Eritrea - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Eritrea was 79.42 as of 2011. Over the past 51 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 108.95 in 1995 and 73.71 in 2005.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 85.89 |
| 1961 | 86.27 |
| 1962 | 85.95 |
| 1963 | 85.28 |
| 1964 | 84.73 |
| 1965 | 84.45 |
| 1966 | 85.18 |
| 1967 | 85.95 |
| 1968 | 86.67 |
| 1969 | 87.13 |
| 1970 | 87.26 |
| 1971 | 88.00 |
| 1972 | 88.28 |
| 1973 | 88.25 |
| 1974 | 88.09 |
| 1975 | 87.87 |
| 1976 | 88.21 |
| 1977 | 88.38 |
| 1978 | 88.43 |
| 1979 | 88.37 |
| 1980 | 88.23 |
| 1981 | 88.62 |
| 1982 | 88.84 |
| 1983 | 88.94 |
| 1984 | 88.95 |
| 1985 | 88.92 |
| 1986 | 89.98 |
| 1987 | 90.93 |
| 1988 | 91.70 |
| 1989 | 92.12 |
| 1990 | 92.06 |
| 1991 | 95.48 |
| 1992 | 98.94 |
| 1993 | 102.40 |
| 1994 | 105.80 |
| 1995 | 108.95 |
| 1996 | 107.47 |
| 1997 | 105.40 |
| 1998 | 102.94 |
| 1999 | 100.43 |
| 2000 | 98.18 |
| 2001 | 91.68 |
| 2002 | 86.11 |
| 2003 | 81.33 |
| 2004 | 77.20 |
| 2005 | 73.71 |
| 2006 | 74.01 |
| 2007 | 74.46 |
| 2008 | 75.08 |
| 2009 | 75.93 |
| 2010 | 76.94 |
| 2011 | 79.42 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Eritrea was 7.33 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.59 in 2000 and a minimum value of 4.81 in 1975.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.13 |
| 1961 | 5.11 |
| 1962 | 5.07 |
| 1963 | 5.01 |
| 1964 | 4.94 |
| 1965 | 4.87 |
| 1966 | 4.88 |
| 1967 | 4.88 |
| 1968 | 4.87 |
| 1969 | 4.85 |
| 1970 | 4.82 |
| 1971 | 4.84 |
| 1972 | 4.85 |
| 1973 | 4.84 |
| 1974 | 4.83 |
| 1975 | 4.81 |
| 1976 | 4.85 |
| 1977 | 4.87 |
| 1978 | 4.88 |
| 1979 | 4.89 |
| 1980 | 4.89 |
| 1981 | 4.94 |
| 1982 | 4.97 |
| 1983 | 4.99 |
| 1984 | 5.01 |
| 1985 | 5.02 |
| 1986 | 5.10 |
| 1987 | 5.17 |
| 1988 | 5.23 |
| 1989 | 5.28 |
| 1990 | 5.32 |
| 1991 | 5.63 |
| 1992 | 5.95 |
| 1993 | 6.29 |
| 1994 | 6.65 |
| 1995 | 7.02 |
| 1996 | 7.18 |
| 1997 | 7.31 |
| 1998 | 7.42 |
| 1999 | 7.51 |
| 2000 | 7.59 |
| 2001 | 7.37 |
| 2002 | 7.16 |
| 2003 | 6.96 |
| 2004 | 6.78 |
| 2005 | 6.63 |
| 2006 | 6.72 |
| 2007 | 6.81 |
| 2008 | 6.90 |
| 2009 | 6.99 |
| 2010 | 7.08 |
| 2011 | 7.33 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Eritrea was 72.09 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 101.94 in 1995 and a minimum value of 67.08 in 2005.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 80.75 |
| 1961 | 81.16 |
| 1962 | 80.88 |
| 1963 | 80.28 |
| 1964 | 79.79 |
| 1965 | 79.59 |
| 1966 | 80.29 |
| 1967 | 81.06 |
| 1968 | 81.79 |
| 1969 | 82.28 |
| 1970 | 82.44 |
| 1971 | 83.15 |
| 1972 | 83.43 |
| 1973 | 83.41 |
| 1974 | 83.26 |
| 1975 | 83.07 |
| 1976 | 83.36 |
| 1977 | 83.51 |
| 1978 | 83.55 |
| 1979 | 83.48 |
| 1980 | 83.34 |
| 1981 | 83.68 |
| 1982 | 83.87 |
| 1983 | 83.95 |
| 1984 | 83.94 |
| 1985 | 83.90 |
| 1986 | 84.88 |
| 1987 | 85.76 |
| 1988 | 86.46 |
| 1989 | 86.83 |
| 1990 | 86.74 |
| 1991 | 89.85 |
| 1992 | 92.99 |
| 1993 | 96.11 |
| 1994 | 99.15 |
| 1995 | 101.94 |
| 1996 | 100.29 |
| 1997 | 98.09 |
| 1998 | 95.52 |
| 1999 | 92.91 |
| 2000 | 90.59 |
| 2001 | 84.31 |
| 2002 | 78.95 |
| 2003 | 74.37 |
| 2004 | 70.42 |
| 2005 | 67.08 |
| 2006 | 67.29 |
| 2007 | 67.64 |
| 2008 | 68.18 |
| 2009 | 68.94 |
| 2010 | 69.86 |
| 2011 | 72.09 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
