No. Workers to Each Elderly Dependent: Zimbabwe


The number of workers to each elderly dependent data for Zimbabwe provides a crucial perspective on demographic aging, quantifying the number of individuals of working age (15-64 years old) available to support each elderly person.

A low figure means those of working age, and the overall economy, face a greater burden in supporting the aging population.

The number of workers to each elderly dependent in Zimbabwe was 15.4 workers per elderly dependent in 2024.

Data source: World Bank, Washington D.C. and calculations by World Economics Research


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  Number of Workers to Each Elderly Dependent
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Japan 10 6 3 2 2 2 1
Finland 7 5 4 3 3 2 2
Greece 6 5 4 3 3 2 2
Italy 6 5 3 3 3 2 1
Portugal 7 5 4 3 3 2 2
Croatia 7 6 4 3 3 2 2
Germany 5 5 3 3 3 2 2
France 5 5 4 3 3 3 2
Serbia 8 6 4 3 3 3 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 10 5 3 3 2 2
Bulgaria 7 5 4 3 3 3 2
Hong Kong 14 8 6 4 3 2 1
Latvia 6 6 4 3 3 3 2
Slovenia 7 6 4 3 3 3 2
Denmark 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
Estonia 6 6 4 3 3 3 2
Sweden 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
Belgium 5 5 4 3 3 3 2
Czechia 6 5 5 3 3 3 2
Hungary 6 5 4 3 3 3 2
Netherlands 6 5 4 3 3 3 2
Spain 7 5 4 3 3 3 2
Austria 4 5 4 4 3 3 2
Lithuania 6 6 4 3 3 3 2
Poland 8 6 5 4 3 3 2
Romania 8 6 4 3 3 3 2
Switzerland 6 5 4 4 3 3 2
United Kingdom 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
Canada 8 6 5 4 3 3 2
Malta 7 6 5 4 3 3 2
Norway 5 4 4 4 4 3 2
Slovak Republic 7 6 6 4 4 3 2
Ukraine 7 6 5 4 4 3 2
Australia 8 6 5 4 4 3 3
Korea, Rep. 16 14 7 5 4 3 1
North Macedonia 12 9 6 4 4 3 2
Taiwan 20 11 7 5 4 3 1
United States 6 5 5 4 4 3 3
Belarus 7 6 5 4 4 3 2
New Zealand 7 6 5 4 4 3 3
Russia 9 7 6 4 4 3 3
Albania 11 12 6 5 4 3 2
Moldova 10 8 7 5 4 3 3
Georgia 8 7 5 4 4 4 3
Ireland 5 5 6 5 4 4 2
Uruguay 7 5 5 4 4 4 3
Iceland 7 6 6 5 4 4 3
Luxembourg 5 5 5 5 4 4 2
Thailand 18 17 8 6 5 4 2
China 15 12 8 6 5 4 2
Cyprus 7 7 6 5 5 4 2
Israel 9 7 6 5 5 5 4
Armenia 12 13 7 6 5 4 3
Chile 15 11 7 6 5 4 2
Argentina 10 7 6 6 5 5 3
Mauritius 15 12 10 6 5 4 2
Sri Lanka 15 11 9 6 5 5 3
Singapore 17 13 11 7 6 4 2
Costa Rica 16 13 9 7 6 4 3
Trinidad and Tobago 13 14 12 7 6 4 3
Bahamas, The 16 13 7 6 6 5 3
Brazil 19 15 10 7 6 5 3
Lebanon 11 15 11 7 6 5 4
Türkiye 11 13 9 8 7 5 3
Panama 15 14 10 8 7 6 3
Tunisia 15 14 11 8 7 6 3
Colombia 18 15 11 8 7 6 3
Kazakhstan 12 11 11 8 7 6 5
Peru 12 16 9 8 7 6 4
Vietnam 10 10 12 9 8 6 3
Azerbaijan 13 16 12 10 8 6 4
Ecuador 13 16 11 9 8 7 4
Mexico 18 14 11 9 8 7 4
Morocco 16 19 13 9 8 7 4
El Salvador 15 20 9 9 8 7 5
Dominican Republic 18 16 13 10 8 7 4
Suriname 11 19 11 9 8 7 4
Jamaica 8 8 11 10 9 7 4
Malaysia 19 17 14 10 9 8 4
Indonesia 18 15 11 10 9 8 4
Myanmar 15 13 13 11 9 8 5
Guyana 14 15 14 11 10 8 6
India 15 14 13 11 10 8 5
Algeria 14 17 14 11 10 8 4
Cabo Verde 9 11 13 11 10 8 4
Paraguay 13 15 13 11 10 8 5
Nepal 17 15 13 11 10 9 6
Bangladesh 17 15 15 11 10 9 5
South Africa 15 15 13 11 10 9 6
Cambodia 18 18 16 12 10 9 6
Brunei 19 24 21 13 11 8 3
Uzbekistan 9 16 14 12 11 9 6
Kyrgyzstan 11 12 15 12 11 9 7
Bhutan 23 19 13 12 11 10 4
Bolivia 13 14 11 11 12 10 7
Nicaragua 20 18 14 13 12 10 5
Mongolia 8 14 18 15 12 9 5
Philippines 22 20 18 14 12 10 6
Egypt 14 14 16 13 12 11 7
Comoros 13 12 13 13 13 13 10
Guatemala 23 15 15 14 13 12 7
Libya 14 20 16 14 14 11 4
Haiti 15 14 15 14 14 13 8
Pakistan 19 15 15 15 14 13 10
Laos 18 15 16 15 14 12 7
Turkmenistan 11 16 18 17 14 11 6
Jordan 15 22 18 16 14 11 5
Gabon 8 9 14 15 15 14 9
Eswatini 17 20 20 16 15 14 9
Honduras 16 16 19 16 15 13 7
Rwanda 17 21 20 16 15 14 10
Zimbabwe 15 16 17 15 15 18 12
Tajikistan 12 15 19 19 16 12 8
Botswana 11 16 19 16 16 15 9
Lesotho 13 13 14 16 16 16 12
Guinea 14 13 14 16 16 16 14
Namibia 12 16 18 17 16 14 9
Senegal 20 17 15 16 16 16 11
Ghana 15 20 17 17 16 14 9
Congo, Dem. Rep 19 19 16 16 17 16 17
Mauritania 19 17 15 16 17 16 13
Madagascar 14 18 20 18 17 16 12
Sudan 19 18 20 19 17 15 12
Liberia 19 18 16 17 17 17 13
Benin 10 14 17 18 18 17 13
Ethiopia 19 19 19 19 18 16 12
Tanzania 20 17 19 18 18 19 14
Togo 17 18 20 19 18 17 12
Guinea-Bissau 13 10 19 19 18 18 12
Nigeria 17 16 18 18 18 19 14
Papua New Guinea 50 26 22 20 18 15 9
Sierra Leone 14 14 16 18 18 17 12
Angola 18 23 19 19 19 18 15
Gambia 20 13 20 20 19 16 12
Congo, Rep. 15 16 21 20 19 17 11
Mozambique 18 17 19 19 19 21 18
Niger 32 24 20 20 20 19 18
Bahrain 19 30 36 23 20 16 9
Cameroon 13 14 18 20 20 19 13
Kenya 20 23 26 21 20 19 12
Burkina Faso 17 15 19 21 21 20 14
Burundi 16 17 23 21 21 22 14
Cote d'Ivoire 21 20 23 22 22 20 13
Malawi 18 13 14 20 22 22 13
Mali 18 13 18 20 22 23 17
Yemen, Rep. 16 16 20 22 22 21 12
Afghanistan 20 22 21 23 23 22 16
Central African Republic 13 18 28 22 23 22 29
Chad 14 14 22 24 24 23 18
Saudi Arabia 18 28 29 29 25 20 9
Uganda 20 16 25 26 25 23 15
Kuwait 30 35 42 19 26 21 11
Oman 15 22 26 28 28 25 11
Zambia 16 17 29 30 29 25 13
United Arab Emirates 46 67 59 53 46 36 39
Qatar 27 67 100 67 50 48 27

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