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

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