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