Ethiopia Age Dependency Ratio
Ethiopia age dependency ratio data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 72.64%.
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Interpretation
Ethiopia recorded 72.64% for Age Dependency Ratio in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator decreased by 0.64 percentage points, from 73.28% to 72.64%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (76.93%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 72.64% in 2025 and the high was 82.66% in 2016.