Madagascar vs Malawi: Age dependency ratio
Madagascar
73.6%
in 2025
Malawi
74.6%
in 2025
Madagascar rank
31st
Malawi rank
29th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Madagascar
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 74.6% against 73.6% in Madagascar, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 31st and Malawi ranks 29th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 98.9% | 86.1% | 12.8% | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 100.5% | 91.7% | 8.8% | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 99.4% | 96.2% | 3.2% | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 93.6% | 97.5% | 3.9% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 91.7% | 99.4% | 7.7% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 82.1% | 94.1% | 12.0% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 75.4% | 79.4% | 4.0% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Madagascar or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 74.6% against 73.6% in Madagascar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Madagascar and Malawi?
- 1.0%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Malawi?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Madagascar and Malawi rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Madagascar ranks 31st 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.