Malawi - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Malawi was 83.94 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 97.69 in 2002 and 83.94 in 2020.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 88.68 |
| 1961 | 89.08 |
| 1962 | 88.80 |
| 1963 | 88.17 |
| 1964 | 87.61 |
| 1965 | 87.30 |
| 1966 | 88.14 |
| 1967 | 88.97 |
| 1968 | 89.70 |
| 1969 | 90.19 |
| 1970 | 90.37 |
| 1971 | 91.51 |
| 1972 | 92.19 |
| 1973 | 92.54 |
| 1974 | 92.74 |
| 1975 | 92.87 |
| 1976 | 93.72 |
| 1977 | 94.33 |
| 1978 | 94.74 |
| 1979 | 94.95 |
| 1980 | 94.99 |
| 1981 | 95.94 |
| 1982 | 96.47 |
| 1983 | 96.71 |
| 1984 | 96.90 |
| 1985 | 97.20 |
| 1986 | 96.58 |
| 1987 | 95.89 |
| 1988 | 95.06 |
| 1989 | 93.80 |
| 1990 | 91.93 |
| 1991 | 92.88 |
| 1992 | 93.26 |
| 1993 | 93.27 |
| 1994 | 93.35 |
| 1995 | 93.82 |
| 1996 | 94.59 |
| 1997 | 95.43 |
| 1998 | 96.23 |
| 1999 | 96.76 |
| 2000 | 96.86 |
| 2001 | 97.52 |
| 2002 | 97.69 |
| 2003 | 97.52 |
| 2004 | 97.25 |
| 2005 | 97.04 |
| 2006 | 97.02 |
| 2007 | 97.01 |
| 2008 | 96.94 |
| 2009 | 96.66 |
| 2010 | 96.11 |
| 2011 | 95.71 |
| 2012 | 94.89 |
| 2013 | 93.79 |
| 2014 | 92.56 |
| 2015 | 91.29 |
| 2016 | 89.87 |
| 2017 | 88.49 |
| 2018 | 87.08 |
| 2019 | 85.57 |
| 2020 | 83.94 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Malawi was 4.86 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.60 in 1995 and a minimum value of 4.86 in 2020.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.01 |
| 1961 | 5.99 |
| 1962 | 5.94 |
| 1963 | 5.88 |
| 1964 | 5.82 |
| 1965 | 5.77 |
| 1966 | 5.79 |
| 1967 | 5.82 |
| 1968 | 5.83 |
| 1969 | 5.80 |
| 1970 | 5.74 |
| 1971 | 5.71 |
| 1972 | 5.65 |
| 1973 | 5.57 |
| 1974 | 5.49 |
| 1975 | 5.44 |
| 1976 | 5.45 |
| 1977 | 5.45 |
| 1978 | 5.46 |
| 1979 | 5.49 |
| 1980 | 5.52 |
| 1981 | 5.62 |
| 1982 | 5.73 |
| 1983 | 5.82 |
| 1984 | 5.88 |
| 1985 | 5.91 |
| 1986 | 5.93 |
| 1987 | 5.94 |
| 1988 | 5.94 |
| 1989 | 5.94 |
| 1990 | 5.96 |
| 1991 | 6.10 |
| 1992 | 6.24 |
| 1993 | 6.36 |
| 1994 | 6.48 |
| 1995 | 6.60 |
| 1996 | 6.56 |
| 1997 | 6.49 |
| 1998 | 6.40 |
| 1999 | 6.29 |
| 2000 | 6.15 |
| 2001 | 6.10 |
| 2002 | 6.02 |
| 2003 | 5.91 |
| 2004 | 5.79 |
| 2005 | 5.65 |
| 2006 | 5.59 |
| 2007 | 5.51 |
| 2008 | 5.42 |
| 2009 | 5.32 |
| 2010 | 5.21 |
| 2011 | 5.20 |
| 2012 | 5.18 |
| 2013 | 5.16 |
| 2014 | 5.11 |
| 2015 | 5.04 |
| 2016 | 5.03 |
| 2017 | 4.99 |
| 2018 | 4.95 |
| 2019 | 4.90 |
| 2020 | 4.86 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Malawi was 79.08 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91.67 in 2002 and a minimum value of 79.08 in 2020.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 82.67 |
| 1961 | 83.09 |
| 1962 | 82.86 |
| 1963 | 82.29 |
| 1964 | 81.79 |
| 1965 | 81.53 |
| 1966 | 82.35 |
| 1967 | 83.15 |
| 1968 | 83.88 |
| 1969 | 84.39 |
| 1970 | 84.62 |
| 1971 | 85.80 |
| 1972 | 86.54 |
| 1973 | 86.97 |
| 1974 | 87.24 |
| 1975 | 87.43 |
| 1976 | 88.27 |
| 1977 | 88.87 |
| 1978 | 89.27 |
| 1979 | 89.47 |
| 1980 | 89.46 |
| 1981 | 90.32 |
| 1982 | 90.75 |
| 1983 | 90.90 |
| 1984 | 91.02 |
| 1985 | 91.29 |
| 1986 | 90.64 |
| 1987 | 89.96 |
| 1988 | 89.12 |
| 1989 | 87.86 |
| 1990 | 85.97 |
| 1991 | 86.78 |
| 1992 | 87.02 |
| 1993 | 86.91 |
| 1994 | 86.87 |
| 1995 | 87.22 |
| 1996 | 88.04 |
| 1997 | 88.94 |
| 1998 | 89.83 |
| 1999 | 90.48 |
| 2000 | 90.71 |
| 2001 | 91.42 |
| 2002 | 91.67 |
| 2003 | 91.61 |
| 2004 | 91.47 |
| 2005 | 91.39 |
| 2006 | 91.43 |
| 2007 | 91.50 |
| 2008 | 91.52 |
| 2009 | 91.34 |
| 2010 | 90.90 |
| 2011 | 90.51 |
| 2012 | 89.71 |
| 2013 | 88.63 |
| 2014 | 87.45 |
| 2015 | 86.25 |
| 2016 | 84.84 |
| 2017 | 83.49 |
| 2018 | 82.13 |
| 2019 | 80.66 |
| 2020 | 79.08 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
