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.

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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