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Zambia: Age dependency ratio, old

3.51percent · 2025+7.1% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Zambia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20253.507
20243.44
20233.382
20223.332
20213.305
20203.296
20193.282
20183.267
20173.262
20163.265
20153.274
20143.301
20133.354
20123.412
20113.467
20103.532
20093.612
20083.708
20073.816
20063.935
20054.061
20044.19
20034.321
20024.458
20014.606
20004.761
19994.906
19985.044
19975.176
19965.302
19955.415
19945.52
19935.622
19925.722
19915.818
19905.911
19895.999
19886.083
19876.165
19866.251
19856.338
19846.416
19836.491
19826.568
19816.628
19806.651
19796.644
19786.614
19776.572
19766.52
19756.46
19746.393
19736.317
19726.234
19716.145
19706.052
19695.981
19685.939
19675.904
19665.866
19655.826
19645.779
19635.719
19625.658
19615.611
19605.577

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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

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