Tanzania - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Tanzania was 85.87 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 96.03 in 1978 and 85.87 in 2020.

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 based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 92.64
1961 93.19
1962 93.22
1963 92.96
1964 92.69
1965 92.55
1966 93.10
1967 93.60
1968 94.03
1969 94.30
1970 94.38
1971 95.02
1972 95.35
1973 95.47
1974 95.44
1975 95.32
1976 95.74
1977 95.97
1978 96.03
1979 95.94
1980 95.69
1981 95.93
1982 95.90
1983 95.67
1984 95.32
1985 94.88
1986 94.90
1987 94.76
1988 94.47
1989 94.07
1990 93.57
1991 93.63
1992 93.48
1993 93.16
1994 92.66
1995 91.95
1996 91.89
1997 91.55
1998 91.02
1999 90.45
2000 89.96
2001 89.82
2002 89.81
2003 89.86
2004 89.85
2005 89.72
2006 90.02
2007 90.08
2008 90.02
2009 89.96
2010 89.96
2011 90.05
2012 90.08
2013 90.02
2014 89.83
2015 89.47
2016 88.93
2017 88.32
2018 87.62
2019 86.79
2020 85.87

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Tanzania was 4.91 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.13 in 1982 and a minimum value of 4.71 in 2010.

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 based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 4.76
1961 4.81
1962 4.84
1963 4.86
1964 4.87
1965 4.89
1966 4.93
1967 4.96
1968 4.98
1969 5.00
1970 5.00
1971 5.04
1972 5.06
1973 5.07
1974 5.07
1975 5.07
1976 5.09
1977 5.11
1978 5.11
1979 5.11
1980 5.10
1981 5.12
1982 5.13
1983 5.13
1984 5.12
1985 5.11
1986 5.12
1987 5.13
1988 5.12
1989 5.10
1990 5.08
1991 5.09
1992 5.08
1993 5.07
1994 5.04
1995 5.01
1996 5.02
1997 5.02
1998 5.00
1999 4.96
2000 4.92
2001 4.92
2002 4.92
2003 4.89
2004 4.86
2005 4.81
2006 4.81
2007 4.80
2008 4.77
2009 4.74
2010 4.71
2011 4.75
2012 4.78
2013 4.80
2014 4.81
2015 4.81
2016 4.84
2017 4.87
2018 4.88
2019 4.89
2020 4.91

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Tanzania was 80.95 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90.92 in 1978 and a minimum value of 80.95 in 2020.

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 based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 87.88
1961 88.38
1962 88.38
1963 88.10
1964 87.82
1965 87.66
1966 88.17
1967 88.64
1968 89.05
1969 89.30
1970 89.38
1971 89.98
1972 90.29
1973 90.40
1974 90.37
1975 90.25
1976 90.64
1977 90.86
1978 90.92
1979 90.83
1980 90.59
1981 90.80
1982 90.77
1983 90.54
1984 90.20
1985 89.77
1986 89.78
1987 89.63
1988 89.35
1989 88.96
1990 88.49
1991 88.54
1992 88.39
1993 88.09
1994 87.62
1995 86.94
1996 86.86
1997 86.53
1998 86.02
1999 85.49
2000 85.04
2001 84.89
2002 84.89
2003 84.97
2004 85.00
2005 84.91
2006 85.21
2007 85.29
2008 85.25
2009 85.22
2010 85.24
2011 85.31
2012 85.30
2013 85.22
2014 85.01
2015 84.66
2016 84.09
2017 83.46
2018 82.74
2019 81.90
2020 80.95

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population