Eritrea vs Ethiopia: Total dependency ratio

Eritrea

74.9%

in 2023

Ethiopia

74.0%

in 2023

Eritrea rank

35th

Ethiopia rank

37th

Total dependency ratio over time

Eritrea currently reports 74.9% against 74.0% in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.9%.

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

Eritrea ranks 35th and Ethiopia ranks 37th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total 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 children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).