Total dependency ratio fell 12.7% to 66.1% in Ethiopia in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, total dependency ratio in Ethiopia reached an all time high of 101% in 2000 and an all time low of 66.1% in 2022. When compared to Ethiopia's main peers, total dependency ratio in Eritrea amounted to 71.5%, 69.3% in Kenya, 88.8% in Somalia and 66.6% in Sudan in 2022.
Ethiopia has been ranked 37th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of total dependency ratio, 17 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Total Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Chad | % | 62.9% | 61.8% | 60.9% | 59.9% | 59.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 44.6% | 44.8% | 44.9% | 45.0% | 45.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | 43.5% | 43.6% | 44.0% | 44.4% | 44.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 49.1% | 48.8% | 48.5% | 48.3% | 48.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 44.7% | 44.1% | 43.8% | 43.4% | 43.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 53.9% | 53.6% | 53.3% | 53.0% | 52.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 66.7% | 65.6% | 64.6% | 63.6% | 62.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 53.7% | 53.0% | 52.4% | 51.8% | 51.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 52.1% | 51.6% | 51.1% | 50.6% | 50.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 64.3% | 63.7% | 63.1% | 62.4% | 61.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 63.8% | 62.8% | 61.9% | 61.0% | 60.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 37.5% | 37.1% | 36.9% | 36.7% | 36.5% |
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