Cameroon vs Malawi: Total dependency ratio

Cameroon

80.3%

in 2023

Malawi

78.3%

in 2023

Cameroon rank

22nd

Malawi rank

25th

Total dependency ratio over time

Cameroon currently reports 80.3% against 78.3% in Malawi, a difference of 2.0%.

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

Cameroon ranks 22nd and Malawi ranks 25th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total 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 children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).