Chad vs Mali: Total dependency ratio

Chad

95.4%

in 2023

Mali

95.6%

in 2023

Chad rank

8th

Mali rank

7th

Total dependency ratio over time

Mali currently reports 95.6% against 95.4% in Chad, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 8th and Mali ranks 7th 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).