Lower middle income vs Zimbabwe: Age dependency ratio
Lower middle income
56.1%
in 2025
Zimbabwe
78.1%
in 2025
Lower middle income rank
21st
Zimbabwe rank
21st
Age dependency ratio over time
- Lower middle income
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 78.1% against 56.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 22.0%.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 21st and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 47 groups.
Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83.7% | 106.8% | 23.1% | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 84.5% | 106.4% | 21.9% | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 82.1% | 105.3% | 23.3% | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 77.3% | 95.4% | 18.1% | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 68.9% | 82.4% | 13.5% | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 61.9% | 87.5% | 25.5% | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 57.5% | 81.7% | 24.2% | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Lower middle income or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 78.1% against 56.1% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Lower middle income and Zimbabwe?
- 22.0%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Zimbabwe?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Zimbabwe rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Lower middle income ranks 21st and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.