Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 14.02 | 2020 |
| 2 | Tunisia | 9.69 | 2020 |
| 3 | Seychelles | 9.39 | 2020 |
| 4 | Morocco | 8.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Algeria | 6.93 | 2020 |
| 6 | South Africa | 6.59 | 2020 |
| 7 | Lesotho | 6.27 | 2020 |
| 8 | Cabo Verde | 6.17 | 2020 |
| 9 | Egypt | 5.94 | 2020 |
| 10 | Botswana | 5.25 | 2020 |
| 11 | Djibouti | 5.14 | 2020 |
| 12 | Eswatini | 5.02 | 2020 |
| 13 | Libya | 5.01 | 2020 |
| 14 | Eritrea | 4.45 | 2011 |
| 15 | Namibia | 4.41 | 2020 |
| 16 | Gabon | 4.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Sudan | 3.93 | 2020 |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 3.82 | 2020 |
| 19 | Benin | 3.73 | 2020 |
| 20 | Liberia | 3.70 | 2020 |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 3.70 | 2020 |
| 22 | Mauritania | 3.66 | 2020 |
| 23 | Rwanda | 3.59 | 2020 |
| 24 | Guinea | 3.56 | 2020 |
| 25 | Senegal | 3.54 | 2020 |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.48 | 2020 |
| 27 | Mozambique | 3.47 | 2020 |
| 28 | Ghana | 3.44 | 2020 |
| 29 | São Tomé and Principe | 3.43 | 2020 |
| 30 | Comoros | 3.41 | 2020 |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 3.36 | 2020 |
| 32 | Madagascar | 3.36 | 2020 |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 3.36 | 2020 |
| 34 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 3.30 | 2020 |
| 35 | Congo | 3.15 | 2020 |
| 36 | Togo | 3.14 | 2020 |
| 37 | Malawi | 3.13 | 2020 |
| 38 | Tanzania | 3.04 | 2020 |
| 39 | Cameroon | 3.01 | 2020 |
| 40 | Somalia | 3.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Nigeria | 2.93 | 2020 |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 2.92 | 2020 |
| 43 | Kenya | 2.89 | 2020 |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.80 | 2020 |
| 45 | Mali | 2.78 | 2020 |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.75 | 2020 |
| 47 | Chad | 2.72 | 2020 |
| 48 | Niger | 2.67 | 2020 |
| 49 | Burundi | 2.63 | 2020 |
| 50 | The Gambia | 2.58 | 2020 |
| 51 | Zambia | 2.57 | 2020 |
| 52 | Angola | 2.40 | 2020 |
| 53 | Uganda | 2.36 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.
