Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Total dependency ratio

Guinea

80.8%

in 2023

Zimbabwe

81.6%

in 2023

Guinea rank

21st

Zimbabwe rank

18th

Total dependency ratio over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 81.6% against 80.8% in Guinea, a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Guinea ranks 21st and Zimbabwe ranks 18th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total dependency ratio
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 children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).