Benin - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Benin was 82.56 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 98.54 in 1988 and 77.16 in 1960.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 77.16 |
| 1961 | 78.43 |
| 1962 | 79.67 |
| 1963 | 80.85 |
| 1964 | 81.85 |
| 1965 | 82.62 |
| 1966 | 84.30 |
| 1967 | 85.65 |
| 1968 | 86.74 |
| 1969 | 87.63 |
| 1970 | 88.37 |
| 1971 | 89.84 |
| 1972 | 91.00 |
| 1973 | 91.91 |
| 1974 | 92.60 |
| 1975 | 93.11 |
| 1976 | 94.21 |
| 1977 | 95.04 |
| 1978 | 95.63 |
| 1979 | 96.02 |
| 1980 | 96.22 |
| 1981 | 97.01 |
| 1982 | 97.49 |
| 1983 | 97.72 |
| 1984 | 97.79 |
| 1985 | 97.74 |
| 1986 | 98.23 |
| 1987 | 98.48 |
| 1988 | 98.54 |
| 1989 | 98.43 |
| 1990 | 98.18 |
| 1991 | 97.99 |
| 1992 | 97.57 |
| 1993 | 97.00 |
| 1994 | 96.31 |
| 1995 | 95.51 |
| 1996 | 95.53 |
| 1997 | 95.31 |
| 1998 | 94.92 |
| 1999 | 94.40 |
| 2000 | 93.78 |
| 2001 | 93.43 |
| 2002 | 92.91 |
| 2003 | 92.28 |
| 2004 | 91.57 |
| 2005 | 90.82 |
| 2006 | 90.64 |
| 2007 | 90.37 |
| 2008 | 90.01 |
| 2009 | 89.54 |
| 2010 | 88.95 |
| 2011 | 88.61 |
| 2012 | 88.11 |
| 2013 | 87.49 |
| 2014 | 86.81 |
| 2015 | 86.10 |
| 2016 | 85.53 |
| 2017 | 84.89 |
| 2018 | 84.17 |
| 2019 | 83.39 |
| 2020 | 82.56 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Benin was 5.99 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.94 in 1973 and a minimum value of 5.99 in 2020.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.90 |
| 1961 | 8.89 |
| 1962 | 8.85 |
| 1963 | 8.75 |
| 1964 | 8.60 |
| 1965 | 8.41 |
| 1966 | 8.56 |
| 1967 | 8.67 |
| 1968 | 8.74 |
| 1969 | 8.77 |
| 1970 | 8.76 |
| 1971 | 8.86 |
| 1972 | 8.92 |
| 1973 | 8.94 |
| 1974 | 8.92 |
| 1975 | 8.86 |
| 1976 | 8.88 |
| 1977 | 8.85 |
| 1978 | 8.78 |
| 1979 | 8.68 |
| 1980 | 8.56 |
| 1981 | 8.50 |
| 1982 | 8.41 |
| 1983 | 8.29 |
| 1984 | 8.15 |
| 1985 | 7.99 |
| 1986 | 7.92 |
| 1987 | 7.82 |
| 1988 | 7.71 |
| 1989 | 7.58 |
| 1990 | 7.43 |
| 1991 | 7.32 |
| 1992 | 7.19 |
| 1993 | 7.06 |
| 1994 | 6.93 |
| 1995 | 6.80 |
| 1996 | 6.71 |
| 1997 | 6.62 |
| 1998 | 6.51 |
| 1999 | 6.41 |
| 2000 | 6.31 |
| 2001 | 6.25 |
| 2002 | 6.19 |
| 2003 | 6.12 |
| 2004 | 6.07 |
| 2005 | 6.02 |
| 2006 | 6.05 |
| 2007 | 6.08 |
| 2008 | 6.11 |
| 2009 | 6.11 |
| 2010 | 6.10 |
| 2011 | 6.11 |
| 2012 | 6.09 |
| 2013 | 6.06 |
| 2014 | 6.03 |
| 2015 | 6.01 |
| 2016 | 6.00 |
| 2017 | 6.00 |
| 2018 | 5.99 |
| 2019 | 5.99 |
| 2020 | 5.99 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Benin was 76.57 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90.85 in 1989 and a minimum value of 68.26 in 1960.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 68.26 |
| 1961 | 69.54 |
| 1962 | 70.83 |
| 1963 | 72.10 |
| 1964 | 73.24 |
| 1965 | 74.21 |
| 1966 | 75.74 |
| 1967 | 76.98 |
| 1968 | 78.00 |
| 1969 | 78.86 |
| 1970 | 79.60 |
| 1971 | 80.97 |
| 1972 | 82.08 |
| 1973 | 82.97 |
| 1974 | 83.68 |
| 1975 | 84.25 |
| 1976 | 85.34 |
| 1977 | 86.19 |
| 1978 | 86.85 |
| 1979 | 87.34 |
| 1980 | 87.66 |
| 1981 | 88.52 |
| 1982 | 89.08 |
| 1983 | 89.43 |
| 1984 | 89.64 |
| 1985 | 89.75 |
| 1986 | 90.31 |
| 1987 | 90.66 |
| 1988 | 90.83 |
| 1989 | 90.85 |
| 1990 | 90.75 |
| 1991 | 90.67 |
| 1992 | 90.38 |
| 1993 | 89.94 |
| 1994 | 89.38 |
| 1995 | 88.71 |
| 1996 | 88.81 |
| 1997 | 88.69 |
| 1998 | 88.40 |
| 1999 | 87.98 |
| 2000 | 87.47 |
| 2001 | 87.18 |
| 2002 | 86.73 |
| 2003 | 86.16 |
| 2004 | 85.51 |
| 2005 | 84.80 |
| 2006 | 84.59 |
| 2007 | 84.29 |
| 2008 | 83.91 |
| 2009 | 83.42 |
| 2010 | 82.85 |
| 2011 | 82.51 |
| 2012 | 82.02 |
| 2013 | 81.43 |
| 2014 | 80.78 |
| 2015 | 80.09 |
| 2016 | 79.53 |
| 2017 | 78.89 |
| 2018 | 78.17 |
| 2019 | 77.40 |
| 2020 | 76.57 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
