Total dependency ratio fell 16.0% to 70.6% in Benin in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, total dependency ratio in Benin reached an all time high of 97.4% in 1988 and an all time low of 70.6% in 2022. When compared to Benin's main peers, total dependency ratio in Burkina Faso amounted to 78.8%, 107% in Niger, 82.6% in Nigeria and 69.6% in Togo in 2022.
Benin has been ranked 27th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of total dependency ratio, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Total Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Algeria | % | 41.4% | 42.1% | 43.1% | 44.2% | 45.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 53.0% | 52.3% | 51.8% | 51.2% | 50.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 59.1% | 58.4% | 57.7% | 57.0% | 56.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 54.4% | 53.9% | 53.4% | 53.0% | 52.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 62.9% | 61.8% | 60.9% | 59.9% | 59.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 46.9% | 46.6% | 46.4% | 46.1% | 45.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 56.6% | 56.1% | 55.6% | 55.2% | 54.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 43.5% | 44.7% | 45.9% | 47.2% | 48.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 74.7% | 73.7% | 72.7% | 71.7% | 70.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 88.8% | 87.7% | 86.4% | 85.2% | 84.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 66.6% | 66.0% | 65.3% | 64.5% | 63.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 53.5% | 53.2% | 52.8% | 52.5% | 52.2% |
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