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Burkina Faso: Age dependency ratio

78.11percent · 2025-15.7% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Burkina Faso from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202578.108
202480.03
202381.891
202283.698
202185.514
202087.321
201988.9
201890.148
201791.139
201691.949
201592.602
201493.077
201393.381
201293.529
201193.537
201093.37
200993.112
200892.833
200792.649
200692.74
200593.166
200493.864
200394.713
200295.712
200196.844
200097.999
199999.14
1998100.223
1997101.02
1996101.488
1995101.889
1994102.28
1993102.51
1992102.441
1991102.022
1990101.479
1989100.926
1988100.219
198799.353
198698.38
198597.436
198496.588
198395.821
198295.026
198194.131
198093.216
197992.284
197891.32
197790.417
197689.547
197588.61
197487.649
197386.669
197285.655
197184.614
197083.567
196982.514
196881.401
196780.246
196679.047
196577.815
196476.538
196375.26
196274.398
196174.048
196073.897

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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