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