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