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Age dependency ratio — Western Africa

Age dependency ratio in Western Africa in 2025 — 77.9 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 4.8%.

2025 77.9 per 100 −1.7% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 95.7 per 1001987
Period minimum 77.9 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Western Africa, 1960–2025758085909510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 81.8 per 1001962: 82.4 per 1001964: 83.7 per 1001966: 84.9 per 1001968: 86 per 1001970: 87 per 1001972: 88 per 1001974: 89 per 1001976: 90.2 per 1001978: 91.5 per 1001980: 92.7 per 1001982: 93.8 per 1001984: 94.9 per 1001986: 95.6 per 1001988: 95.7 per 1001990: 95.3 per 1001992: 94.4 per 1001994: 93.2 per 1001996: 92 per 1001998: 91 per 1002000: 90.1 per 1002002: 89.8 per 1002004: 89.7 per 1002006: 89.8 per 1002008: 90 per 1002010: 89.8 per 1002012: 89.6 per 1002014: 89.1 per 1002016: 88.1 per 1002018: 86.4 per 1002020: 84.3 per 1002022: 81.8 per 1002024: 79.2 per 1002025: 77.9 per 100
Change over the period: −3.9 (−4.76%) Average annual rate: -0.08 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Africa 77.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 77.9 −1.3 −1.7%
2024 79.2 −1.3 −1.64%
2023 80.5 −1.3 −1.58%
2022 81.8 −1.3 −1.51%
2021 83.1 −1.2 −1.45%
2020 84.3 −1.1 −1.31%
2019 85.4 −1 −1.13%
2018 86.4 −0.9 −1.03%
2017 87.3 −0.8 −0.9%
2016 88.1 −0.6 −0.67%
2015 88.7 −0.4 −0.42%
2014 89.1 −0.3 −0.32%
2013 89.4 −0.2 −0.23%
2012 89.6 −0.1 −0.16%
2011 89.7 −0.1 −0.13%
2010 89.8 −0.1 −0.07%
2009 89.9 −0.1 −0.09%
2008 90 +0 +0.02%
2007 89.9 +0.1 +0.15%
2006 89.8 +0.1 +0.12%
2005 89.7 +0 +0.02%
2004 89.7 −0 −0.04%
2003 89.7 −0.1 −0.1%
2002 89.8 −0.1 −0.15%
2001 89.9 −0.2 −0.21%
2000 90.1 −0.3 −0.36%
1999 90.5 −0.5 −0.55%
1998 91 −0.5 −0.58%
1997 91.5 −0.5 −0.56%
1996 92 −0.6 −0.62%
1995 92.6 −0.7 −0.7%
1994 93.2 −0.6 −0.66%
1993 93.8 −0.6 −0.59%
1992 94.4 −0.5 −0.52%
1991 94.9 −0.4 −0.4%
1990 95.3 −0.3 −0.32%
1989 95.6 −0.2 −0.17%
1988 95.7 −0 −0%
1987 95.7 +0.2 +0.19%
1986 95.6 +0.3 +0.32%
1985 95.3 +0.4 +0.4%
1984 94.9 +0.5 +0.53%
1983 94.4 +0.6 +0.6%
1982 93.8 +0.6 +0.6%
1981 93.2 +0.5 +0.58%
1980 92.7 +0.6 +0.61%
1979 92.1 +0.6 +0.7%
1978 91.5 +0.7 +0.72%
1977 90.8 +0.6 +0.7%
1976 90.2 +0.6 +0.68%
1975 89.6 +0.6 +0.64%
1974 89 +0.5 +0.59%
1973 88.5 +0.5 +0.57%
1972 88 +0.5 +0.58%
1971 87.5 +0.5 +0.56%
1970 87 +0.5 +0.58%
1969 86.5 +0.5 +0.63%
1968 86 +0.5 +0.62%
1967 85.5 +0.5 +0.62%
1966 84.9 +0.5 +0.64%
1965 84.4 +0.6 +0.77%
1964 83.7 +0.7 +0.86%
1963 83 +0.6 +0.7%
1962 82.4 +0.4 +0.5%
1961 82 +0.3 +0.34%
1960 81.8 — —

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.

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The share of children and adolescents in the population — a measure of how young a country is.

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The number of people employed or actively looking for work — the economically active population.

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