Statizoid

Congo vs Malawi: Age dependency ratio

Congo
75.5%
in 2025
Malawi
74.6%
in 2025
Congo rank
26th
Malawi rank
29th

Age dependency ratio over time

  • Congo
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 75.5% against 74.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Congo ahead.

Globally, Congo ranks 26th and Malawi ranks 29th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Unit
% of working-age population
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
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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.