Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Burkina Faso

Age dependency ratio in Burkina Faso in 2025 — 78.1 per 100. Ranked 198 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 5.7%.

2025 78.1 per 100 −2.4% vs 2024
World rank 198of 217
Period maximum 102.5 per 1001993
Period minimum 73.9 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Burkina Faso, 1960–202570809010011019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 73.9 per 1001962: 74.4 per 1001964: 76.5 per 1001966: 79 per 1001968: 81.4 per 1001970: 83.6 per 1001972: 85.7 per 1001974: 87.6 per 1001976: 89.5 per 1001978: 91.3 per 1001980: 93.2 per 1001982: 95 per 1001984: 96.6 per 1001986: 98.4 per 1001988: 100.2 per 1001990: 101.5 per 1001992: 102.4 per 1001994: 102.3 per 1001996: 101.5 per 1001998: 100.2 per 1002000: 98 per 1002002: 95.7 per 1002004: 93.9 per 1002006: 92.7 per 1002008: 92.8 per 1002010: 93.4 per 1002012: 93.5 per 1002014: 93.1 per 1002016: 91.9 per 1002018: 90.1 per 1002020: 87.3 per 1002022: 83.7 per 1002024: 80 per 1002025: 78.1 per 100
Change over the period: +4.2 (+5.7%) Average annual rate: 0.09 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Burkina Faso 78.1 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Western Africa computed 77.9 per 100
Low-income countries computed 79.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 78.1 −1.9 −2.4%
2024 80 −1.9 −2.27%
2023 81.9 −1.8 −2.16%
2022 83.7 −1.8 −2.12%
2021 85.5 −1.8 −2.07%
2020 87.3 −1.6 −1.78%
2019 88.9 −1.2 −1.38%
2018 90.1 −1 −1.09%
2017 91.1 −0.8 −0.88%
2016 91.9 −0.7 −0.7%
2015 92.6 −0.5 −0.51%
2014 93.1 −0.3 −0.33%
2013 93.4 −0.1 −0.16%
2012 93.5 −0 −0.01%
2011 93.5 +0.2 +0.18%
2010 93.4 +0.3 +0.28%
2009 93.1 +0.3 +0.3%
2008 92.8 +0.2 +0.2%
2007 92.6 −0.1 −0.1%
2006 92.7 −0.4 −0.46%
2005 93.2 −0.7 −0.74%
2004 93.9 −0.8 −0.9%
2003 94.7 −1 −1.04%
2002 95.7 −1.1 −1.17%
2001 96.8 −1.2 −1.18%
2000 98 −1.1 −1.15%
1999 99.1 −1.1 −1.08%
1998 100.2 −0.8 −0.79%
1997 101 −0.5 −0.46%
1996 101.5 −0.4 −0.39%
1995 101.9 −0.4 −0.38%
1994 102.3 −0.2 −0.22%
1993 102.5 +0.1 +0.07%
1992 102.4 +0.4 +0.41%
1991 102 +0.5 +0.54%
1990 101.5 +0.6 +0.55%
1989 100.9 +0.7 +0.71%
1988 100.2 +0.9 +0.87%
1987 99.4 +1 +0.99%
1986 98.4 +0.9 +0.97%
1985 97.4 +0.8 +0.88%
1984 96.6 +0.8 +0.8%
1983 95.8 +0.8 +0.84%
1982 95 +0.9 +0.95%
1981 94.1 +0.9 +0.98%
1980 93.2 +0.9 +1.01%
1979 92.3 +1 +1.06%
1978 91.3 +0.9 +1%
1977 90.4 +0.9 +0.97%
1976 89.5 +0.9 +1.06%
1975 88.6 +1 +1.1%
1974 87.6 +1 +1.13%
1973 86.7 +1 +1.18%
1972 85.7 +1 +1.23%
1971 84.6 +1 +1.25%
1970 83.6 +1.1 +1.28%
1969 82.5 +1.1 +1.37%
1968 81.4 +1.2 +1.44%
1967 80.2 +1.2 +1.52%
1966 79 +1.2 +1.58%
1965 77.8 +1.3 +1.67%
1964 76.5 +1.3 +1.7%
1963 75.3 +0.9 +1.16%
1962 74.4 +0.4 +0.47%
1961 74 +0.2 +0.2%
1960 73.9

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.