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)
4.60230151 1960
4.69197175 1961
4.78429507 1962
4.89022461 1963
5.00876455 1964
5.12989679 1965
5.25331337 1966
5.38018419 1967
5.50777643 1968
5.63492245 1969
5.76031824 1970
5.88641361 1971
6.01099376 1972
6.12958885 1973
6.24520666 1974
6.35958394 1975
6.47195498 1976
6.57339427 1977
6.66433185 1978
6.7490809 1979
6.82070592 1980
6.88016195 1981
6.92921851 1982
6.96327389 1983
6.9862641 1984
7.00213657 1985
7.00932766 1986
7.00457489 1987
6.98250505 1988
6.94233166 1989
6.88800588 1990
6.83018114 1991
6.76252083 1992
6.67282718 1993
6.56520804 1994
6.4493603 1995
6.33309008 1996
6.21260868 1997
6.08122519 1998
5.94652906 1999
5.8183919 2000
5.69839185 2001
5.58879375 2002
5.49329833 2003
5.40984876 2004
5.33818582 2005
5.2820347 2006
5.24430421 2007
5.22837453 2008
5.22906535 2009
5.23698585 2010
5.24397353 2011
5.23663977 2012
5.18346019 2013
5.09797938 2014
5.02475086 2015
4.96676543 2016
4.92030376 2017
4.88871967 2018
4.86803221 2019
4.83275462 2020
4.77346093 2021
4.71390468 2022
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