Benin vs IDA blend: Age dependency ratio
Benin
79.9%
in 2025
IDA blend
71.5%
in 2025
Benin rank
15th
IDA blend rank
12th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Benin
- IDA blend
How they compare
Benin currently reports 79.9% against 71.5% in IDA blend, a difference of 8.4%.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times IDA blend's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 15th and IDA blend ranks 12th of 218 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | IDA blend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87.1% | 86.0% | 1.1% | Benin |
| 1970s | 96.3% | 91.4% | 4.9% | Benin |
| 1980s | 98.8% | 92.3% | 6.6% | Benin |
| 1990s | 97.0% | 91.0% | 6.0% | Benin |
| 2000s | 91.6% | 84.0% | 7.6% | Benin |
| 2010s | 86.8% | 79.3% | 7.5% | Benin |
| 2020s | 82.0% | 74.0% | 8.0% | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Benin or IDA blend?
- Benin, at 79.9% against 71.5% in IDA blend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Benin and IDA blend?
- 8.4%, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and IDA blend?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Benin and IDA blend rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Benin ranks 15th and IDA blend ranks 12th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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.