Burundi vs IDA blend: Age dependency ratio
Burundi
87.0%
in 2025
IDA blend
71.5%
in 2025
Burundi rank
10th
IDA blend rank
12th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Burundi
- IDA blend
How they compare
Burundi currently reports 87.0% against 71.5% in IDA blend, a difference of 15.5%.
That makes Burundi's figure about 1.2 times IDA blend's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Burundi has been ahead every year.
Burundi ranks 10th and IDA blend ranks 12th of 218 countries.
Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | IDA blend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93.8% | 86.0% | 7.7% | Burundi |
| 1970s | 95.5% | 91.4% | 4.1% | Burundi |
| 1980s | 98.9% | 92.3% | 6.6% | Burundi |
| 1990s | 109.0% | 91.0% | 17.9% | Burundi |
| 2000s | 94.9% | 84.0% | 10.9% | Burundi |
| 2010s | 95.9% | 79.3% | 16.6% | Burundi |
| 2020s | 92.7% | 74.0% | 18.7% | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Burundi or IDA blend?
- Burundi, at 87.0% against 71.5% in IDA blend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Burundi and IDA blend?
- 15.5%, with Burundi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and IDA blend?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Burundi and IDA blend rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Burundi ranks 10th 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.