Ethiopia vs Middle income: Age dependency ratio
Ethiopia
72.6%
in 2025
Middle income
51.0%
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
33rd
Middle income rank
35th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Ethiopia
- Middle income
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 72.6% against 51.0% in Middle income, a difference of 21.6%.
That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.4 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 33rd and Middle income ranks 35th of 218 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83.4% | 82.8% | 0.5% | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 93.0% | 81.7% | 11.3% | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 95.8% | 72.5% | 23.3% | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 97.7% | 66.0% | 31.7% | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 99.8% | 57.3% | 42.5% | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 52.9% | 32.8% | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 74.6% | 51.9% | 22.8% | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Ethiopia or Middle income?
- Ethiopia, at 72.6% against 51.0% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Ethiopia and Middle income?
- 21.6%, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Ethiopia and Middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Ethiopia ranks 33rd 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.