Zimbabwe | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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, old (% of working-age population)
6.75905173 1960
6.79378164 1961
6.82499076 1962
6.85884963 1963
6.85500718 1964
6.80608061 1965
6.75269555 1966
6.69872596 1967
6.6415722 1968
6.57807211 1969
6.52882242 1970
6.50487311 1971
6.49459245 1972
6.49300707 1973
6.49470174 1974
6.51729265 1975
6.56690019 1976
6.69547995 1977
7.03299822 1978
7.46123299 1979
7.27541573 1980
6.89743704 1981
6.77970677 1982
6.70111945 1983
6.64430598 1984
6.55344611 1985
6.45275472 1986
6.3970471 1987
6.40136775 1988
6.38071853 1989
6.32988351 1990
6.26959833 1991
6.24912028 1992
6.31713947 1993
6.38930863 1994
6.35759379 1995
6.23381089 1996
6.07607921 1997
5.90240895 1998
5.73612867 1999
5.60028371 2000
5.49178846 2001
5.39439042 2002
5.31622385 2003
5.28197293 2004
5.29043326 2005
5.28909219 2006
5.29341496 2007
5.33381183 2008
5.38694563 2009
5.45624479 2010
5.53294955 2011
5.58116137 2012
5.58323075 2013
5.62865635 2014
5.73319032 2015
5.83159648 2016
5.91988682 2017
5.99798181 2018
6.06282332 2019
6.0869028 2020
6.03362053 2021
5.9271939 2022
Zimbabwe | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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