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Benin: Age dependency ratio, young

74.22percent · 2025-8.4% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Benin from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202574.225
202475.1
202375.961
202276.839
202177.719
202078.541
201979.27
201879.889
201780.366
201680.721
201581.02
201481.32
201381.616
201281.924
201182.301
201082.77
200983.411
200884.015
200784.401
200684.639
200585.119
200485.808
200386.382
200287.033
200187.718
200088.403
199989.068
199889.683
199790.234
199690.576
199590.325
199489.023
199389.769
199291.689
199191.79
199091.833
198991.834
198891.755
198791.599
198691.414
198591.189
198490.919
198390.613
198290.267
198189.88
198089.508
197989.192
197888.931
197788.653
197688.292
197587.792
197487.141
197386.379
197285.502
197184.524
197083.465
196982.339
196881.158
196779.929
196678.649
196577.333
196475.98
196374.704
196273.508
196172.337
196071.336

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio, young. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-young (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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