Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Benin

Age dependency ratio in Benin in 2025 — 79.9 per 100. Ranked 203 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2.9%.

2025 79.9 per 100 −1.04% vs 2024
World rank 203of 217
Period maximum 99.2 per 1001988
Period minimum 79.9 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Benin, 1960–2025758085909510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 82.3 per 1001962: 84.1 per 1001964: 86.4 per 1001966: 88.8 per 1001968: 91.2 per 1001970: 93.3 per 1001972: 95.1 per 1001974: 96.6 per 1001976: 97.5 per 1001978: 97.8 per 1001980: 98.1 per 1001982: 98.5 per 1001984: 98.9 per 1001986: 99.1 per 1001988: 99.2 per 1001990: 99 per 1001992: 98.6 per 1001994: 95.6 per 1001996: 97.1 per 1001998: 96 per 1002000: 94.6 per 1002002: 93 per 1002004: 91.7 per 1002006: 90.5 per 1002008: 89.8 per 1002010: 88.5 per 1002012: 87.7 per 1002014: 87 per 1002016: 86.4 per 1002018: 85.5 per 1002020: 84.1 per 1002022: 82.4 per 1002024: 80.7 per 1002025: 79.9 per 100
Change over the period: −2.4 (−2.89%) Average annual rate: -0.05 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 79.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Western Africa computed 77.9 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 79.9 −0.8 −1.04%
2024 80.7 −0.8 −1.02%
2023 81.6 −0.9 −1.04%
2022 82.4 −0.9 −1.05%
2021 83.3 −0.8 −0.99%
2020 84.1 −0.7 −0.87%
2019 84.9 −0.6 −0.74%
2018 85.5 −0.5 −0.57%
2017 86 −0.4 −0.43%
2016 86.4 −0.3 −0.37%
2015 86.7 −0.3 −0.38%
2014 87 −0.3 −0.36%
2013 87.3 −0.3 −0.37%
2012 87.7 −0.4 −0.45%
2011 88.1 −0.5 −0.55%
2010 88.5 −0.7 −0.73%
2009 89.2 −0.6 −0.69%
2008 89.8 −0.4 −0.44%
2007 90.2 −0.2 −0.28%
2006 90.5 −0.5 −0.56%
2005 91 −0.7 −0.8%
2004 91.7 −0.6 −0.68%
2003 92.3 −0.7 −0.77%
2002 93 −0.8 −0.8%
2001 93.8 −0.8 −0.8%
2000 94.6 −0.7 −0.78%
1999 95.3 −0.7 −0.73%
1998 96 −0.6 −0.66%
1997 96.6 −0.4 −0.44%
1996 97.1 +0.2 +0.19%
1995 96.9 +1.3 +1.33%
1994 95.6 −0.9 −0.92%
1993 96.5 −2.1 −2.15%
1992 98.6 −0.2 −0.22%
1991 98.8 −0.2 −0.17%
1990 99 −0.1 −0.13%
1989 99.1 −0 −0.05%
1988 99.2 +0 +0.03%
1987 99.2 +0 +0.05%
1986 99.1 +0.1 +0.08%
1985 99 +0.1 +0.13%
1984 98.9 +0.2 +0.16%
1983 98.7 +0.2 +0.2%
1982 98.5 +0.2 +0.24%
1981 98.3 +0.2 +0.22%
1980 98.1 +0.2 +0.17%
1979 97.9 +0.1 +0.11%
1978 97.8 +0.1 +0.14%
1977 97.7 +0.2 +0.23%
1976 97.5 +0.4 +0.38%
1975 97.1 +0.5 +0.55%
1974 96.6 +0.7 +0.68%
1973 95.9 +0.8 +0.81%
1972 95.1 +0.9 +0.93%
1971 94.2 +1 +1.03%
1970 93.3 +1 +1.12%
1969 92.2 +1.1 +1.19%
1968 91.2 +1.1 +1.26%
1967 90 +1.2 +1.33%
1966 88.8 +1.2 +1.39%
1965 87.6 +1.3 +1.45%
1964 86.4 +1.2 +1.37%
1963 85.2 +1.1 +1.27%
1962 84.1 +1 +1.24%
1961 83.1 +0.8 +1.01%
1960 82.3

About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.