Madagascar vs Yemen: Total dependency ratio

Madagascar

75.2%

in 2023

Yemen

77.7%

in 2023

Madagascar rank

33rd

Yemen rank

30th

Total dependency ratio over time

Yemen currently reports 77.7% against 75.2% in Madagascar, a difference of 2.6%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.

Madagascar ranks 33rd and Yemen ranks 30th 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).