Malaysia vs Palau: Age dependency ratio
Malaysia
41.5%
in 2025
Palau
42.4%
in 2025
Malaysia rank
198th
Palau rank
196th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Malaysia
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 42.4% against 41.5% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Palau ahead.
Malaysia ranks 198th and Palau ranks 196th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 5 and Palau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95.0% | 115.8% | 20.8% | Palau |
| 1970s | 82.3% | 95.3% | 13.0% | Palau |
| 1980s | 71.6% | 69.3% | 2.3% | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 65.5% | 50.2% | 15.3% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 56.0% | 40.7% | 15.3% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 46.5% | 38.2% | 8.3% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 42.7% | 41.4% | 1.3% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Malaysia or Palau?
- Palau, at 42.4% against 41.5% in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Malaysia and Palau?
- 0.9%, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Palau?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Malaysia and Palau rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Malaysia ranks 198th and Palau ranks 196th 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.