Ethiopia | 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
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Records
63
Source
Ethiopia | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 78.61907897
1961 78.30372917
1962 78.03522256
1963 77.99720182
1964 78.24415232
1965 78.64736041
1966 79.05310038
1967 79.57572748
1968 80.31196231
1969 81.16383539
1970 82.13507609
1971 83.27789661
1972 84.46264618
1973 85.42371003
1974 86.01394072
1975 86.43567796
1976 87.01746816
1977 87.62044851
1978 88.1043263
1979 88.54451906
1980 88.97180121
1981 89.36324217
1982 89.57557416
1983 89.2369317
1984 88.45105309
1985 88.00132719
1986 87.97314251
1987 88.4227152
1988 89.32972189
1989 90.23660731
1990 91.09263872
1991 91.99620306
1992 92.74612999
1993 93.28441203
1994 93.75836284
1995 94.02168603
1996 94.22526896
1997 94.62881823
1998 95.11772554
1999 95.45054987
2000 95.52361253
2001 95.30309488
2002 94.77519534
2003 94.05038919
2004 93.26976748
2005 92.4498287
2006 91.46919966
2007 90.3853938
2008 89.24485208
2009 87.93660257
2010 86.44994501
2011 84.82557762
2012 83.10632284
2013 81.36732502
2014 79.63747298
2015 77.98968353
2016 76.42175506
2017 74.90598301
2018 73.55436815
2019 72.3810398
2020 71.27923419
2021 70.22952048
2022 69.23359615
Ethiopia | 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
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Records
63
Source