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Age dependency ratio — Zimbabwe

Age dependency ratio in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 78.1 per 100. Ranked 197 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 24.2%.

2025 78.1 per 100 −2.52% vs 2024
World rank 197of 217
Period maximum 109.7 per 1001979
Period minimum 78.1 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Zimbabwe, 1960–202570809010011019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 103 per 1001962: 106 per 1001964: 108.8 per 1001966: 108 per 1001968: 107.2 per 1001970: 106.3 per 1001972: 105.6 per 1001974: 105.4 per 1001976: 105.7 per 1001978: 107.8 per 1001980: 108.9 per 1001982: 106.4 per 1001984: 105.5 per 1001986: 104.2 per 1001988: 103.9 per 1001990: 100.8 per 1001992: 99.6 per 1001994: 99.9 per 1001996: 94.1 per 1001998: 87.2 per 1002000: 82.8 per 1002002: 81 per 1002004: 81.6 per 1002006: 82.5 per 1002008: 83.5 per 1002010: 85.7 per 1002012: 87.9 per 1002014: 88.9 per 1002016: 88.3 per 1002018: 86.5 per 1002020: 84.4 per 1002022: 82.5 per 1002024: 80.1 per 1002025: 78.1 per 100
Change over the period: −24.9 (−24.17%) Average annual rate: -0.42 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Zimbabwe 78.1 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 — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 78.1 −2 −2.52%
2024 80.1 −1.5 −1.87%
2023 81.6 −0.9 −1.12%
2022 82.5 −0.8 −1%
2021 83.4 −1 −1.18%
2020 84.4 −1.1 −1.24%
2019 85.4 −1.1 −1.24%
2018 86.5 −1 −1.14%
2017 87.5 −0.8 −0.92%
2016 88.3 −0.5 −0.57%
2015 88.8 −0.1 −0.1%
2014 88.9 +0.3 +0.33%
2013 88.6 +0.8 +0.89%
2012 87.9 +1.1 +1.22%
2011 86.8 +1.1 +1.32%
2010 85.7 +1.2 +1.41%
2009 84.5 +1 +1.22%
2008 83.5 +0.7 +0.83%
2007 82.8 +0.3 +0.32%
2006 82.5 +0.3 +0.38%
2005 82.2 +0.6 +0.73%
2004 81.6 +0.5 +0.56%
2003 81.2 +0.1 +0.18%
2002 81 −0.5 −0.67%
2001 81.6 −1.2 −1.48%
2000 82.8 −1.8 −2.1%
1999 84.6 −2.7 −3.06%
1998 87.2 −3.3 −3.65%
1997 90.5 −3.6 −3.83%
1996 94.1 −3.4 −3.52%
1995 97.6 −2.4 −2.36%
1994 99.9 −1.2 −1.18%
1993 101.1 +1.6 +1.58%
1992 99.6 +0.9 +0.88%
1991 98.7 −2.1 −2.13%
1990 100.8 −1.9 −1.81%
1989 102.7 −1.2 −1.2%
1988 103.9 −0.1 −0.11%
1987 104 −0.1 −0.11%
1986 104.2 −0.8 −0.72%
1985 104.9 −0.6 −0.53%
1984 105.5 −0.3 −0.32%
1983 105.8 −0.6 −0.53%
1982 106.4 −0.7 −0.7%
1981 107.1 −1.8 −1.63%
1980 108.9 −0.8 −0.75%
1979 109.7 +1.9 +1.77%
1978 107.8 +1.5 +1.44%
1977 106.3 +0.6 +0.55%
1976 105.7 +0.2 +0.21%
1975 105.5 +0.1 +0.07%
1974 105.4 −0 −0.04%
1973 105.5 −0.1 −0.13%
1972 105.6 −0.3 −0.27%
1971 105.9 −0.4 −0.41%
1970 106.3 −0.5 −0.42%
1969 106.8 −0.4 −0.37%
1968 107.2 −0.4 −0.37%
1967 107.6 −0.4 −0.38%
1966 108 −0.4 −0.39%
1965 108.4 −0.4 −0.33%
1964 108.8 +0.9 +0.81%
1963 107.9 +1.9 +1.78%
1962 106 +1.6 +1.53%
1961 104.4 +1.4 +1.39%
1960 103 — —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 39.9 MU Mauritius 40.2 DJ Djibouti 51 KE Kenya 64.7 RW Rwanda 69.6 SS South Sudan 69.7 KM Comoros 70.4 ER Eritrea 72 ET Ethiopia 72.6 MG Madagascar 73.6 MW Malawi 74.6 ZM Zambia 75.3 ZW Zimbabwe 78.1 UG Uganda 82.9 TZ Tanzania 83.1 BI Burundi 87 MZ Mozambique 88.3 SO Somalia 96.7
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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.

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