Ethiopia vs Nigeria: Age dependency breakdown

Ethiopia

5.5%

in 2023

Nigeria

5.5%

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

204th

Nigeria rank

206th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Ethiopia currently reports 5.5% against 5.5% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 204th and Nigeria ranks 206th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Age dependency breakdown
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).