Eritrea | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
State of Eritrea
Records
63
Source
Eritrea | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 82.28765904
1961 81.61186396
1962 81.06484805
1963 80.85638177
1964 80.86986136
1965 81.39317143
1966 82.41943669
1967 83.39049615
1968 84.28267599
1969 85.08861579
1970 85.82257671
1971 86.4716631
1972 87.00043513
1973 87.42873638
1974 87.81704975
1975 88.20894535
1976 88.58637789
1977 88.89522737
1978 89.12855069
1979 89.30646009
1980 89.42304177
1981 89.50655458
1982 89.6186716
1983 89.77152311
1984 89.95717323
1985 90.18933374
1986 90.41810485
1987 90.70369604
1988 91.0714003
1989 91.49800042
1990 92.07767587
1991 92.30187462
1992 92.78977865
1993 92.08283893
1994 91.58687398
1995 88.23235818
1996 86.22390564
1997 88.68116079
1998 90.58720723
1999 91.87630229
2000 92.65894758
2001 91.64438404
2002 90.00793619
2003 87.73458952
2004 85.74832008
2005 85.78760866
2006 86.67179998
2007 87.5010733
2008 86.82343757
2009 86.11688976
2010 85.83987096
2011 85.26116192
2012 84.86604215
2013 84.58702424
2014 84.91337221
2015 85.41029436
2016 85.34694374
2017 84.81681175
2018 83.48675497
2019 81.82048251
2020 79.92579051
2021 77.90204732
2022 76.08677884

Eritrea | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
State of Eritrea
Records
63
Source