Area Database (v4.1)

Demographic window
Dependency ratio
Subnational regions
Zimbabwe
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
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
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
Lighter numbers are estimates