Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Eritrea

Age dependency ratio in Eritrea in 2025 — 72 per 100. Ranked 184 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 9.4%.

2025 72 per 100 −2% vs 2024
World rank 184of 217
Period maximum 93.8 per 1002000
Period minimum 72 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Eritrea, 1960–202570809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 79.4 per 1001962: 79 per 1001964: 79.4 per 1001966: 81.1 per 1001968: 83 per 1001970: 84.7 per 1001972: 86.5 per 1001974: 87.3 per 1001976: 87.5 per 1001978: 88.1 per 1001980: 88.4 per 1001982: 88.7 per 1001984: 87.9 per 1001986: 87.1 per 1001988: 88 per 1001990: 89.7 per 1001992: 90.8 per 1001994: 89.9 per 1001996: 84.9 per 1001998: 90.5 per 1002000: 93.8 per 1002002: 91.2 per 1002004: 86.3 per 1002006: 87.1 per 1002008: 87.2 per 1002010: 86 per 1002012: 84.8 per 1002014: 84.8 per 1002016: 85.3 per 1002018: 83.6 per 1002020: 80.2 per 1002022: 76.4 per 1002024: 73.4 per 1002025: 72 per 100
Change over the period: −7.4 (−9.37%) Average annual rate: -0.15 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eritrea

Eritrea 72 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Eastern Africa computed 76.8 per 100
Low-income countries computed 79.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 72 −1.5 −2%
2024 73.4 −1.5 −1.98%
2023 74.9 −1.5 −1.97%
2022 76.4 −1.8 −2.24%
2021 78.2 −2 −2.48%
2020 80.2 −1.9 −2.26%
2019 82 −1.6 −1.92%
2018 83.6 −1.3 −1.49%
2017 84.9 −0.4 −0.52%
2016 85.3 +0 +0.02%
2015 85.3 +0.5 +0.64%
2014 84.8 +0.3 +0.37%
2013 84.5 −0.3 −0.41%
2012 84.8 −0.5 −0.56%
2011 85.3 −0.7 −0.81%
2010 86 −0.4 −0.42%
2009 86.3 −0.8 −0.93%
2008 87.2 −0.8 −0.9%
2007 87.9 +0.8 +0.93%
2006 87.1 +0.9 +0.99%
2005 86.3 −0.1 −0.08%
2004 86.3 −2.3 −2.54%
2003 88.6 −2.6 −2.84%
2002 91.2 −1.8 −1.93%
2001 93 −0.8 −0.88%
2000 93.8 +1.3 +1.42%
1999 92.5 +2 +2.17%
1998 90.5 +2.6 +3.01%
1997 87.9 +3 +3.59%
1996 84.9 −1.8 −2.04%
1995 86.6 −3.2 −3.61%
1994 89.9 −0.3 −0.36%
1993 90.2 −0.6 −0.63%
1992 90.8 +0.7 +0.74%
1991 90.1 +0.4 +0.47%
1990 89.7 +0.9 +0.99%
1989 88.8 +0.8 +0.87%
1988 88 +0.7 +0.79%
1987 87.3 +0.2 +0.22%
1986 87.1 −0.3 −0.36%
1985 87.5 −0.4 −0.48%
1984 87.9 −0.6 −0.66%
1983 88.5 −0.3 −0.3%
1982 88.7 +0.1 +0.15%
1981 88.6 +0.1 +0.16%
1980 88.4 +0.2 +0.18%
1979 88.3 +0.2 +0.22%
1978 88.1 +0.2 +0.26%
1977 87.8 +0.3 +0.35%
1976 87.5 +0.2 +0.24%
1975 87.3 +0 +0.04%
1974 87.3 +0.2 +0.26%
1973 87.1 +0.6 +0.67%
1972 86.5 +0.8 +0.96%
1971 85.7 +0.9 +1.09%
1970 84.7 +0.9 +1.06%
1969 83.9 +0.9 +1.08%
1968 83 +1 +1.18%
1967 82 +0.9 +1.12%
1966 81.1 +0.9 +1.18%
1965 80.1 +0.7 +0.88%
1964 79.4 +0.3 +0.42%
1963 79.1 +0.1 +0.17%
1962 79 −0.2 −0.21%
1961 79.1 −0.3 −0.33%
1960 79.4

About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.