Malta vs Tunisia: Age dependency ratio
Malta
50.2%
in 2025
Tunisia
50.4%
in 2025
Malta rank
151st
Tunisia rank
148th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Malta
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 50.4% against 50.2% in Malta, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tunisia ahead.
Malta ranks 151st and Tunisia ranks 148th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 1 and Tunisia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66.9% | 91.9% | 25.0% | Tunisia |
| 1970s | 52.6% | 90.1% | 37.6% | Tunisia |
| 1980s | 50.6% | 77.9% | 27.3% | Tunisia |
| 1990s | 49.7% | 64.7% | 15.0% | Tunisia |
| 2000s | 44.7% | 48.9% | 4.1% | Tunisia |
| 2010s | 46.9% | 46.3% | 0.6% | Malta |
| 2020s | 48.5% | 50.4% | 1.9% | Tunisia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Malta or Tunisia?
- Tunisia, at 50.4% against 50.2% in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Malta and Tunisia?
- 0.2%, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Tunisia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Malta and Tunisia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Malta ranks 151st and Tunisia ranks 148th 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.