Burkina Faso - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Burkina Faso was 87.90 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 102.41 in 1991 and 77.47 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.

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Year Value
1960 77.47
1961 78.63
1962 79.48
1963 80.10
1964 80.59
1965 81.00
1966 82.25
1967 83.35
1968 84.27
1969 84.97
1970 85.41
1971 86.79
1972 87.75
1973 88.42
1974 88.95
1975 89.44
1976 90.87
1977 92.21
1978 93.42
1979 94.40
1980 95.15
1981 96.73
1982 97.89
1983 98.73
1984 99.40
1985 99.93
1986 100.95
1987 101.68
1988 102.12
1989 102.28
1990 102.17
1991 102.41
1992 102.34
1993 102.00
1994 101.43
1995 100.67
1996 100.57
1997 100.17
1998 99.58
1999 98.89
2000 98.16
2001 98.07
2002 97.80
2003 97.39
2004 96.89
2005 96.32
2006 96.33
2007 96.18
2008 95.88
2009 95.46
2010 94.90
2011 94.72
2012 94.30
2013 93.71
2014 93.01
2015 92.24
2016 91.56
2017 90.80
2018 89.95
2019 88.98
2020 87.90

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Burkina Faso was 4.53 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.74 in 1987 and a minimum value of 4.14 in 1960.

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.

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Year Value
1960 4.14
1961 4.27
1962 4.39
1963 4.48
1964 4.54
1965 4.59
1966 4.75
1967 4.88
1968 4.99
1969 5.07
1970 5.13
1971 5.29
1972 5.42
1973 5.52
1974 5.60
1975 5.65
1976 5.81
1977 5.95
1978 6.06
1979 6.14
1980 6.20
1981 6.34
1982 6.46
1983 6.55
1984 6.61
1985 6.65
1986 6.71
1987 6.74
1988 6.73
1989 6.70
1990 6.64
1991 6.59
1992 6.51
1993 6.40
1994 6.27
1995 6.12
1996 6.03
1997 5.91
1998 5.77
1999 5.63
2000 5.48
2001 5.41
2002 5.33
2003 5.23
2004 5.14
2005 5.04
2006 5.01
2007 4.98
2008 4.93
2009 4.88
2010 4.81
2011 4.79
2012 4.76
2013 4.72
2014 4.68
2015 4.63
2016 4.62
2017 4.60
2018 4.57
2019 4.55
2020 4.53

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Burkina Faso was 83.37 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.83 in 1992 and a minimum value of 73.33 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 73.33
1961 74.35
1962 75.09
1963 75.62
1964 76.04
1965 76.41
1966 77.50
1967 78.46
1968 79.28
1969 79.89
1970 80.28
1971 81.50
1972 82.34
1973 82.90
1974 83.35
1975 83.79
1976 85.06
1977 86.26
1978 87.35
1979 88.26
1980 88.95
1981 90.39
1982 91.43
1983 92.18
1984 92.79
1985 93.28
1986 94.24
1987 94.94
1988 95.39
1989 95.58
1990 95.53
1991 95.82
1992 95.83
1993 95.60
1994 95.16
1995 94.54
1996 94.54
1997 94.26
1998 93.81
1999 93.27
2000 92.68
2001 92.67
2002 92.48
2003 92.16
2004 91.75
2005 91.28
2006 91.32
2007 91.20
2008 90.95
2009 90.58
2010 90.09
2011 89.92
2012 89.54
2013 88.99
2014 88.34
2015 87.61
2016 86.95
2017 86.21
2018 85.38
2019 84.43
2020 83.37

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population