Ethiopia | 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
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Records
63
Source
Ethiopia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 5.20813806
1961 5.16137951
1962 5.1098418
1963 5.06867845
1964 5.05534269
1965 5.0661911
1966 5.08743061
1967 5.13062973
1968 5.19820347
1969 5.26601024
1970 5.32691265
1971 5.38781686
1972 5.43951186
1973 5.47359134
1974 5.48708354
1975 5.4873162
1976 5.50100067
1977 5.51799594
1978 5.52348872
1979 5.52613689
1980 5.52730145
1981 5.52818506
1982 5.52256683
1983 5.46808542
1984 5.3734322
1985 5.29966453
1986 5.25184922
1987 5.24788094
1988 5.28087863
1989 5.30034079
1990 5.30212128
1991 5.33296684
1992 5.35440883
1993 5.33678466
1994 5.31849957
1995 5.27314295
1996 5.23250034
1997 5.245356
1998 5.27746595
1999 5.28277092
2000 5.29005713
2001 5.30531725
2002 5.30307291
2003 5.29592596
2004 5.29326226
2005 5.29443255
2006 5.29239749
2007 5.28677831
2008 5.28602532
2009 5.29903088
2010 5.32081621
2011 5.34726651
2012 5.37708223
2013 5.40057576
2014 5.41470016
2015 5.4296562
2016 5.44733658
2017 5.46611668
2018 5.49119222
2019 5.52189953
2020 5.5344392
2021 5.51562135
2022 5.48792161

Ethiopia | 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
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Records
63
Source