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Age dependency ratio — Eastern Africa

Age dependency ratio in Eastern Africa in 2025 — 76.8 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 15.1%.

2025 76.8 per 100 −1.32% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 100.8 per 1001982
Period minimum 76.8 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Eastern Africa, 1960–202570809010011019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 90.4 per 1001962: 91.4 per 1001964: 92.5 per 1001966: 93.5 per 1001968: 94.6 per 1001970: 95.6 per 1001972: 96.9 per 1001974: 97.9 per 1001976: 98.6 per 1001978: 99.4 per 1001980: 100.3 per 1001982: 100.8 per 1001984: 100.4 per 1001986: 99.9 per 1001988: 99.4 per 1001990: 99 per 1001992: 98.3 per 1001994: 98 per 1001996: 97.7 per 1001998: 97.4 per 1002000: 96.8 per 1002002: 96.1 per 1002004: 95.4 per 1002006: 94.7 per 1002008: 93.7 per 1002010: 92.5 per 1002012: 90.7 per 1002014: 88.8 per 1002016: 86.8 per 1002018: 84.6 per 1002020: 82.2 per 1002022: 79.9 per 1002024: 77.8 per 1002025: 76.8 per 100
Change over the period: −13.6 (−15.06%) Average annual rate: -0.25 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Africa 76.8 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 76.8 −1 −1.32%
2024 77.8 −1 −1.32%
2023 78.9 −1.1 −1.33%
2022 79.9 −1.1 −1.36%
2021 81 −1.2 −1.41%
2020 82.2 −1.2 −1.44%
2019 83.4 −1.2 −1.41%
2018 84.6 −1.1 −1.34%
2017 85.7 −1.1 −1.23%
2016 86.8 −1.1 −1.21%
2015 87.9 −1 −1.09%
2014 88.8 −0.9 −1.02%
2013 89.7 −0.9 −1.03%
2012 90.7 −0.9 −1.01%
2011 91.6 −0.9 −0.94%
2010 92.5 −0.7 −0.74%
2009 93.1 −0.6 −0.63%
2008 93.7 −0.5 −0.58%
2007 94.3 −0.4 −0.46%
2006 94.7 −0.3 −0.37%
2005 95.1 −0.3 −0.34%
2004 95.4 −0.4 −0.38%
2003 95.8 −0.4 −0.37%
2002 96.1 −0.3 −0.35%
2001 96.4 −0.3 −0.34%
2000 96.8 −0.3 −0.32%
1999 97.1 −0.3 −0.34%
1998 97.4 −0.3 −0.26%
1997 97.7 +0 +0.01%
1996 97.7 +0 +0.01%
1995 97.6 −0.4 −0.36%
1994 98 −0.3 −0.3%
1993 98.3 −0 −0.03%
1992 98.3 −0.3 −0.32%
1991 98.6 −0.4 −0.39%
1990 99 −0.2 −0.17%
1989 99.2 −0.2 −0.22%
1988 99.4 −0.2 −0.23%
1987 99.6 −0.2 −0.23%
1986 99.9 −0.3 −0.29%
1985 100.2 −0.3 −0.27%
1984 100.4 −0.2 −0.25%
1983 100.7 −0.1 −0.07%
1982 100.8 +0.2 +0.22%
1981 100.5 +0.3 +0.28%
1980 100.3 +0.4 +0.37%
1979 99.9 +0.5 +0.49%
1978 99.4 +0.4 +0.39%
1977 99 +0.4 +0.4%
1976 98.6 +0.4 +0.41%
1975 98.2 +0.3 +0.35%
1974 97.9 +0.4 +0.4%
1973 97.5 +0.6 +0.63%
1972 96.9 +0.7 +0.73%
1971 96.2 +0.6 +0.63%
1970 95.6 +0.5 +0.55%
1969 95.1 +0.5 +0.51%
1968 94.6 +0.5 +0.55%
1967 94.1 +0.5 +0.58%
1966 93.5 +0.6 +0.61%
1965 93 +0.5 +0.51%
1964 92.5 +0.5 +0.52%
1963 92 +0.6 +0.65%
1962 91.4 +0.5 +0.56%
1961 90.9 +0.5 +0.56%
1960 90.4 — —

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.

Other indicators for Eastern Africa

Demography Population aged 15–64

How many people of working age a country has by the international definition.

Eastern Africa by year Demography Share of population aged 65 and over

The share of older people in the population — the main measure of a country's aging.

Eastern Africa by year Demography Share of population under 15

The share of children and adolescents in the population — a measure of how young a country is.

Eastern Africa by year Labor Labor force

The number of people employed or actively looking for work — the economically active population.

Eastern Africa by year
All indicators for Eastern Africa