Uganda | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Uganda
Records
63
Source
Uganda | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 94.72163565
1961 95.88519243
1962 96.68499816
1963 97.0270558
1964 96.87071237
1965 96.5718479
1966 96.42375662
1967 96.36848933
1968 96.40632276
1969 96.5918664
1970 96.98950365
1971 97.62544283
1972 98.65550847
1973 99.838603
1974 100.69520931
1975 101.33621051
1976 101.89973257
1977 102.30896391
1978 102.55570721
1979 103.0655593
1980 103.86381299
1981 104.39981747
1982 104.56077444
1983 104.48548066
1984 104.18070606
1985 103.9960614
1986 104.02582875
1987 104.03895617
1988 104.14223937
1989 104.35265189
1990 104.6866391
1991 105.04035265
1992 105.34002992
1993 105.73766515
1994 106.37108138
1995 108.06301319
1996 109.6426926
1997 110.66144343
1998 111.37030578
1999 111.42386043
2000 111.47371864
2001 111.47654424
2002 111.19572322
2003 110.72308606
2004 110.4294908
2005 110.09676908
2006 109.5976199
2007 108.90654927
2008 108.03202248
2009 107.08553483
2010 106.09739117
2011 105.11636145
2012 104.13655143
2013 103.11019078
2014 101.83371228
2015 100.22208696
2016 98.13256842
2017 95.81191673
2018 93.73292224
2019 91.740204
2020 89.87914977
2021 88.2133478
2022 86.83015365
Uganda | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Uganda
Records
63
Source