Area Database (v4.4)

Demographic window
Dependency ratio
Subnational regions
Zambia
All years

Dependency ratio

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Zambia (Africa)  
Total 93.8 94.6 95.4 96.2 97.0 97.8 98.7 99.5 100 101 103 104 106 107 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 108 106 104 102 100 98.6 96.8
Central 102 102 102 102 102 102 103 103 103 103 107 110 114 117 121 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 117 115 112 109 107 104 101
Copperbelt 90.4 90.2 90.0 89.8 89.6 89.4 89.2 89.0 88.8 88.6 88.0 87.4 86.7 86.1 85.5 85.7 85.9 86.1 86.4 86.6 86.8 87.0 86.2 85.4 84.5 83.7 82.9 82.1 81.2
Eastern 102 103 103 104 105 105 106 106 107 107 112 116 121 126 130 129 127 125 123 122 120 118 116 114 111 109 107 105 102
Luapula 95.9 96.6 97.4 98.1 98.8 99.6 100 101 102 103 109 115 121 128 134 135 136 138 139 140 141 142 136 129 123 116 110 103 96.4
Lusaka 76.9 78.2 79.6 80.9 82.3 83.6 85.0 86.3 87.7 89.0 86.9 84.7 82.6 80.4 78.3 78.7 79.1 79.5 79.9 80.3 80.7 81.1 80.9 80.7 80.5 80.3 80.1 79.9 79.7
North-Western 112 113 113 114 114 115 115 116 116 117 119 121 123 126 128 128 128 128 128 128 127 127 124 121 118 115 112 108 105
Northern 95.5 96.8 98.0 99.3 101 102 103 104 106 107 109 110 112 113 115 117 119 121 123 125 127 129 126 123 120 118 115 112 109
Southern 108 108 108 109 109 110 110 111 111 112 112 113 113 114 114 114 115 115 115 115 115 115 114 112 111 109 107 106 104
Western 85.2 87.7 90.2 92.7 95.2 97.7 100 103 105 108 112 115 119 123 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 124 122 120 117 115 112 110
Lighter numbers are estimates