Journal of Population Sciences
Table 5 Percentage of households with persons aged 60 and above in selected African countries
Sub-region/country | Overall: n (%) | Residence | Wealth index | Education: household head | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | Poor | Average | Rich | None | Primary | Secondary+ | ||
Western Africa | |||||||||
 Benin | 3146 (22.2) | 19.3 | 24.4 | 28.3 | 24.2 | 15.4 | 30.9 | 14.5 | 10.1 |
 Guinea | 2414 (30.5) | 26.5 | 32.6 | 29 | 35.1 | 27.4 | 34 | 22.4 | 23.4 |
 Mali | 2253 (23.7) | 23.3 | 23.8 | 27 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 27 | 16.3 | 16.1 |
 Nigeria | 8387 (20.8) | 20.9 | 20.6 | 22.8 | 22.1 | 18.2 | 34 | 25.4 | 10.5 |
 Senegal | 3531 (42.1) | 36.3 | 48.4 | 45.8 | 49.9 | 36.5 | 47.6 | 33.2 | 29.6 |
Middle Africa | |||||||||
 Angola | 2639 (16.4) | 12.8 | 22.1 | 23.5 | 15.9 | 11 | 31.7 | 15.6 | 6.7 |
 Chad | 2946 (17.1) | 17 | 17.1 | 19.1 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 22.5 | 11 | 6.6 |
Eastern Africa | |||||||||
 Burundi | 2772 (17.4) | 11.3 | 18.1 | 20.3 | 16.7 | 13.4 | 24.7 | 10.9 | 7.1 |
 Ethiopia | 4124 (24.8) | 17.2 | 26.7 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 19.1 | 36.2 | 12.4 | 8.1 |
 Tanzania | 2859 (22.8) | 15.7 | 26.2 | 28 | 26 | 15.4 | 46.5 | 18.7 | 10.3 |
 Uganda | 3309 (16.9) | 11.6 | 18.7 | 21.4 | 17.9 | 12.9 | 39.3 | 15.2 | 8 |
 Rwanda | 2186 (17.2) | 10.4 | 18.6 | 19.9 | 17.4 | 13.5 | 36.3 | 11.2 | 6.7 |
Southern Africa | |||||||||
 Malawi | 5253 (19.9) | 9.6 | 21.8 | 21.4 | 21.3 | 16.4 | 38.9 | 19.6 | 7.9 |
 South Africa | 2915 (26.3) | 22.5 | 34.4 | 24.8 | 21.6 | 31.8 | 59.3 | 39.3 | 16.2 |
 Zambia | 2265 (17.6) | 14.5 | 20 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 13.7 | 36.3 | 20.6 | 10.8 |
 Zimbabwe | 2305 (21.9) | 11.7 | 27 | 26.9 | 25.1 | 12.1 | 59.4 | 36.2 | 8.3 |