Old age dependency ratio rose 6.76% to 6.25% in Tanzania in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, old age dependency ratio in Tanzania reached an all time high of 6.25% in 2022 and an all time low of 4.24% in 1950. When compared to Tanzania's main peers, old age dependency ratio in Kenya amounted to 5.61%, 6.47% in Mozambique, 4.70% in Uganda and 4.63% in Zambia in 2022.
Tanzania has been ranked 134th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of old age dependency ratio, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Old Age Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Angola | % | 6.13% | 6.22% | 6.36% | 6.49% | 6.62% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 6.50% | 6.59% | 6.73% | 6.86% | 7.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 9.17% | 9.40% | 9.76% | 10.1% | 10.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 8.82% | 9.09% | 9.46% | 9.82% | 10.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 6.31% | 6.46% | 6.62% | 6.77% | 6.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 6.79% | 6.81% | 6.88% | 6.95% | 7.02% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 8.86% | 9.17% | 9.64% | 10.1% | 10.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 5.70% | 5.73% | 5.79% | 5.85% | 5.91% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 14.3% | 14.6% | 15.2% | 15.7% | 16.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 8.28% | 8.41% | 8.59% | 8.76% | 8.93% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 7.69% | 7.86% | 8.06% | 8.25% | 8.45% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 6.17% | 6.31% | 6.48% | 6.66% | 6.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 6.62% | 6.80% | 6.96% | 7.12% | 7.27% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 7.60% | 7.97% | 8.67% | 9.37% | 10.1% |
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