Demographics (v2.1)

Demographic window
Dependency ratio
Subnational regions
Ethiopia
All years

Dependency ratio

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Ethiopia (Africa)  
Total 88.0 89.8 91.7 93.6 95.5 97.4 99.2 101 103 102 102 101 100 99.7 99.0 99.9 101 102 103 104 99.0 94.4 89.9 85.4 80.8 76.3
Addis 55.3 53.5 51.8 50.1 48.4 46.7 44.9 43.2 41.5 42.2 42.9 43.6 44.3 45.0 45.7 44.7 43.8 42.8 41.9 40.9 42.7 44.6 46.4 48.2 50.1 51.9
Affar 62.5 67.6 72.7 77.8 82.9 88.0 93.1 98.2 103 104 105 105 106 107 107 108 108 109 110 110 108 106 104 101 99.1 96.9
Amhara 99.6 99.4 99.1 98.8 98.5 98.2 98.0 97.7 97.4 95.8 94.1 92.5 90.8 89.2 87.5 87.0 86.5 86.1 85.6 85.1 82.1 79.1 76.1 73.1 70.1 67.1
Ben-Gumz 78.4 81.5 84.7 87.8 90.9 94.1 97.2 100 104 102 101 99.3 97.9 96.5 95.1 97.4 99.6 102 104 106 102 98.2 94.1 90.0 85.9 81.8
Dire Dawa 64.2 65.3 66.3 67.3 68.3 69.3 70.4 71.4 72.4 73.3 74.1 75.0 75.8 76.7 77.5 78.2 79.0 79.7 80.5 81.2 75.3 69.5 63.6 57.7 51.9 46.0
Gambela 64.9 67.4 69.8 72.3 74.8 77.2 79.7 82.1 84.6 82.5 80.4 78.3 76.1 74.0 71.9 75.3 78.8 82.2 85.7 89.1 85.4 81.8 78.1 74.4 70.8 67.1
Harari 76.1 75.9 75.7 75.5 75.3 75.1 74.9 74.7 74.5 75.4 76.2 77.1 78.0 78.8 79.7 81.9 84.2 86.4 88.7 90.9 89.0 87.1 85.2 83.3 81.4 79.5
Oromiya 82.4 85.8 89.1 92.5 95.9 99.2 103 106 109 109 108 107 106 105 105 107 110 112 115 118 110 103 95.9 88.7 81.4 74.2
SNNP 87.5 90.4 93.4 96.4 99.4 102 105 108 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 116 115 114 114 113 107 102 96.6 91.2 85.7 80.3
Somali 84.1 89.1 94.2 99.3 104 109 115 120 125 126 127 129 130 132 133 137 141 145 149 153 144 135 125 116 107 97.7
Tigray 105 105 104 104 103 102 102 101 101 100 99.7 99.2 98.6 98.1 97.5 97.4 97.3 97.1 97.0 96.9 91.9 87.0 82.0 77.0 72.1 67.1
Lighter numbers are estimates