Burkina Faso | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
1960 69.4985237
1961 69.56685514
1962 69.82400168
1963 70.56896888
1964 71.71358793
1965 72.84817137
1966 73.92509279
1967 74.96453572
1968 75.95911429
1969 76.90772602
1970 77.79067596
1971 78.66457579
1972 79.52850025
1973 80.35828828
1974 81.1490129
1975 81.92301829
1976 82.69324009
1977 83.4230673
1978 84.19633139
1979 85.04016387
1980 85.86643187
1981 86.6902525
1982 87.51532331
1983 88.26741726
1984 89.01810635
1985 89.88045933
1986 90.86561747
1987 91.89847473
1988 92.84529244
1989 93.64321836
1990 94.28733956
1991 94.91107182
1992 95.4191794
1993 95.61845359
1994 95.55201177
1995 95.3303213
1996 95.09733937
1997 94.79446001
1998 94.16449948
1999 93.25304938
2000 92.24877255
2001 91.18592216
2002 90.13122351
2003 89.20631605
2004 88.44905558
2005 87.86806456
2006 87.54705652
2007 87.52374972
2008 87.73736453
2009 88.02319271
2010 88.2868609
2011 88.46674215
2012 88.4961194
2013 88.43681374
2014 88.24463491
2015 87.87083902
2016 87.31418434
2017 86.59377378
2018 85.78787868
2019 84.89885265
2020 83.84269929
2021 82.62639136
2022 81.35479194
Burkina Faso | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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