Malawi - Dependency Ratio 2002
98.81
+0.43 from 2001
Malawi's dependency ratio was 98.81 in 2002, increased +0.43 from 98.38 in 2001. This was the 208th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | 25.58 | -4.7% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 31.13 | -2.4% |
| 3rd | Singapore | 33.14 | -0.1% |
| 4th | Cayman Islands | 33.49 | -0.4% |
| 5th | Northern Mariana Islands | 35.26 | 4.4% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 38.36 | -5.6% |
| 7th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 38.45 | -0.6% |
| 8th | Korea | 39.44 | 0.4% |
| 9th | Andorra | 39.56 | 1.5% |
| 10th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 40.01 | -1.4% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 40.70 | 0.5% |
| 12th | Kuwait | 40.82 | -4.5% |
| 13th | Trinidad and Tobago | 41.22 | -3.8% |
| 14th | Russian Federation | 41.52 | -2.0% |
| 15th | Palau | 41.65 | 0.8% |
| 16th | Czechia | 41.89 | -1.6% |
| 17th | British Virgin Islands | 42.03 | -3.7% |
| 18th | Slovenia | 42.26 | -0.4% |
| 19th | Bahrain | 42.43 | -6.2% |
| 20th | Slovak Republic | 42.61 | -2.6% |
| 21st | Thailand | 42.96 | -1.0% |
| 22nd | Aruba | 43.08 | -0.4% |
| 23rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.53 | -1.0% |
| 24th | China | 43.53 | -3.2% |
| 25th | Ukraine | 43.78 | -1.5% |
| 26th | Bermuda | 43.81 | 1.0% |
| 27th | Poland | 44.48 | -1.9% |
| 28th | San Marino | 44.66 | 1.0% |
| 29th | Cuba | 44.83 | -0.3% |
| 30th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 45.21 | -1.7% |
| 31st | Belarus | 45.55 | -1.8% |
| 32nd | Mauritius | 45.56 | -1.0% |
| 33rd | Canada | 45.62 | -0.9% |
| 34th | Hungary | 45.75 | -0.7% |
| 35th | Greenland | 45.78 | -1.5% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 45.82 | -1.6% |
| 37th | Spain | 45.97 | 0.1% |
| 38th | Romania | 46.20 | -1.3% |
| 39th | Malta | 46.24 | -0.7% |
| 40th | Channel Islands | 46.33 | 0.3% |
| 41st | Brunei Darussalam | 46.51 | -3.1% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 46.55 | -1.2% |
| 43rd | Moldova | 46.97 | -3.7% |
| 44th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 47.16 | 0.1% |
| 45th | Latvia | 47.17 | -1.3% |
| 46th | Austria | 47.22 | -0.9% |
| 47th | Ireland | 47.56 | -1.5% |
| 48th | Estonia | 47.70 | -0.7% |
| 49th | Netherlands | 47.78 | 0.1% |
| 50th | Switzerland | 47.80 | -1.0% |
| 51st | Germany | 48.21 | 0.9% |
| 52nd | Serbia | 48.22 | 0.1% |
| 53rd | European Union | 48.49 | 0.0% |
| 54th | North Macedonia | 48.50 | -1.1% |
| 55th | Japan | 48.53 | 2.0% |
| 56th | Sri Lanka | 48.54 | -1.0% |
| 57th | Portugal | 48.70 | 0.7% |
| 58th | Luxembourg | 49.00 | 0.1% |
| 59th | Barbados | 49.00 | -0.4% |
| 60th | Australia | 49.07 | -0.4% |
| 61st | Montenegro | 49.24 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | United States | 49.25 | -0.8% |
| 63rd | St. Martin (French part) | 49.29 | 0.3% |
| 64th | Italy | 49.35 | 1.3% |
| 65th | Finland | 49.51 | 0.2% |
| 66th | Greece | 49.60 | 0.7% |
| 67th | Croatia | 49.64 | 0.6% |
| 68th | Kazakhstan | 49.72 | -2.3% |
| 69th | Lithuania | 49.98 | -1.1% |
| 70th | Denmark | 50.57 | 0.6% |
| 71st | Armenia | 51.07 | -2.7% |
| 72nd | Seychelles | 51.34 | -2.4% |
| 73rd | Gibraltar | 51.53 | -0.3% |
| 74th | Brazil | 51.75 | -2.0% |
| 75th | Azerbaijan | 51.79 | -3.8% |
| 76th | Tunisia | 51.91 | -3.3% |
| 77th | Virgin Islands (US) | 51.96 | -0.7% |
| 78th | New Zealand | 51.97 | -1.0% |
| 79th | Georgia | 52.09 | -1.1% |
| 80th | Bahamas, The | 52.23 | -0.5% |
| 81st | Chile | 52.41 | -1.4% |
| 82nd | United Kingdom | 52.50 | -0.7% |
| 83rd | Belgium | 52.53 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Antigua and Barbuda | 52.56 | -1.7% |
| 85th | Isle of Man | 52.83 | -0.3% |
| 86th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 52.84 | -6.2% |
| 87th | Iceland | 53.13 | -0.4% |
| 88th | Norway | 53.56 | -0.7% |
| 89th | France | 53.86 | 0.1% |
| 90th | French Polynesia | 54.01 | -2.6% |
| 91st | New Caledonia | 54.02 | -0.3% |
| 92nd | Libya | 54.50 | -0.7% |
| 93rd | Indonesia | 54.52 | -1.1% |
| 94th | Sweden | 54.52 | -0.9% |
| 95th | Puerto Rico (US) | 54.59 | 0.2% |
| 96th | Türkiye | 54.62 | -1.4% |
| 97th | Curaçao | 54.67 | -1.2% |
| 98th | Costa Rica | 55.35 | -2.3% |
| 99th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 55.43 | -3.4% |
| 100th | Guam | 55.51 | 0.4% |
| 101st | Viet Nam | 56.23 | -3.0% |
| 102nd | Myanmar | 56.44 | -1.4% |
| 103rd | Algeria | 56.46 | -4.1% |
| 104th | Lebanon | 56.47 | -2.0% |
| 105th | Monaco | 56.73 | 1.5% |
| 106th | Albania | 56.74 | -1.9% |
| 107th | Colombia | 57.25 | -1.4% |
| 108th | Mongolia | 57.29 | -4.6% |
| 109th | Panama | 58.22 | -1.1% |
| 110th | Suriname | 58.36 | -1.0% |
| 111th | Faroe Islands | 58.70 | -0.6% |
| 112th | Fiji | 58.77 | -1.5% |
| 113th | Malaysia | 59.20 | -1.8% |
| 114th | St. Lucia | 59.50 | -2.9% |
| 115th | Uruguay | 59.84 | 0.0% |
| 116th | Morocco | 59.86 | -1.9% |
| 117th | Argentina | 60.01 | -0.7% |
| 118th | Oman | 60.13 | -3.3% |
| 119th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 60.21 | -2.3% |
| 120th | Israel | 60.78 | -0.3% |
| 121st | South Africa | 61.41 | -3.4% |
| 122nd | Jamaica | 61.45 | -2.6% |
| 123rd | Peru | 62.06 | -1.5% |
| 124th | Mexico | 63.18 | -1.3% |
| 125th | Dominica | 63.49 | -2.4% |
| 126th | Kosovo | 64.04 | -4.8% |
| 127th | Saudi Arabia | 64.05 | -3.6% |
| 128th | Dominican Republic | 64.08 | -1.2% |
| 129th | Kyrgyz Republic | 64.63 | -2.7% |
| 130th | India | 64.74 | -1.4% |
| 131st | Ecuador | 65.47 | -1.1% |
| 132nd | Nauru | 65.74 | -1.7% |
| 133rd | Turkmenistan | 65.82 | -3.3% |
| 134th | Uzbekistan | 65.83 | -3.5% |
| 135th | Grenada | 66.08 | -4.2% |
| 136th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 66.56 | -2.0% |
| 137th | Bangladesh | 67.15 | -1.0% |
| 138th | Guyana | 67.49 | -0.4% |
| 139th | Botswana | 67.93 | -2.6% |
| 140th | Bhutan | 68.88 | -3.4% |
| 141st | Maldives | 70.16 | -5.4% |
| 142nd | Philippines | 70.89 | -1.3% |
| 143rd | El Salvador | 71.00 | -0.5% |
| 144th | American Samoa | 71.12 | -0.8% |
| 145th | Tuvalu | 72.18 | -0.7% |
| 146th | Djibouti | 72.21 | -1.5% |
| 147th | Paraguay | 72.42 | -1.9% |
| 148th | Papua New Guinea | 72.71 | -0.8% |
| 149th | Jordan | 73.59 | -0.8% |
| 150th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 74.35 | -1.7% |
| 151st | Nicaragua | 74.49 | -2.3% |
| 152nd | Kiribati | 74.63 | -1.7% |
| 153rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 74.84 | -1.1% |
| 154th | Marshall Islands | 74.93 | -2.9% |
| 155th | Belize | 75.67 | -1.6% |
| 156th | Lesotho | 76.12 | -1.8% |
| 157th | Haiti | 76.58 | -1.4% |
| 158th | Cambodia | 77.08 | -3.6% |
| 159th | Tonga | 77.28 | -0.1% |
| 160th | Namibia | 78.89 | -1.3% |
| 161st | Syrian Arab Republic | 78.97 | -2.1% |
| 162nd | Nepal | 79.59 | -1.0% |
| 163rd | Tajikistan | 79.61 | -3.1% |
| 164th | Vanuatu | 80.61 | -2.2% |
| 165th | Ghana | 80.83 | -1.5% |
| 166th | Eswatini | 80.96 | -2.3% |
| 167th | Zimbabwe | 81.01 | -0.7% |
| 168th | Timor-Leste | 81.31 | -0.3% |
| 169th | Cabo Verde | 81.41 | -3.6% |
| 170th | Gabon | 81.48 | -1.7% |
| 171st | Equatorial Guinea | 81.51 | -2.5% |
| 172nd | Congo, Republic of | 81.66 | -0.2% |
| 173rd | Samoa | 82.06 | -0.2% |
| 174th | Togo | 82.07 | -0.6% |
| 175th | Honduras | 82.80 | -1.6% |
| 176th | Solomon Islands | 83.91 | -1.3% |
| 177th | Lao PDR | 84.67 | -1.6% |
| 178th | Liberia | 85.50 | -0.1% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 85.54 | -1.2% |
| 180th | Iraq | 86.38 | -0.8% |
| 181st | São Tomé and Principe | 86.83 | -0.7% |
| 182nd | Rwanda | 87.76 | -3.1% |
| 183rd | Senegal | 87.81 | -0.9% |
| 184th | Nigeria | 87.99 | 0.1% |
| 185th | Guatemala | 89.00 | -1.1% |
| 186th | Mauritania | 89.63 | 0.2% |
| 187th | Tanzania | 89.89 | 0.1% |
| 188th | Sierra Leone | 90.05 | 0.0% |
| 189th | Kenya | 90.53 | -1.5% |
| 190th | Central African Republic | 90.72 | -0.5% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 91.19 | -1.1% |
| 192nd | Eritrea | 91.19 | -1.9% |
| 193rd | Cameroon | 91.47 | -0.9% |
| 194th | Mozambique | 91.91 | 0.2% |
| 195th | Angola | 92.87 | -0.3% |
| 196th | South Sudan | 92.97 | 0.9% |
| 197th | Benin | 93.04 | -0.8% |
| 198th | Madagascar | 93.14 | 0.0% |
| 199th | Sudan | 94.06 | -0.6% |
| 200th | Côte d'Ivoire | 94.34 | 0.2% |
| 201st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 95.06 | 0.2% |
| 202nd | Burkina Faso | 95.71 | -1.2% |
| 203rd | West Bank and Gaza | 96.27 | -1.5% |
| 204th | Guinea | 97.66 | 0.8% |
| 205th | Gambia, The | 97.80 | -0.9% |
| 206th | Mali | 98.02 | -0.6% |
| 207th | Burundi | 98.42 | -2.1% |
| 208th | Malawi | 98.81 | 0.4% |
| 209th | Zambia | 99.43 | -1.1% |
| 210th | Niger | 100.10 | 0.9% |
| 211th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 100.58 | 0.4% |
| 212th | Comoros | 102.36 | -1.1% |
| 213th | Yemen, Republic of | 103.44 | -1.9% |
| 214th | Chad | 107.65 | 0.3% |
| 215th | Afghanistan | 110.53 | 0.3% |
| 216th | Uganda | 110.91 | -0.3% |
FAQ
What was Malawi's dependency ratio in 2002?▾
Malawi's dependency ratio in 2002 was 98.81. This ranked 208th globally.
How did Malawi's dependency ratio change in 2002?▾
Malawi's dependency ratio increased by 0.4% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2002?▾
Uganda had the highest dependency ratio in 2002 at 110.91.
What is the dependency ratio of Malawi in 2002?▾
The dependency ratio of Malawi in 2002 was 98.81. This ranked 208th globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Malawi's dependency ratio?▾
Malawi's dependency ratio went from 98.38 in 2001 to 98.81 in 2002, a 0.4% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Malawi matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2002. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.4%. View full analysis →
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