Burkina Faso | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source
Burkina Faso | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 4.60230151
1961 4.69197175
1962 4.78429507
1963 4.89022461
1964 5.00876455
1965 5.12989679
1966 5.25331337
1967 5.38018419
1968 5.50777643
1969 5.63492245
1970 5.76031824
1971 5.88641361
1972 6.01099376
1973 6.12958885
1974 6.24520666
1975 6.35958394
1976 6.47195498
1977 6.57339427
1978 6.66433185
1979 6.7490809
1980 6.82070592
1981 6.88016195
1982 6.92921851
1983 6.96327389
1984 6.9862641
1985 7.00213657
1986 7.00932766
1987 7.00457489
1988 6.98250505
1989 6.94233166
1990 6.88800588
1991 6.83018114
1992 6.76252083
1993 6.67282718
1994 6.56520804
1995 6.4493603
1996 6.33309008
1997 6.21260868
1998 6.08122519
1999 5.94652906
2000 5.8183919
2001 5.69839185
2002 5.58879375
2003 5.49329833
2004 5.40984876
2005 5.33818582
2006 5.2820347
2007 5.24430421
2008 5.22837453
2009 5.22906535
2010 5.23698585
2011 5.24397353
2012 5.23663977
2013 5.18346019
2014 5.09797938
2015 5.02475086
2016 4.96676543
2017 4.92030376
2018 4.88871967
2019 4.86803221
2020 4.83275462
2021 4.77346093
2022 4.71390468

Burkina Faso | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source