Canada vs Malta: Age dependency breakdown

Canada

29.6%

in 2023

Malta

29.5%

in 2023

Canada rank

43rd

Malta rank

44th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Canada currently reports 29.6% against 29.5% in Malta, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malta ahead.

Canada ranks 43rd and Malta ranks 44th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Age dependency breakdown
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).