Eritrea vs Middle income: Age dependency ratio
Eritrea
72.0%
in 2025
Middle income
51.0%
in 2025
Eritrea rank
34th
Middle income rank
35th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Eritrea
- Middle income
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 72.0% against 51.0% in Middle income, a difference of 21.0%.
That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.4 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Middle income ahead.
Eritrea ranks 34th and Middle income ranks 35th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 6 and Middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80.6% | 82.8% | 2.2% | Middle income |
| 1970s | 87.0% | 81.7% | 5.4% | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 88.1% | 72.5% | 15.5% | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 89.3% | 66.0% | 23.3% | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 88.8% | 57.3% | 31.5% | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 84.6% | 52.9% | 31.8% | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 75.8% | 51.9% | 24.0% | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Eritrea or Middle income?
- Eritrea, at 72.0% against 51.0% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Eritrea and Middle income?
- 21.0%, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Eritrea and Middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Eritrea ranks 34th and Middle income ranks 35th 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.