Burkina Faso vs Lower middle income: Age dependency ratio, young
Burkina Faso
73.3%
in 2025
Lower middle income
45.8%
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
16th
Lower middle income rank
18th
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Burkina Faso
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 73.3% against 45.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 27.5%.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.6 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 16th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 6 and Lower middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72.4% | 77.3% | 4.9% | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 81.7% | 77.6% | 4.1% | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 90.1% | 75.0% | 15.2% | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 95.0% | 70.0% | 24.9% | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 88.9% | 61.2% | 27.8% | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 87.1% | 53.2% | 33.9% | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 78.0% | 47.5% | 30.4% | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Burkina Faso or Lower middle income?
- Burkina Faso, at 73.3% against 45.8% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Burkina Faso and Lower middle income?
- 27.5%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Lower middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Lower middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Burkina Faso ranks 16th and Lower middle income ranks 18th 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.