Zimbabwe | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
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. 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 Zimbabwe
Records
63
Source
Zimbabwe | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
102.63899019 1960
104.05368039 1961
105.64180008 1962
107.53187416 1963
108.43083532 1964
108.0937668 1965
107.71005245 1966
107.38355217 1967
107.10555572 1968
106.86584585 1969
106.71543739 1970
106.7031198 1971
106.81658213 1972
107.05741466 1973
107.37555598 1974
107.84743656 1975
108.51641501 1976
109.79399173 1977
112.64644842 1978
115.78201709 1979
113.35217308 1980
109.71112961 1981
108.58189986 1982
108.39162439 1983
108.41714662 1984
107.53659556 1985
106.47208481 1986
106.61507612 1987
107.66128043 1988
106.83571591 1989
104.55622818 1990
101.999142 1991
100.5156709 1992
99.71828318 1993
98.11678945 1994
95.64033629 1995
92.37485714 1996
89.08225786 1997
86.08818832 1998
83.68613211 1999
82.08216308 2000
81.25248422 2001
80.84327536 2002
80.78745165 2003
81.26760374 2004
82.04762671 2005
82.5791889 2006
83.03161201 2007
83.76047314 2008
84.60683617 2009
85.56456787 2010
86.40049467 2011
86.71712196 2012
86.44543323 2013
85.87550385 2014
85.08336503 2015
84.11221585 2016
83.10128581 2017
82.12334676 2018
81.20785821 2019
80.28525486 2020
79.39357693 2021
78.43075966 2022
Zimbabwe | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
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. 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 Zimbabwe
Records
63
Source