Americas: Lower-middle income vs Malawi: Labour dependency ratio
Labour dependency ratio over time
- Americas: Lower-middle income
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 1.79 against 1.26 in Americas: Lower-middle income, a difference of 0.53.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.4 times Americas: Lower-middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 37 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Americas: Lower-middle income ahead.
Americas: Lower-middle income ranks 44th and Malawi ranks 47th of 87 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Americas: Lower-middle income averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas: Lower-middle income | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.76 | 1.41 | 0.3479 | Americas: Lower-middle income |
| 2000s | 1.69 | 1.45 | 0.2339 | Americas: Lower-middle income |
| 2010s | 1.47 | 1.83 | 0.3614 | Malawi |
| 2020s | 1.33 | 1.83 | 0.4966 | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher labour dependency ratio, Americas: Lower-middle income or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 1.79 against 1.26 in Americas: Lower-middle income as of 2027.
- What is the difference in labour dependency ratio between Americas: Lower-middle income and Malawi?
- 0.53, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas: Lower-middle income and Malawi?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2027.
- How do Americas: Lower-middle income and Malawi rank globally for labour dependency ratio?
- Americas: Lower-middle income ranks 44th and Malawi ranks 47th of 87 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Labour dependency ratio (ILO modelled estimates). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. This indicator provides the ratio of dependents (persons aged 0 to 14 + persons aged 15 and above that are either outside the labour force or unemployed) to total employment. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.