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Zambia: Age dependency ratio

75.35percent · 2025-14.7% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Zambia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202575.35
202476.691
202378.107
202279.516
202180.898
202082.291
201983.634
201884.885
201786.088
201687.273
201588.382
201489.428
201390.415
201291.248
201191.944
201092.627
200993.414
200894.248
200795.094
200695.926
200596.772
200497.603
200398.475
200299.431
2001100.496
2000101.548
1999102.247
1998102.736
1997103.149
1996103.448
1995103.554
1994103.671
1993103.901
1992104.266
1991104.711
1990105.213
1989105.741
1988106.262
1987106.837
1986107.497
1985108.185
1984108.775
1983109.387
1982110.172
1981110.846
1980111.106
1979110.987
1978110.576
1977109.949
1976109.126
1975108.126
1974106.998
1973105.783
1972104.469
1971103.092
1970101.682
1969100.671
1968100.194
196799.85
196699.517
196599.189
196498.626
196397.712
196296.846
196196.183
196095.575

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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