Lesotho vs Zimbabwe: Age dependency breakdown

Lesotho

6.2%

in 2023

Zimbabwe

6.6%

in 2023

Lesotho rank

186th

Zimbabwe rank

183rd

Age dependency breakdown over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 6.6% against 6.2% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 186th and Zimbabwe ranks 183rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Age dependency breakdown
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).