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Zimbabwe: Age dependency ratio

78.08percent · 2025-12.1% 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 Zimbabwe from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202578.079
202480.1
202381.625
202282.548
202183.385
202084.384
201985.448
201886.517
201787.512
201688.328
201588.836
201488.928
201388.638
201287.859
201186.799
201085.671
200984.478
200883.464
200782.773
200682.513
200582.203
200481.609
200381.153
200281.008
200181.556
200082.783
199984.559
199887.228
199790.531
199694.135
199597.573
199499.927
1993101.122
199299.551
199198.687
1990100.83
1989102.693
1988103.937
1987104.048
1986104.159
1985104.915
1984105.478
1983105.819
1982106.387
1981107.135
1980108.912
1979109.739
1978107.829
1977106.301
1976105.719
1975105.498
1974105.427
1973105.471
1972105.603
1971105.894
1970106.332
1969106.783
1968107.178
1967107.573
1966107.983
1965108.405
1964108.759
1963107.882
1962105.995
1961104.401
1960102.966

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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