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Malawi vs Nigeria: Total dependency ratio

Malawi
78.3%
in 2023
Nigeria
80.2%
in 2023
Malawi rank
25th
Nigeria rank
23rd

Total dependency ratio over time

  • Malawi
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 80.2% against 78.3% in Malawi, a difference of 2.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 25th and Nigeria ranks 23rd of 236 countries.

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About this data

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
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The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).