Ethiopia vs Iraq: Old-age dependency ratio

Ethiopia

5.5%

in 2023

Iraq

5.7%

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

204th

Iraq rank

201st

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Iraq currently reports 5.7% against 5.5% in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 204th and Iraq ranks 201st of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
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).