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

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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Zambia
Records
63
Source
Zambia | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
90.02769632 1960
90.78510889 1961
91.60007916 1962
92.58950091 1963
93.61596943 1964
94.47144012 1965
95.22615054 1966
95.91529136 1967
96.53913754 1968
97.22996026 1969
98.36022141 1970
99.77396512 1971
101.06709074 1972
102.22290006 1973
103.21178895 1974
104.05369312 1975
104.7387571 1976
105.240442 1977
105.57274241 1978
105.73465545 1979
105.65668286 1980
105.27831153 1981
104.57516701 1982
103.83607881 1983
103.2810007 1984
102.74277249 1985
102.105791 1986
101.49577892 1987
101.00308047 1988
100.60982777 1989
100.26078628 1990
99.94484471 1991
99.72240018 1992
99.58202621 1993
99.51729931 1994
99.55262596 1995
99.56468682 1996
99.35024651 1997
99.0463343 1998
98.68757984 1999
98.1004555 2000
97.1577352 2001
96.22988488 2002
95.43314683 2003
94.70714053 2004
94.02274486 2005
93.31134415 2006
92.5571025 2007
91.7434545 2008
90.92355591 2009
90.15031582 2010
89.49937958 2011
88.84873295 2012
88.0817543 2013
87.16214786 2014
86.13202951 2015
85.04663163 2016
83.90603878 2017
82.69125113 2018
81.38335293 2019
80.01568047 2020
78.66069055 2021
77.3640538 2022

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

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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Zambia
Records
63
Source