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Zimbabwe: Age dependency ratio, young

71.74percent · 2025-13.3% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Zimbabwe from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202571.736
202473.614
202375.054
202275.961
202176.787
202077.78
201978.894
201880.054
201781.16
201682.102
201582.753
201482.999
201382.8
201282.056
201181.025
201079.911
200978.728
200877.712
200777.006
200676.696
200576.331
200475.696
200375.168
200274.926
200175.37
200076.5
199978.17
199880.683
199783.826
199687.318
199590.721
199493.189
199394.636
199293.34
199192.574
199094.661
198996.472
198897.671
198797.743
198697.787
198598.442
198498.912
198399.168
198299.632
1981100.267
1980101.725
1979102.408
1978100.856
197799.607
197699.127
197598.941
197498.881
197398.915
197299.036
197199.305
197099.708
1969100.104
1968100.434
1967100.77
1966101.123
1965101.489
1964101.792
1963100.908
196299.055
196197.491
196096.092

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

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