Blue numbers are estimated
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 | |
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Zimbabwe (Africa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 101 | 98.6 | 96.6 | 94.6 | 92.6 | 90.7 | 88.7 | 86.7 | 87.7 | 88.6 | 89.6 | 90.6 | 91.6 | 92.5 | 93.5 | 92.5 | 91.4 | 90.4 | 89.3 | 88.3 | 88.8 | 89.3 | 89.7 | 90.2 | 90.0 | 89.8 | 89.5 | 89.3 | 89.1 |
Urban | 64.8 | 63.5 | 62.2 | 60.9 | 59.6 | 58.4 | 57.1 | 55.8 | 56.3 | 56.7 | 57.2 | 57.7 | 58.2 | 58.6 | 59.1 | 58.9 | 58.7 | 58.4 | 58.2 | 58.0 | 59.0 | 60.0 | 60.9 | 61.9 | 62.2 | 62.6 | 62.9 | 63.2 | 63.5 |
Rural | 116 | 114 | 113 | 112 | 110 | 109 | 108 | 106 | 107 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 113 | 111 | 110 | 108 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 105 | 105 | 104 | 104 |
Poor | 115 | 113 | 110 | 108 | 105 | 103 | 100 | 97.6 | 99.6 | 102 | 104 | 105 | 107 | 109 | 111 | 110 | 109 | 108 | 106 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 105 |
Nonpoor | 66.3 | 65.2 | 64.1 | 63.0 | 61.9 | 60.8 | 59.7 | 58.6 | 58.8 | 59.1 | 59.3 | 59.6 | 59.8 | 60.1 | 60.3 | 60.3 | 60.3 | 60.3 | 60.3 | 60.3 | 61.4 | 62.5 | 63.6 | 64.7 | 65.2 | 65.7 | 66.2 | 66.7 | 67.2 |
Lowest 25% | 137 | 135 | 133 | 131 | 128 | 126 | 124 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 131 | 129 | 127 | 125 | 123 | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | 122 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 124 |
Second 25% | 117 | 115 | 113 | 111 | 109 | 107 | 105 | 103 | 106 | 108 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 117 | 119 | 117 | 115 | 112 | 110 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 105 | 104 |
Third 25% | 83.5 | 80.7 | 78.0 | 75.3 | 72.5 | 69.8 | 67.0 | 64.3 | 66.0 | 67.7 | 69.4 | 71.0 | 72.7 | 74.4 | 76.1 | 76.7 | 77.2 | 77.8 | 78.3 | 78.9 | 79.5 | 80.2 | 80.8 | 81.4 | 79.8 | 78.2 | 76.5 | 74.9 | 73.3 |
Highest 25% | 65.8 | 64.4 | 63.1 | 61.8 | 60.4 | 59.1 | 57.7 | 56.4 | 56.7 | 57.0 | 57.3 | 57.6 | 57.9 | 58.2 | 58.5 | 57.6 | 56.7 | 55.9 | 55.0 | 54.1 | 55.2 | 56.3 | 57.4 | 58.5 | 59.1 | 59.6 | 60.2 | 60.7 | 61.3 |
Bulawayo | 69.4 | 67.6 | 65.7 | 63.8 | 62.0 | 60.1 | 58.3 | 56.4 | 57.0 | 57.5 | 58.1 | 58.6 | 59.2 | 59.7 | 60.3 | 60.9 | 61.6 | 62.2 | 62.9 | 63.5 | 63.7 | 63.8 | 64.0 | 64.1 | 65.1 | 66.1 | 67.1 | 68.1 | 69.1 |
Harare | 61.5 | 60.3 | 59.0 | 57.7 | 56.5 | 55.2 | 54.0 | 52.7 | 53.3 | 53.8 | 54.4 | 54.9 | 55.5 | 56.0 | 56.6 | 56.3 | 56.1 | 55.8 | 55.6 | 55.3 | 56.3 | 57.3 | 58.3 | 59.3 | 59.7 | 60.2 | 60.6 | 61.0 | 61.4 |
Manicaland | 114 | 112 | 110 | 108 | 106 | 104 | 102 | 99.6 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 99.9 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99.0 | 97.7 | 96.3 | 95.0 | 93.6 | 96.8 | 100.0 | 103 | 106 | 106 | 105 | 105 | 104 | 103 |
Mashonaland Central | 101 | 100 | 99.1 | 98.0 | 96.9 | 95.7 | 94.6 | 93.5 | 95.0 | 96.5 | 98.0 | 99.6 | 101 | 103 | 104 | 101 | 98.1 | 95.1 | 92.1 | 89.1 | 89.9 | 90.6 | 91.4 | 92.1 | 91.2 | 90.4 | 89.5 | 88.6 | 87.7 |
Mashonaland East | 116 | 114 | 113 | 111 | 110 | 108 | 107 | 105 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 105 | 102 | 99.4 | 96.4 | 93.4 | 92.4 | 91.4 | 90.4 | 89.4 | 88.4 |
Mashonaland West | 98.3 | 96.4 | 94.5 | 92.6 | 90.7 | 88.8 | 86.9 | 85.0 | 86.9 | 88.8 | 90.7 | 92.6 | 94.5 | 96.4 | 98.3 | 96.7 | 95.1 | 93.6 | 92.0 | 90.4 | 90.6 | 90.8 | 91.0 | 91.2 | 90.1 | 89.0 | 87.8 | 86.7 | 85.6 |
Masvingo | 118 | 116 | 113 | 111 | 109 | 106 | 104 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 111 | 112 | 111 | 111 | 110 | 109 | 108 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 105 |
Matebeleland North | 141 | 135 | 129 | 123 | 118 | 112 | 106 | 100 | 103 | 105 | 108 | 110 | 112 | 115 | 117 | 113 | 110 | 106 | 102 | 98.1 | 99.2 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 109 |
Matebeleland South | 132 | 129 | 126 | 123 | 120 | 117 | 114 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 116 | 114 | 111 | 109 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 110 | 111 | 110 | 110 | 109 | 109 | 108 |
Midlands | 98.8 | 98.4 | 98.0 | 97.6 | 97.2 | 96.9 | 96.5 | 96.1 | 96.5 | 97.0 | 97.4 | 97.9 | 98.3 | 98.8 | 99.2 | 98.5 | 97.9 | 97.2 | 96.6 | 95.9 | 95.0 | 94.0 | 93.1 | 92.1 | 93.8 | 95.5 | 97.1 | 98.8 | 100 |