Eritrea vs Upper middle income: Age dependency ratio, young
Eritrea
64.6%
in 2025
Upper middle income
28.5%
in 2025
Eritrea rank
34th
Upper middle income rank
35th
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Eritrea
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 64.6% against 28.5% in Upper middle income, a difference of 36.1%.
That makes Eritrea's figure about 2.3 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 35th of 218 countries.
Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75.8% | 74.8% | 1.0% | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 82.3% | 72.0% | 10.4% | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 83.2% | 57.6% | 25.6% | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 83.7% | 48.2% | 35.5% | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 82.4% | 37.1% | 45.3% | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 77.5% | 32.3% | 45.2% | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 68.5% | 30.2% | 38.3% | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Eritrea or Upper middle income?
- Eritrea, at 64.6% against 28.5% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Eritrea and Upper middle income?
- 36.1%, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Upper middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Eritrea and Upper middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Eritrea ranks 34th and Upper 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, young (% 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, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.