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Tanzania vs Zimbabwe: Total dependency ratio

Tanzania
84.4%
in 2023
Zimbabwe
81.6%
in 2023
Tanzania rank
15th
Zimbabwe rank
18th

Total dependency ratio over time

  • Tanzania
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 84.4% against 81.6% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 2.8%.

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

Tanzania ranks 15th and Zimbabwe ranks 18th of 236 countries.

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About this data

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