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Eritrea: Age dependency ratio

71.97percent · 2025-15.6% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Eritrea from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202571.965
202473.43
202374.912
202276.42
202178.172
202080.16
201982.013
201883.622
201784.89
201685.331
201585.315
201484.771
201384.461
201284.806
201185.284
201085.98
200986.346
200887.155
200787.949
200687.137
200586.283
200486.349
200388.602
200291.191
200192.986
200093.816
199992.502
199890.538
199787.894
199684.85
199586.616
199489.859
199390.184
199290.751
199190.086
199089.665
198988.79
198888.023
198787.335
198687.14
198587.452
198487.872
198388.454
198288.718
198188.581
198088.439
197988.277
197888.08
197787.848
197687.544
197587.333
197487.295
197387.071
197286.491
197185.665
197084.745
196983.855
196882.957
196781.993
196681.088
196580.141
196479.443
196379.114
196278.977
196179.141
196079.404

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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