Malawi vs Yemen: Age dependency breakdown

Malawi

4.6%

in 2023

Yemen

4.5%

in 2023

Malawi rank

223rd

Yemen rank

226th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Malawi currently reports 4.6% against 4.5% in Yemen, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.

Malawi ranks 223rd and Yemen ranks 226th 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).