Zimbabwe | 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 Zimbabwe
Records
63
Source
Zimbabwe | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 95.87993846
1961 97.25989875
1962 98.81680932
1963 100.67302453
1964 101.57582815
1965 101.28768619
1966 100.9573569
1967 100.6848262
1968 100.46398353
1969 100.28777374
1970 100.18661497
1971 100.19824669
1972 100.32198968
1973 100.5644076
1974 100.88085424
1975 101.33014391
1976 101.94951482
1977 103.09851178
1978 105.6134502
1979 108.3207841
1980 106.07675735
1981 102.81369257
1982 101.80219309
1983 101.69050495
1984 101.77284065
1985 100.98314946
1986 100.01933008
1987 100.21802902
1988 101.25991268
1989 100.45499738
1990 98.22634467
1991 95.72954367
1992 94.26655062
1993 93.4011437
1994 91.72748082
1995 89.2827425
1996 86.14104625
1997 83.00617865
1998 80.18577937
1999 77.95000343
2000 76.48187937
2001 75.76069576
2002 75.44888494
2003 75.4712278
2004 75.98563081
2005 76.75719345
2006 77.29009671
2007 77.73819706
2008 78.42666131
2009 79.21989055
2010 80.10832308
2011 80.86754513
2012 81.1359606
2013 80.86220248
2014 80.2468475
2015 79.35017471
2016 78.28061936
2017 77.18139899
2018 76.12536495
2019 75.1450349
2020 74.19835206
2021 73.3599564
2022 72.50356576
Zimbabwe | 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 Zimbabwe
Records
63
Source