Malta - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Malta was 55.52 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 86.48 in 1960 and 43.74 in 2008.
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 | 86.48 |
| 1961 | 84.23 |
| 1962 | 80.86 |
| 1963 | 76.79 |
| 1964 | 72.78 |
| 1965 | 69.25 |
| 1966 | 66.96 |
| 1967 | 64.72 |
| 1968 | 62.64 |
| 1969 | 60.87 |
| 1970 | 59.52 |
| 1971 | 57.73 |
| 1972 | 56.74 |
| 1973 | 56.18 |
| 1974 | 55.57 |
| 1975 | 54.69 |
| 1976 | 54.13 |
| 1977 | 53.11 |
| 1978 | 51.93 |
| 1979 | 51.06 |
| 1980 | 50.67 |
| 1981 | 50.67 |
| 1982 | 50.87 |
| 1983 | 51.13 |
| 1984 | 51.27 |
| 1985 | 51.23 |
| 1986 | 51.41 |
| 1987 | 51.54 |
| 1988 | 51.58 |
| 1989 | 51.51 |
| 1990 | 51.32 |
| 1991 | 51.25 |
| 1992 | 51.05 |
| 1993 | 50.78 |
| 1994 | 50.51 |
| 1995 | 50.27 |
| 1996 | 49.70 |
| 1997 | 49.20 |
| 1998 | 48.73 |
| 1999 | 48.21 |
| 2000 | 47.62 |
| 2001 | 47.20 |
| 2002 | 46.71 |
| 2003 | 46.18 |
| 2004 | 45.66 |
| 2005 | 45.19 |
| 2006 | 44.54 |
| 2007 | 44.01 |
| 2008 | 43.74 |
| 2009 | 43.82 |
| 2010 | 44.26 |
| 2011 | 44.95 |
| 2012 | 45.83 |
| 2013 | 46.92 |
| 2014 | 48.11 |
| 2015 | 49.30 |
| 2016 | 50.57 |
| 2017 | 51.78 |
| 2018 | 52.97 |
| 2019 | 54.19 |
| 2020 | 55.52 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Malta was 33.16 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.16 in 2020 and a minimum value of 14.21 in 1965.
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 | 14.83 |
| 1961 | 14.80 |
| 1962 | 14.65 |
| 1963 | 14.44 |
| 1964 | 14.28 |
| 1965 | 14.21 |
| 1966 | 14.38 |
| 1967 | 14.65 |
| 1968 | 14.97 |
| 1969 | 15.32 |
| 1970 | 15.68 |
| 1971 | 15.75 |
| 1972 | 15.78 |
| 1973 | 15.77 |
| 1974 | 15.70 |
| 1975 | 15.56 |
| 1976 | 15.47 |
| 1977 | 15.33 |
| 1978 | 15.14 |
| 1979 | 14.98 |
| 1980 | 14.84 |
| 1981 | 14.84 |
| 1982 | 14.81 |
| 1983 | 14.73 |
| 1984 | 14.62 |
| 1985 | 14.50 |
| 1986 | 14.74 |
| 1987 | 15.03 |
| 1988 | 15.35 |
| 1989 | 15.63 |
| 1990 | 15.87 |
| 1991 | 16.17 |
| 1992 | 16.43 |
| 1993 | 16.66 |
| 1994 | 16.92 |
| 1995 | 17.19 |
| 1996 | 17.41 |
| 1997 | 17.63 |
| 1998 | 17.86 |
| 1999 | 18.09 |
| 2000 | 18.31 |
| 2001 | 18.56 |
| 2002 | 18.84 |
| 2003 | 19.16 |
| 2004 | 19.51 |
| 2005 | 19.88 |
| 2006 | 20.18 |
| 2007 | 20.51 |
| 2008 | 20.98 |
| 2009 | 21.68 |
| 2010 | 22.64 |
| 2011 | 23.51 |
| 2012 | 24.56 |
| 2013 | 25.74 |
| 2014 | 26.94 |
| 2015 | 28.05 |
| 2016 | 29.18 |
| 2017 | 30.19 |
| 2018 | 31.13 |
| 2019 | 32.10 |
| 2020 | 33.16 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Malta was 22.35 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 71.66 in 1960 and a minimum value of 21.17 in 2014.
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 | 71.66 |
| 1961 | 69.43 |
| 1962 | 66.21 |
| 1963 | 62.35 |
| 1964 | 58.51 |
| 1965 | 55.03 |
| 1966 | 52.58 |
| 1967 | 50.08 |
| 1968 | 47.67 |
| 1969 | 45.55 |
| 1970 | 43.83 |
| 1971 | 41.98 |
| 1972 | 40.95 |
| 1973 | 40.41 |
| 1974 | 39.87 |
| 1975 | 39.13 |
| 1976 | 38.66 |
| 1977 | 37.78 |
| 1978 | 36.79 |
| 1979 | 36.09 |
| 1980 | 35.83 |
| 1981 | 35.82 |
| 1982 | 36.06 |
| 1983 | 36.40 |
| 1984 | 36.65 |
| 1985 | 36.72 |
| 1986 | 36.67 |
| 1987 | 36.51 |
| 1988 | 36.23 |
| 1989 | 35.87 |
| 1990 | 35.45 |
| 1991 | 35.08 |
| 1992 | 34.62 |
| 1993 | 34.12 |
| 1994 | 33.60 |
| 1995 | 33.08 |
| 1996 | 32.30 |
| 1997 | 31.57 |
| 1998 | 30.87 |
| 1999 | 30.13 |
| 2000 | 29.31 |
| 2001 | 28.64 |
| 2002 | 27.87 |
| 2003 | 27.02 |
| 2004 | 26.15 |
| 2005 | 25.31 |
| 2006 | 24.37 |
| 2007 | 23.50 |
| 2008 | 22.76 |
| 2009 | 22.13 |
| 2010 | 21.63 |
| 2011 | 21.44 |
| 2012 | 21.27 |
| 2013 | 21.17 |
| 2014 | 21.17 |
| 2015 | 21.24 |
| 2016 | 21.39 |
| 2017 | 21.60 |
| 2018 | 21.84 |
| 2019 | 22.09 |
| 2020 | 22.35 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
