Benin vs Sierra Leone: Old-age dependency ratio

Benin

5.6%

in 2023

Sierra Leone

5.5%

in 2023

Benin rank

203rd

Sierra Leone rank

205th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Benin currently reports 5.6% against 5.5% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 203rd and Sierra Leone ranks 205th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).