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 75.67 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 107.94 in 1979 and 75.67 in 2010.

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 from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

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Year Value
1960 94.65
1961 96.55
1962 98.74
1963 100.96
1964 102.87
1965 104.26
1966 105.07
1967 105.42
1968 105.46
1969 105.41
1970 105.40
1971 105.43
1972 105.46
1973 105.55
1974 105.76
1975 106.09
1976 106.57
1977 107.13
1978 107.64
1979 107.94
1980 107.91
1981 107.55
1982 106.93
1983 106.07
1984 105.01
1985 103.78
1986 102.38
1987 100.86
1988 99.30
1989 97.82
1990 96.47
1991 95.28
1992 94.20
1993 93.13
1994 91.92
1995 90.51
1996 88.87
1997 87.09
1998 85.30
1999 83.68
2000 82.31
2001 81.18
2002 80.25
2003 79.49
2004 78.86
2005 78.34
2006 77.96
2007 77.69
2008 77.36
2009 76.73
2010 75.67

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Zimbabwe was 7.39 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.39 in 2010 and a minimum value of 5.86 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 from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

See also:

Year Value
1960 6.55
1961 6.60
1962 6.65
1963 6.69
1964 6.73
1965 6.74
1966 6.73
1967 6.71
1968 6.67
1969 6.63
1970 6.58
1971 6.52
1972 6.46
1973 6.41
1974 6.35
1975 6.31
1976 6.27
1977 6.23
1978 6.20
1979 6.17
1980 6.16
1981 6.16
1982 6.16
1983 6.16
1984 6.15
1985 6.12
1986 6.06
1987 5.99
1988 5.92
1989 5.87
1990 5.86
1991 5.87
1992 5.90
1993 5.96
1994 6.01
1995 6.06
1996 6.09
1997 6.13
1998 6.16
1999 6.21
2000 6.27
2001 6.34
2002 6.43
2003 6.52
2004 6.64
2005 6.77
2006 6.91
2007 7.08
2008 7.24
2009 7.35
2010 7.39

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Zimbabwe was 68.28 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 101.77 in 1979 and a minimum value of 68.28 in 2010.

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 from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

See also:

Year Value
1960 88.10
1961 89.96
1962 92.10
1963 94.27
1964 96.15
1965 97.52
1966 98.34
1967 98.71
1968 98.79
1969 98.78
1970 98.82
1971 98.91
1972 99.00
1973 99.15
1974 99.40
1975 99.78
1976 100.30
1977 100.90
1978 101.45
1979 101.77
1980 101.75
1981 101.40
1982 100.77
1983 99.91
1984 98.86
1985 97.66
1986 96.32
1987 94.86
1988 93.38
1989 91.95
1990 90.62
1991 89.41
1992 88.30
1993 87.17
1994 85.91
1995 84.45
1996 82.78
1997 80.96
1998 79.14
1999 77.47
2000 76.04
2001 74.84
2002 73.82
2003 72.96
2004 72.23
2005 71.58
2006 71.05
2007 70.61
2008 70.12
2009 69.38
2010 68.28

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population