Malta vs Spain: Age dependency ratio, young
Malta
19.4%
in 2025
Spain
19.2%
in 2025
Malta rank
205th
Spain rank
207th
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Malta
- Spain
How they compare
Malta currently reports 19.4% against 19.2% in Spain, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 205th and Spain ranks 207th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53.8% | 43.3% | 10.5% | Malta |
| 1970s | 38.3% | 43.8% | 5.5% | Spain |
| 1980s | 35.8% | 36.2% | 0.4% | Spain |
| 1990s | 33.0% | 25.2% | 7.8% | Malta |
| 2000s | 25.6% | 21.3% | 4.3% | Malta |
| 2010s | 21.1% | 22.3% | 1.2% | Spain |
| 2020s | 19.5% | 20.3% | 0.8% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Malta or Spain?
- Malta, at 19.4% against 19.2% in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Malta and Spain?
- 0.2%, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Spain?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Malta and Spain rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Malta ranks 205th and Spain ranks 207th of 217 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, young (% 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, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.