Madagascar vs Small states: Age dependency ratio
Madagascar
73.6%
in 2025
Small states
52.3%
in 2025
Madagascar rank
31st
Small states rank
32nd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Madagascar
- Small states
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 73.6% against 52.3% in Small states, a difference of 21.3%.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.4 times Small states's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 31st and Small states ranks 32nd of 218 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 98.9% | 83.3% | 15.6% | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 100.5% | 78.5% | 22.0% | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 99.4% | 71.9% | 27.5% | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 93.6% | 68.7% | 24.9% | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 91.7% | 59.9% | 31.8% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 82.1% | 54.7% | 27.4% | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 75.4% | 52.7% | 22.7% | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Madagascar or Small states?
- Madagascar, at 73.6% against 52.3% in Small states as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Madagascar and Small states?
- 21.3%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Small states?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Madagascar and Small states rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Madagascar ranks 31st and Small states ranks 32nd 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.