Youth dependency ratio fell 4.91% to 75.8% in Malawi in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, youth dependency ratio in Malawi reached an all time high of 93.8% in 2010 and an all time low of 75.8% in 2022. When compared to Malawi's main peers, youth dependency ratio in Mozambique amounted to 75.6%, 37.2% in South Africa, 76.1% in Tanzania and 81.9% in Zambia in 2022.
Malawi has been ranked 13th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of youth dependency ratio, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Youth Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Angola | % | 54.8% | 53.7% | 52.7% | 51.6% | 50.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 26.0% | 25.4% | 25.0% | 24.6% | 24.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 52.8% | 51.9% | 51.0% | 50.1% | 49.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 45.1% | 44.5% | 43.8% | 43.2% | 42.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 31.7% | 31.1% | 30.6% | 30.1% | 29.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 55.5% | 54.7% | 53.9% | 53.2% | 52.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 54.9% | 53.9% | 52.8% | 51.7% | 50.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 29.5% | 28.9% | 28.4% | 27.8% | 27.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 25.1% | 24.8% | 24.4% | 24.1% | 23.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 34.5% | 33.8% | 33.2% | 32.6% | 32.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 56.6% | 55.9% | 55.0% | 54.2% | 53.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 57.6% | 56.5% | 55.4% | 54.4% | 53.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 65.8% | 65.2% | 64.5% | 63.8% | 63.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 32.8% | 32.2% | 31.7% | 31.2% | 30.8% |
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