Eritrea vs Guinea-Bissau: Age dependency ratio
Eritrea
72.0%
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau
71.1%
in 2025
Eritrea rank
34th
Guinea-Bissau rank
36th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Eritrea
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 72.0% against 71.1% in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 34th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 36th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 3 and Guinea-Bissau in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80.6% | 78.8% | 1.8% | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 87.0% | 89.8% | 2.7% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 88.1% | 102.8% | 14.8% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 89.3% | 98.8% | 9.5% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 88.8% | 89.3% | 0.5% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 84.6% | 82.1% | 2.5% | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 75.8% | 74.2% | 1.7% | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Eritrea or Guinea-Bissau?
- Eritrea, at 72.0% against 71.1% in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.9%, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Eritrea ranks 34th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 36th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.