Ethiopia - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Ethiopia was 76.85 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 99.06 in 1997 and 76.85 in 2020.

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.

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Year Value
1960 85.53
1961 85.81
1962 85.79
1963 85.60
1964 85.37
1965 85.16
1966 85.99
1967 86.55
1968 86.94
1969 87.26
1970 87.56
1971 88.56
1972 89.47
1973 90.26
1974 90.82
1975 91.04
1976 91.45
1977 91.80
1978 92.18
1979 92.73
1980 93.51
1981 94.76
1982 95.64
1983 96.22
1984 96.53
1985 96.64
1986 97.28
1987 97.65
1988 97.84
1989 97.91
1990 97.86
1991 98.49
1992 98.85
1993 98.98
1994 98.92
1995 98.70
1996 98.97
1997 99.06
1998 98.97
1999 98.70
2000 98.27
2001 98.65
2002 98.77
2003 98.74
2004 98.64
2005 98.43
2006 97.84
2007 97.04
2008 95.98
2009 94.67
2010 93.17
2011 91.36
2012 89.50
2013 87.62
2014 85.75
2015 83.92
2016 82.46
2017 80.96
2018 79.48
2019 78.10
2020 76.85

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Ethiopia was 6.25 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.38 in 2012 and a minimum value of 4.75 in 1965.

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.

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Year Value
1960 4.90
1961 4.89
1962 4.86
1963 4.81
1964 4.77
1965 4.75
1966 4.83
1967 4.90
1968 4.98
1969 5.03
1970 5.07
1971 5.16
1972 5.22
1973 5.27
1974 5.30
1975 5.32
1976 5.49
1977 5.66
1978 5.84
1979 6.02
1980 6.20
1981 6.19
1982 6.15
1983 6.08
1984 6.01
1985 5.93
1986 6.03
1987 6.12
1988 6.19
1989 6.23
1990 6.25
1991 6.26
1992 6.24
1993 6.19
1994 6.16
1995 6.14
1996 6.16
1997 6.18
1998 6.19
1999 6.19
2000 6.15
2001 6.18
2002 6.18
2003 6.18
2004 6.18
2005 6.18
2006 6.23
2007 6.28
2008 6.31
2009 6.35
2010 6.38
2011 6.38
2012 6.38
2013 6.38
2014 6.37
2015 6.35
2016 6.34
2017 6.31
2018 6.28
2019 6.26
2020 6.25

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Ethiopia was 70.59 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 92.88 in 1997 and a minimum value of 70.59 in 2020.

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 80.63
1961 80.92
1962 80.94
1963 80.79
1964 80.60
1965 80.40
1966 81.16
1967 81.65
1968 81.97
1969 82.23
1970 82.49
1971 83.40
1972 84.24
1973 84.99
1974 85.51
1975 85.72
1976 85.96
1977 86.14
1978 86.34
1979 86.71
1980 87.31
1981 88.57
1982 89.50
1983 90.14
1984 90.53
1985 90.70
1986 91.25
1987 91.54
1988 91.65
1989 91.68
1990 91.61
1991 92.23
1992 92.61
1993 92.78
1994 92.76
1995 92.56
1996 92.82
1997 92.88
1998 92.78
1999 92.52
2000 92.12
2001 92.47
2002 92.58
2003 92.56
2004 92.47
2005 92.25
2006 91.61
2007 90.77
2008 89.67
2009 88.33
2010 86.80
2011 84.97
2012 83.11
2013 81.24
2014 79.38
2015 77.57
2016 76.12
2017 74.65
2018 73.20
2019 71.84
2020 70.59

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population