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Burkina Faso: Age dependency ratio, old

4.78percent · 2025-4.4% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Burkina Faso from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20254.781
20244.774
20234.767
20224.766
20214.785
20204.812
20194.834
20184.858
20174.892
20164.94
20155.001
20145.077
20135.163
20125.218
20115.227
20105.222
20095.216
20085.22
20075.241
20065.282
20055.342
20045.416
20035.501
20025.597
20015.706
20005.828
19995.959
19986.094
19976.225
19966.346
19956.465
19946.582
19936.688
19926.777
19916.847
19906.908
19896.959
19886.995
19877.015
19867.02
19857.015
19847.002
19836.979
19826.942
19816.891
19806.829
19796.756
19786.672
19776.58
19766.48
19756.371
19746.258
19736.143
19726.024
19715.902
19705.776
19695.649
19685.52
19675.39
19665.26
19655.133
19645.009
19634.888
19624.779
19614.685
19604.592

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio, old. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-old (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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