Malaysia vs Tuvalu: Old-age dependency ratio

Malaysia

10.6%

in 2023

Tuvalu

10.4%

in 2023

Malaysia rank

136th

Tuvalu rank

137th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Malaysia currently reports 10.6% against 10.4% in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 136th and Tuvalu ranks 137th 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).