Afghanistan vs Burkina Faso: Age dependency ratio, young
Afghanistan
77.4%
in 2025
Burkina Faso
73.3%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
13th
Burkina Faso rank
16th
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Afghanistan
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 77.4% against 73.3% in Burkina Faso, a difference of 4.1%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 13th and Burkina Faso ranks 16th of 218 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.2% | 72.4% | 5.7% | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 85.6% | 81.7% | 3.9% | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 92.3% | 90.1% | 2.2% | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 99.2% | 95.0% | 4.3% | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 104.1% | 88.9% | 15.2% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 91.0% | 87.1% | 3.9% | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 80.1% | 78.0% | 2.1% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Afghanistan or Burkina Faso?
- Afghanistan, at 77.4% against 73.3% in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Afghanistan and Burkina Faso?
- 4.1%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Burkina Faso?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Burkina Faso rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Afghanistan ranks 13th and Burkina Faso ranks 16th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, young (% 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, 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.