Faroe Islands vs Malta: Age dependency breakdown

Faroe Islands

28.5%

in 2023

Malta

29.5%

in 2023

Faroe Islands rank

45th

Malta rank

44th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Malta currently reports 29.5% against 28.5% in Faroe Islands, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Faroe Islands ahead.

Faroe Islands ranks 45th 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).