Malaysia - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Malaysia was 44.16 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 98.26 in 1964 and 44.12 in 2019.
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 | 95.74 |
| 1961 | 96.62 |
| 1962 | 97.53 |
| 1963 | 98.19 |
| 1964 | 98.26 |
| 1965 | 97.62 |
| 1966 | 97.11 |
| 1967 | 95.69 |
| 1968 | 93.81 |
| 1969 | 92.06 |
| 1970 | 90.70 |
| 1971 | 88.69 |
| 1972 | 87.35 |
| 1973 | 86.32 |
| 1974 | 85.13 |
| 1975 | 83.61 |
| 1976 | 82.20 |
| 1977 | 80.48 |
| 1978 | 78.64 |
| 1979 | 76.99 |
| 1980 | 75.69 |
| 1981 | 74.73 |
| 1982 | 74.01 |
| 1983 | 73.48 |
| 1984 | 72.99 |
| 1985 | 72.48 |
| 1986 | 71.93 |
| 1987 | 71.24 |
| 1988 | 70.42 |
| 1989 | 69.56 |
| 1990 | 68.72 |
| 1991 | 67.96 |
| 1992 | 67.25 |
| 1993 | 66.55 |
| 1994 | 65.81 |
| 1995 | 64.99 |
| 1996 | 63.99 |
| 1997 | 62.95 |
| 1998 | 61.84 |
| 1999 | 60.66 |
| 2000 | 59.42 |
| 2001 | 58.61 |
| 2002 | 57.51 |
| 2003 | 56.19 |
| 2004 | 54.81 |
| 2005 | 53.53 |
| 2006 | 52.82 |
| 2007 | 52.05 |
| 2008 | 51.17 |
| 2009 | 50.14 |
| 2010 | 49.03 |
| 2011 | 47.96 |
| 2012 | 47.08 |
| 2013 | 46.33 |
| 2014 | 45.66 |
| 2015 | 45.06 |
| 2016 | 44.76 |
| 2017 | 44.46 |
| 2018 | 44.23 |
| 2019 | 44.12 |
| 2020 | 44.16 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Malaysia was 10.36 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.36 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.21 in 1990.
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 | 6.69 |
| 1961 | 6.63 |
| 1962 | 6.58 |
| 1963 | 6.53 |
| 1964 | 6.44 |
| 1965 | 6.32 |
| 1966 | 6.34 |
| 1967 | 6.32 |
| 1968 | 6.28 |
| 1969 | 6.27 |
| 1970 | 6.31 |
| 1971 | 6.37 |
| 1972 | 6.45 |
| 1973 | 6.53 |
| 1974 | 6.56 |
| 1975 | 6.55 |
| 1976 | 6.53 |
| 1977 | 6.47 |
| 1978 | 6.40 |
| 1979 | 6.34 |
| 1980 | 6.31 |
| 1981 | 6.33 |
| 1982 | 6.35 |
| 1983 | 6.38 |
| 1984 | 6.39 |
| 1985 | 6.38 |
| 1986 | 6.37 |
| 1987 | 6.34 |
| 1988 | 6.29 |
| 1989 | 6.25 |
| 1990 | 6.21 |
| 1991 | 6.22 |
| 1992 | 6.25 |
| 1993 | 6.27 |
| 1994 | 6.28 |
| 1995 | 6.28 |
| 1996 | 6.28 |
| 1997 | 6.25 |
| 1998 | 6.23 |
| 1999 | 6.22 |
| 2000 | 6.24 |
| 2001 | 6.39 |
| 2002 | 6.53 |
| 2003 | 6.62 |
| 2004 | 6.69 |
| 2005 | 6.78 |
| 2006 | 6.97 |
| 2007 | 7.13 |
| 2008 | 7.24 |
| 2009 | 7.30 |
| 2010 | 7.36 |
| 2011 | 7.57 |
| 2012 | 7.81 |
| 2013 | 8.09 |
| 2014 | 8.37 |
| 2015 | 8.67 |
| 2016 | 8.98 |
| 2017 | 9.29 |
| 2018 | 9.62 |
| 2019 | 9.97 |
| 2020 | 10.36 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Malaysia was 33.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91.82 in 1964 and a minimum value of 33.80 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 | 89.05 |
| 1961 | 89.99 |
| 1962 | 90.94 |
| 1963 | 91.66 |
| 1964 | 91.82 |
| 1965 | 91.30 |
| 1966 | 90.77 |
| 1967 | 89.37 |
| 1968 | 87.53 |
| 1969 | 85.78 |
| 1970 | 84.39 |
| 1971 | 82.32 |
| 1972 | 80.90 |
| 1973 | 79.79 |
| 1974 | 78.57 |
| 1975 | 77.06 |
| 1976 | 75.67 |
| 1977 | 74.00 |
| 1978 | 72.23 |
| 1979 | 70.65 |
| 1980 | 69.38 |
| 1981 | 68.40 |
| 1982 | 67.66 |
| 1983 | 67.10 |
| 1984 | 66.60 |
| 1985 | 66.10 |
| 1986 | 65.56 |
| 1987 | 64.90 |
| 1988 | 64.13 |
| 1989 | 63.31 |
| 1990 | 62.51 |
| 1991 | 61.73 |
| 1992 | 61.00 |
| 1993 | 60.28 |
| 1994 | 59.53 |
| 1995 | 58.71 |
| 1996 | 57.72 |
| 1997 | 56.69 |
| 1998 | 55.61 |
| 1999 | 54.44 |
| 2000 | 53.18 |
| 2001 | 52.22 |
| 2002 | 50.98 |
| 2003 | 49.56 |
| 2004 | 48.12 |
| 2005 | 46.76 |
| 2006 | 45.85 |
| 2007 | 44.92 |
| 2008 | 43.93 |
| 2009 | 42.84 |
| 2010 | 41.67 |
| 2011 | 40.39 |
| 2012 | 39.27 |
| 2013 | 38.24 |
| 2014 | 37.28 |
| 2015 | 36.40 |
| 2016 | 35.78 |
| 2017 | 35.17 |
| 2018 | 34.61 |
| 2019 | 34.15 |
| 2020 | 33.80 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
