Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Zambia

Age dependency ratio in Zambia in 2025 — 75.3 per 100. Ranked 191 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 21.2%.

2025 75.3 per 100 −1.75% vs 2024
World rank 191of 217
Period maximum 111.1 per 1001980
Period minimum 75.3 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Zambia, 1960–202570809010011012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 95.6 per 1001962: 96.8 per 1001964: 98.6 per 1001966: 99.5 per 1001968: 100.2 per 1001970: 101.7 per 1001972: 104.5 per 1001974: 107 per 1001976: 109.1 per 1001978: 110.6 per 1001980: 111.1 per 1001982: 110.2 per 1001984: 108.8 per 1001986: 107.5 per 1001988: 106.3 per 1001990: 105.2 per 1001992: 104.3 per 1001994: 103.7 per 1001996: 103.4 per 1001998: 102.7 per 1002000: 101.5 per 1002002: 99.4 per 1002004: 97.6 per 1002006: 95.9 per 1002008: 94.2 per 1002010: 92.6 per 1002012: 91.2 per 1002014: 89.4 per 1002016: 87.3 per 1002018: 84.9 per 1002020: 82.3 per 1002022: 79.5 per 1002024: 76.7 per 1002025: 75.3 per 100
Change over the period: −20.2 (−21.16%) Average annual rate: -0.37 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia

Zambia 75.3 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Eastern Africa computed 76.8 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 75.3 −1.3 −1.75%
2024 76.7 −1.4 −1.81%
2023 78.1 −1.4 −1.77%
2022 79.5 −1.4 −1.71%
2021 80.9 −1.4 −1.69%
2020 82.3 −1.3 −1.61%
2019 83.6 −1.3 −1.47%
2018 84.9 −1.2 −1.4%
2017 86.1 −1.2 −1.36%
2016 87.3 −1.1 −1.26%
2015 88.4 −1 −1.17%
2014 89.4 −1 −1.09%
2013 90.4 −0.8 −0.91%
2012 91.2 −0.7 −0.76%
2011 91.9 −0.7 −0.74%
2010 92.6 −0.8 −0.84%
2009 93.4 −0.8 −0.89%
2008 94.2 −0.8 −0.89%
2007 95.1 −0.8 −0.87%
2006 95.9 −0.8 −0.87%
2005 96.8 −0.8 −0.85%
2004 97.6 −0.9 −0.89%
2003 98.5 −1 −0.96%
2002 99.4 −1.1 −1.06%
2001 100.5 −1.1 −1.04%
2000 101.5 −0.7 −0.68%
1999 102.2 −0.5 −0.48%
1998 102.7 −0.4 −0.4%
1997 103.1 −0.3 −0.29%
1996 103.4 −0.1 −0.1%
1995 103.6 −0.1 −0.11%
1994 103.7 −0.2 −0.22%
1993 103.9 −0.4 −0.35%
1992 104.3 −0.4 −0.43%
1991 104.7 −0.5 −0.48%
1990 105.2 −0.5 −0.5%
1989 105.7 −0.5 −0.49%
1988 106.3 −0.6 −0.54%
1987 106.8 −0.7 −0.61%
1986 107.5 −0.7 −0.64%
1985 108.2 −0.6 −0.54%
1984 108.8 −0.6 −0.56%
1983 109.4 −0.8 −0.71%
1982 110.2 −0.7 −0.61%
1981 110.8 −0.3 −0.23%
1980 111.1 +0.1 +0.11%
1979 111 +0.4 +0.37%
1978 110.6 +0.6 +0.57%
1977 109.9 +0.8 +0.75%
1976 109.1 +1 +0.92%
1975 108.1 +1.1 +1.05%
1974 107 +1.2 +1.15%
1973 105.8 +1.3 +1.26%
1972 104.5 +1.4 +1.34%
1971 103.1 +1.4 +1.39%
1970 101.7 +1 +1%
1969 100.7 +0.5 +0.48%
1968 100.2 +0.3 +0.34%
1967 99.8 +0.3 +0.33%
1966 99.5 +0.3 +0.33%
1965 99.2 +0.6 +0.57%
1964 98.6 +0.9 +0.94%
1963 97.7 +0.9 +0.89%
1962 96.8 +0.7 +0.69%
1961 96.2 +0.6 +0.64%
1960 95.6

About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.