Zimbabwe - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Zimbabwe was 81.57 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 110.17 in 1979 and 79.68 in 2007.
Definition: Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 95.73 |
| 1961 | 97.35 |
| 1962 | 99.74 |
| 1963 | 102.40 |
| 1964 | 104.49 |
| 1965 | 105.67 |
| 1966 | 107.11 |
| 1967 | 107.66 |
| 1968 | 107.60 |
| 1969 | 107.44 |
| 1970 | 107.41 |
| 1971 | 107.68 |
| 1972 | 107.97 |
| 1973 | 108.23 |
| 1974 | 108.35 |
| 1975 | 108.29 |
| 1976 | 109.04 |
| 1977 | 109.64 |
| 1978 | 110.03 |
| 1979 | 110.17 |
| 1980 | 110.05 |
| 1981 | 109.15 |
| 1982 | 107.74 |
| 1983 | 106.03 |
| 1984 | 104.27 |
| 1985 | 102.56 |
| 1986 | 100.87 |
| 1987 | 99.39 |
| 1988 | 97.89 |
| 1989 | 96.06 |
| 1990 | 93.77 |
| 1991 | 93.09 |
| 1992 | 91.78 |
| 1993 | 90.05 |
| 1994 | 88.24 |
| 1995 | 86.51 |
| 1996 | 85.55 |
| 1997 | 84.79 |
| 1998 | 84.06 |
| 1999 | 83.15 |
| 2000 | 82.00 |
| 2001 | 81.56 |
| 2002 | 81.03 |
| 2003 | 80.49 |
| 2004 | 80.13 |
| 2005 | 80.04 |
| 2006 | 79.69 |
| 2007 | 79.68 |
| 2008 | 79.91 |
| 2009 | 80.29 |
| 2010 | 80.77 |
| 2011 | 81.23 |
| 2012 | 81.78 |
| 2013 | 82.35 |
| 2014 | 82.84 |
| 2015 | 83.14 |
| 2016 | 83.58 |
| 2017 | 83.47 |
| 2018 | 82.95 |
| 2019 | 82.28 |
| 2020 | 81.57 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Zimbabwe was 5.47 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.51 in 1963 and a minimum value of 5.19 in 1990.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.39 |
| 1961 | 6.44 |
| 1962 | 6.48 |
| 1963 | 6.51 |
| 1964 | 6.50 |
| 1965 | 6.47 |
| 1966 | 6.48 |
| 1967 | 6.44 |
| 1968 | 6.39 |
| 1969 | 6.31 |
| 1970 | 6.23 |
| 1971 | 6.18 |
| 1972 | 6.13 |
| 1973 | 6.06 |
| 1974 | 5.97 |
| 1975 | 5.88 |
| 1976 | 5.86 |
| 1977 | 5.81 |
| 1978 | 5.76 |
| 1979 | 5.72 |
| 1980 | 5.69 |
| 1981 | 5.68 |
| 1982 | 5.68 |
| 1983 | 5.68 |
| 1984 | 5.66 |
| 1985 | 5.61 |
| 1986 | 5.55 |
| 1987 | 5.46 |
| 1988 | 5.37 |
| 1989 | 5.27 |
| 1990 | 5.19 |
| 1991 | 5.21 |
| 1992 | 5.23 |
| 1993 | 5.24 |
| 1994 | 5.24 |
| 1995 | 5.22 |
| 1996 | 5.30 |
| 1997 | 5.36 |
| 1998 | 5.40 |
| 1999 | 5.43 |
| 2000 | 5.44 |
| 2001 | 5.51 |
| 2002 | 5.55 |
| 2003 | 5.58 |
| 2004 | 5.59 |
| 2005 | 5.60 |
| 2006 | 5.63 |
| 2007 | 5.66 |
| 2008 | 5.67 |
| 2009 | 5.63 |
| 2010 | 5.55 |
| 2011 | 5.51 |
| 2012 | 5.43 |
| 2013 | 5.34 |
| 2014 | 5.26 |
| 2015 | 5.21 |
| 2016 | 5.25 |
| 2017 | 5.31 |
| 2018 | 5.38 |
| 2019 | 5.43 |
| 2020 | 5.47 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Zimbabwe was 76.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 104.45 in 1979 and a minimum value of 74.02 in 2007.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 89.35 |
| 1961 | 90.91 |
| 1962 | 93.26 |
| 1963 | 95.89 |
| 1964 | 97.99 |
| 1965 | 99.19 |
| 1966 | 100.63 |
| 1967 | 101.21 |
| 1968 | 101.22 |
| 1969 | 101.13 |
| 1970 | 101.19 |
| 1971 | 101.49 |
| 1972 | 101.84 |
| 1973 | 102.17 |
| 1974 | 102.38 |
| 1975 | 102.41 |
| 1976 | 103.18 |
| 1977 | 103.82 |
| 1978 | 104.26 |
| 1979 | 104.45 |
| 1980 | 104.36 |
| 1981 | 103.47 |
| 1982 | 102.06 |
| 1983 | 100.35 |
| 1984 | 98.61 |
| 1985 | 96.95 |
| 1986 | 95.33 |
| 1987 | 93.92 |
| 1988 | 92.52 |
| 1989 | 90.78 |
| 1990 | 88.58 |
| 1991 | 87.88 |
| 1992 | 86.55 |
| 1993 | 84.81 |
| 1994 | 83.01 |
| 1995 | 81.29 |
| 1996 | 80.25 |
| 1997 | 79.43 |
| 1998 | 78.66 |
| 1999 | 77.72 |
| 2000 | 76.55 |
| 2001 | 76.05 |
| 2002 | 75.48 |
| 2003 | 74.91 |
| 2004 | 74.54 |
| 2005 | 74.44 |
| 2006 | 74.06 |
| 2007 | 74.02 |
| 2008 | 74.24 |
| 2009 | 74.65 |
| 2010 | 75.22 |
| 2011 | 75.72 |
| 2012 | 76.34 |
| 2013 | 77.01 |
| 2014 | 77.58 |
| 2015 | 77.93 |
| 2016 | 78.32 |
| 2017 | 78.15 |
| 2018 | 77.57 |
| 2019 | 76.84 |
| 2020 | 76.10 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
