Eritrea | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
77.14744384 1960
76.55710887 1961
76.08794288 1962
75.94546323 1963
76.01483274 1964
76.57688688 1965
77.62687135 1966
78.62053633 1967
79.53438841 1968
80.35965523 1969
81.1090817 1970
81.77087794 1971
82.30951823 1972
82.74450213 1973
83.13444836 1974
83.52210004 1975
83.89050863 1976
84.18520055 1977
84.40007511 1978
84.55640848 1979
84.64982634 1980
84.71002129 1981
84.79591881 1982
84.91814203 1983
85.06773203 1984
85.25636211 1985
85.43557798 1986
85.66400333 1987
85.96656257 1988
86.32395944 1989
86.82161816 1990
86.96176163 1991
87.34402941 1992
86.57914738 1993
86.02330372 1994
82.71754675 1995
80.72652947 1996
83.03462699 1997
84.79694109 1998
85.98747845 1999
86.68203399 2000
85.6165146 2001
83.95756228 2002
81.69874478 2003
79.72871229 2004
79.70038913 2005
80.46593867 2006
81.16337544 2007
80.41838861 2008
79.64064376 2009
79.26276314 2010
78.58566991 2011
78.0736305 2012
77.69344616 2013
77.88906279 2014
78.27528819 2015
78.16639487 2016
77.59678999 2017
76.26305903 2018
74.60392605 2019
72.73491788 2020
70.77277036 2021
69.01995011 2022
Eritrea | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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