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

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
1960 90.59034728
1961 91.69283987
1962 92.42513732
1963 92.69908153
1964 92.47812926
1965 92.11268534
1966 91.89196711
1967 91.75925783
1968 91.71521441
1969 91.81396857
1970 92.1180225
1971 92.66199288
1972 93.59482723
1973 94.66281886
1974 95.40988708
1975 95.94763764
1976 96.40551497
1977 96.71781723
1978 96.88390776
1979 97.31650608
1980 98.0332185
1981 98.50290801
1982 98.62344968
1983 98.53193411
1984 98.23546017
1985 98.06480028
1986 98.11063958
1987 98.15529513
1988 98.29919887
1989 98.55962856
1990 98.95268587
1991 99.37702353
1992 99.76126257
1993 100.25266158
1994 100.98218176
1995 102.74722688
1996 104.40866251
1997 105.5292026
1998 106.35430693
1999 106.54631404
2000 106.74066565
2001 106.89378155
2002 106.77222805
2003 106.46395044
2004 106.33167092
2005 106.15734598
2006 105.81246534
2007 105.27060662
2008 104.53843922
2009 103.71872986
2010 102.83719896
2011 101.94143148
2012 101.02051914
2013 100.02071779
2014 98.73836915
2015 97.11034249
2016 95.00982627
2017 92.67975258
2018 90.58989164
2019 88.5853783
2020 86.71801167
2021 85.05668511
2022 83.6651321

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

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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