Blue numbers are estimated
Dependency ratio
1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Malawi (Africa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 102 | 102 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 100 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.5 | 101 | 103 | 105 | 107 | 107 | 108 | 108 | 109 | 109 | 110 | 109 | 109 | 108 | 108 | 107 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 105 | |
Urban | 86.9 | 85.7 | 84.5 | 83.3 | 82.1 | 80.8 | 79.6 | 78.4 | 77.2 | 77.3 | 77.4 | 77.5 | 77.6 | 77.3 | 77.1 | 76.8 | 76.5 | 76.3 | 76.0 | 75.1 | 74.2 | 73.3 | 72.3 | 71.4 | 70.5 | 69.6 | 68.7 | 67.8 | |
Rural | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 106 | 108 | 111 | 113 | 114 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 117 | 117 | 116 | 116 | 115 | 115 | 114 | 114 | 113 | 113 | |
Poor | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 101 | 101 | 103 | 105 | 107 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 112 | 112 | 112 | |
Nonpoor | 88.0 | 84.9 | 81.7 | 78.6 | 75.5 | 72.3 | 69.2 | 66.0 | 62.9 | 63.6 | 64.3 | 64.9 | 65.6 | 65.5 | 65.4 | 65.3 | 65.2 | 65.1 | 65.0 | 65.2 | 65.3 | 65.5 | 65.7 | 65.8 | 66.0 | 66.2 | 66.3 | 66.5 | |
Lowest 25% | 118 | 117 | 116 | 115 | 114 | 113 | 112 | 111 | 110 | 115 | 121 | 126 | 131 | 132 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 135 | 135 | 134 | 134 | 133 | 132 | 132 | 131 | 131 | |
Second 25% | 99.5 | 100 | 101 | 101 | 102 | 102 | 103 | 103 | 104 | 106 | 108 | 109 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 115 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 117 | |
Third 25% | 103 | 103 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 101 | 101 | 103 | 105 | 106 | 108 | 108 | 109 | 109 | 110 | 110 | 111 | 110 | 110 | 110 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 108 | 108 | 107 | |
Highest 25% | 92.0 | 91.1 | 90.2 | 89.3 | 88.5 | 87.6 | 86.7 | 85.8 | 84.9 | 85.0 | 85.2 | 85.3 | 85.4 | 85.2 | 85.1 | 84.9 | 84.7 | 84.6 | 84.4 | 83.6 | 82.8 | 82.0 | 81.2 | 80.4 | 79.6 | 78.8 | 78.0 | 77.2 | |
Blantyre | 86.7 | 85.1 | 83.6 | 82.0 | 80.4 | 78.8 | 77.3 | 75.7 | 74.1 | 77.3 | 80.4 | 83.6 | 86.7 | 85.3 | 84.0 | 82.6 | 81.2 | 79.9 | 78.5 | 79.4 | 80.2 | 81.1 | 81.9 | 82.8 | 83.6 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 86.2 | |
Kasungu | 88.8 | 90.4 | 92.0 | 93.6 | 95.3 | 96.9 | 98.5 | 100 | 102 | 104 | 106 | 108 | 110 | 110 | 110 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 108 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 104 | 103 | 102 | 101 | 99.5 | |
Lilongwe | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 100 | 99.9 | 99.5 | 99.1 | 99.0 | 99.0 | 98.9 | 98.8 | 98.8 | 98.7 | 96.8 | 94.9 | 93.0 | 91.0 | 89.1 | 87.2 | 85.3 | 83.4 | 81.5 | |
Machinga | 99.9 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 105 | 110 | 114 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 131 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 140 | 141 | |
Mangochi | 113 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 111 | 111 | 114 | 117 | 120 | 123 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | |
Mulanje | 109 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 103 | 102 | 101 | 99.4 | 98.1 | 99.6 | 101 | 102 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 114 | 116 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 122 | 124 | 125 | |
Mzimba | 96.9 | 97.9 | 98.9 | 99.9 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 109 | 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 | 117 | 115 | 113 | 111 | 109 | 107 | 105 | 103 | 101 | |
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) | 111 | 111 | 110 | 110 | 109 | 108 | 108 | 107 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 111 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 110 | 109 | 108 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 104 | 103 | 102 | |
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) | 109 | 108 | 108 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 105 | 104 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 115 | 114 | 114 | 113 | 112 | 112 | 111 | 110 | 110 | |
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) | 114 | 113 | 111 | 110 | 108 | 107 | 105 | 104 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 104 | 105 | 107 | 108 | 110 | 112 | 113 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 117 | 117 | |
Salima | 90.3 | 91.3 | 92.4 | 93.4 | 94.4 | 95.4 | 96.5 | 97.5 | 98.5 | 104 | 110 | 116 | 122 | 121 | 120 | 119 | 119 | 118 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 122 | 124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 131 | 133 | |
Thyolo | 90.0 | 90.7 | 91.4 | 92.0 | 92.7 | 93.4 | 94.1 | 94.7 | 95.4 | 99.5 | 104 | 108 | 112 | 112 | 113 | 113 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 113 | 111 | 109 | 108 | 106 | 104 | 103 | 101 | 99.3 | |
Zomba | 83.3 | 84.4 | 85.6 | 86.7 | 87.8 | 88.9 | 90.1 | 91.2 | 92.3 | 95.5 | 98.7 | 102 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 113 | 114 | 114 |