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

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