Malawi vs Nauru: Old-age dependency ratio

Malawi

4.6%

in 2023

Nauru

4.6%

in 2023

Malawi rank

223rd

Nauru rank

224th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Malawi currently reports 4.6% against 4.6% in Nauru, a difference of 0.0%.

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

Malawi ranks 223rd and Nauru ranks 224th 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).