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Ethiopia: Age dependency ratio

72.64percent · 2025-14.0% 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 Ethiopia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202572.638
202473.28
202374.025
202274.918
202175.928
202077.053
201978.25
201879.518
201780.985
201682.662
201584.457
201486.335
201388.276
201290.236
201192.166
201093.999
200995.689
200897.173
200798.452
200699.501
2005100.275
2004100.865
2003101.341
2002101.674
2001101.754
2000101.464
1999100.869
1998100.048
199799.092
199698.243
199597.621
199497.073
199396.479
199295.893
199195.823
199095.887
198995.476
198895.117
198794.809
198694.806
198595.227
198495.875
198396.684
198297.048
198196.848
198096.454
197996.022
197895.562
197795.039
197694.362
197593.667
197493.128
197392.408
197291.303
197189.957
197088.612
196987.388
196886.175
196784.93
196683.788
196582.687
196481.87
196381.536
196281.509
196181.731
196082.008

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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