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Age dependency ratio — Ethiopia

Age dependency ratio in Ethiopia in 2025 — 72.6 per 100. Ranked 185 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 11.4%.

2025 72.6 per 100 −0.88% vs 2024
World rank 185of 217
Period maximum 101.8 per 1002001
Period minimum 72.6 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Ethiopia, 1960–202570809010011019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 82 per 1001962: 81.5 per 1001964: 81.9 per 1001966: 83.8 per 1001968: 86.2 per 1001970: 88.6 per 1001972: 91.3 per 1001974: 93.1 per 1001976: 94.4 per 1001978: 95.6 per 1001980: 96.5 per 1001982: 97 per 1001984: 95.9 per 1001986: 94.8 per 1001988: 95.1 per 1001990: 95.9 per 1001992: 95.9 per 1001994: 97.1 per 1001996: 98.2 per 1001998: 100 per 1002000: 101.5 per 1002002: 101.7 per 1002004: 100.9 per 1002006: 99.5 per 1002008: 97.2 per 1002010: 94 per 1002012: 90.2 per 1002014: 86.3 per 1002016: 82.7 per 1002018: 79.5 per 1002020: 77.1 per 1002022: 74.9 per 1002024: 73.3 per 1002025: 72.6 per 100
Change over the period: −9.4 (−11.42%) Average annual rate: -0.19 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Ethiopia 72.6 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 — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 72.6 −0.6 −0.88%
2024 73.3 −0.7 −1.01%
2023 74 −0.9 −1.19%
2022 74.9 −1 −1.33%
2021 75.9 −1.1 −1.46%
2020 77.1 −1.2 −1.53%
2019 78.2 −1.3 −1.59%
2018 79.5 −1.5 −1.81%
2017 81 −1.7 −2.03%
2016 82.7 −1.8 −2.13%
2015 84.5 −1.9 −2.17%
2014 86.3 −1.9 −2.2%
2013 88.3 −2 −2.17%
2012 90.2 −1.9 −2.09%
2011 92.2 −1.8 −1.95%
2010 94 −1.7 −1.77%
2009 95.7 −1.5 −1.53%
2008 97.2 −1.3 −1.3%
2007 98.5 −1 −1.05%
2006 99.5 −0.8 −0.77%
2005 100.3 −0.6 −0.59%
2004 100.9 −0.5 −0.47%
2003 101.3 −0.3 −0.33%
2002 101.7 −0.1 −0.08%
2001 101.8 +0.3 +0.29%
2000 101.5 +0.6 +0.59%
1999 100.9 +0.8 +0.82%
1998 100 +1 +0.96%
1997 99.1 +0.8 +0.86%
1996 98.2 +0.6 +0.64%
1995 97.6 +0.5 +0.56%
1994 97.1 +0.6 +0.62%
1993 96.5 +0.6 +0.61%
1992 95.9 +0.1 +0.07%
1991 95.8 −0.1 −0.07%
1990 95.9 +0.4 +0.43%
1989 95.5 +0.4 +0.38%
1988 95.1 +0.3 +0.33%
1987 94.8 +0 +0%
1986 94.8 −0.4 −0.44%
1985 95.2 −0.6 −0.68%
1984 95.9 −0.8 −0.84%
1983 96.7 −0.4 −0.38%
1982 97 +0.2 +0.21%
1981 96.8 +0.4 +0.41%
1980 96.5 +0.4 +0.45%
1979 96 +0.5 +0.48%
1978 95.6 +0.5 +0.55%
1977 95 +0.7 +0.72%
1976 94.4 +0.7 +0.74%
1975 93.7 +0.5 +0.58%
1974 93.1 +0.7 +0.78%
1973 92.4 +1.1 +1.21%
1972 91.3 +1.3 +1.5%
1971 90 +1.3 +1.52%
1970 88.6 +1.2 +1.4%
1969 87.4 +1.2 +1.41%
1968 86.2 +1.2 +1.47%
1967 84.9 +1.1 +1.36%
1966 83.8 +1.1 +1.33%
1965 82.7 +0.8 +1%
1964 81.9 +0.3 +0.41%
1963 81.5 +0 +0.03%
1962 81.5 −0.2 −0.27%
1961 81.7 −0.3 −0.34%
1960 82 — —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 39.9 MU Mauritius 40.2 DJ Djibouti 51 KE Kenya 64.7 RW Rwanda 69.6 SS South Sudan 69.7 KM Comoros 70.4 ER Eritrea 72 ET Ethiopia 72.6 MG Madagascar 73.6 MW Malawi 74.6 ZM Zambia 75.3 ZW Zimbabwe 78.1 UG Uganda 82.9 TZ Tanzania 83.1 BI Burundi 87 MZ Mozambique 88.3 SO Somalia 96.7
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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.

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