Uganda | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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, old (% of working-age population)
1960 4.13128837
1961 4.19235256
1962 4.25986085
1963 4.32797427
1964 4.39258311
1965 4.45916256
1966 4.53178951
1967 4.60923151
1968 4.69110835
1969 4.77789784
1970 4.87148115
1971 4.96344995
1972 5.06068124
1973 5.17578414
1974 5.28532223
1975 5.38857286
1976 5.4942176
1977 5.59114667
1978 5.67179945
1979 5.74905323
1980 5.83059449
1981 5.89690946
1982 5.93732476
1983 5.95354655
1984 5.94524589
1985 5.93126111
1986 5.91518917
1987 5.88366105
1988 5.84304049
1989 5.79302333
1990 5.73395323
1991 5.66332913
1992 5.57876735
1993 5.48500357
1994 5.38889962
1995 5.31578632
1996 5.23403008
1997 5.13224083
1998 5.01599885
1999 4.87754639
2000 4.73305299
2001 4.58276269
2002 4.42349517
2003 4.25913562
2004 4.09781988
2005 3.9394231
2006 3.78515456
2007 3.63594265
2008 3.49358326
2009 3.36680497
2010 3.26019221
2011 3.17492997
2012 3.11603229
2013 3.08947299
2014 3.09534313
2015 3.11174447
2016 3.12274215
2017 3.13216415
2018 3.1430306
2019 3.1548257
2020 3.1611381
2021 3.1566627
2022 3.16502155

Uganda | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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