Burkina Faso vs Malawi: Old-age dependency ratio

Burkina Faso

4.8%

in 2023

Malawi

4.6%

in 2023

Burkina Faso rank

220th

Malawi rank

223rd

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Burkina Faso currently reports 4.8% against 4.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Burkina Faso ranks 220th and Malawi ranks 223rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
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).