Low & middle income vs Malawi: Age dependency ratio
Low & middle income
54.3%
in 2025
Malawi
74.6%
in 2025
Low & middle income rank
28th
Malawi rank
29th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Low & middle income
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 74.6% against 54.3% in Low & middle income, a difference of 20.3%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.4 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Low & middle income ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 29th of 47 groups.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low & middle income | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83.0% | 86.1% | 3.1% | Malawi |
| 1970s | 82.3% | 91.7% | 9.3% | Malawi |
| 1980s | 74.0% | 96.2% | 22.2% | Malawi |
| 1990s | 68.1% | 97.5% | 29.4% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 60.4% | 99.4% | 39.1% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 56.3% | 94.1% | 37.8% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 55.2% | 79.4% | 24.3% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Low & middle income or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 74.6% against 54.3% in Low & middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Low & middle income and Malawi?
- 20.3%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and Malawi?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Low & middle income and Malawi rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Low & middle income ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 29th of 47 groups.
- 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.