi |
| 1970s | 84.4% | 91.7% | 7.2% | Malawi |
| 1980s | 96.4% | 96.2% | 0.2% | Gambia |
| 1990s | 99.7% | 97.5% | 2.2% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 95.1% | 99.4% | 4.4% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 86.0% | 94.1% | 8.2% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 78.2% | 79.4% | 1.2% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Gambia or Malawi?
- Gambia, at 75.2% against 74.6% in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Gambia and Malawi?
- 0.6%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Malawi?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Malawi rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Gambia ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 29th 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.