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

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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, old (% of working-age population)
1960 5.14021521
1961 5.05475508
1962 4.97690517
1963 4.91091854
1964 4.85502862
1965 4.81628455
1966 4.79256534
1967 4.76995983
1968 4.74828759
1969 4.72896056
1970 4.71349501
1971 4.70078515
1972 4.6909169
1973 4.68423425
1974 4.68260139
1975 4.68684531
1976 4.69586926
1977 4.71002682
1978 4.72847558
1979 4.75005161
1980 4.77321543
1981 4.79653329
1982 4.82275279
1983 4.85338108
1984 4.8894412
1985 4.93297163
1986 4.98252687
1987 5.03969272
1988 5.10483773
1989 5.17404098
1990 5.25605771
1991 5.34011299
1992 5.44574923
1993 5.50369155
1994 5.56357026
1995 5.51481142
1996 5.49737617
1997 5.6465338
1998 5.79026614
1999 5.88882384
2000 5.97691358
2001 6.02786944
2002 6.05037391
2003 6.03584475
2004 6.01960779
2005 6.08721953
2006 6.20586131
2007 6.33769785
2008 6.40504896
2009 6.476246
2010 6.57710782
2011 6.67549201
2012 6.79241165
2013 6.89357809
2014 7.02430942
2015 7.13500617
2016 7.18054888
2017 7.22002176
2018 7.22369593
2019 7.21655645
2020 7.19087263
2021 7.12927696
2022 7.06682873

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

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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