Uganda - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Uganda was 92.31 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 108.22 in 2001 and 92.31 in 2020.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 94.11
1961 94.80
1962 95.44
1963 95.98
1964 96.32
1965 96.41
1966 97.15
1967 97.58
1968 97.76
1969 97.77
1970 97.61
1971 98.12
1972 98.37
1973 98.42
1974 98.36
1975 98.24
1976 98.49
1977 98.69
1978 98.80
1979 98.78
1980 98.61
1981 99.08
1982 99.26
1983 99.27
1984 99.28
1985 99.40
1986 100.20
1987 100.93
1988 101.57
1989 102.07
1990 102.38
1991 103.58
1992 104.50
1993 105.17
1994 105.63
1995 105.89
1996 106.88
1997 107.58
1998 108.00
1999 108.16
2000 108.10
2001 108.22
2002 108.11
2003 107.82
2004 107.37
2005 106.79
2006 106.47
2007 105.99
2008 105.39
2009 104.70
2010 103.93
2011 103.28
2012 102.48
2013 101.56
2014 100.55
2015 99.48
2016 98.32
2017 97.01
2018 95.59
2019 94.03
2020 92.31

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Uganda was 3.82 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.31 in 1960 and a minimum value of 3.76 in 2015.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.31
1961 5.30
1962 5.29
1963 5.27
1964 5.25
1965 5.22
1966 5.23
1967 5.23
1968 5.23
1969 5.21
1970 5.19
1971 5.22
1972 5.23
1973 5.23
1974 5.21
1975 5.19
1976 5.21
1977 5.21
1978 5.20
1979 5.19
1980 5.17
1981 5.19
1982 5.21
1983 5.21
1984 5.21
1985 5.20
1986 5.23
1987 5.24
1988 5.24
1989 5.23
1990 5.21
1991 5.22
1992 5.21
1993 5.17
1994 5.12
1995 5.06
1996 5.06
1997 5.04
1998 4.99
1999 4.90
2000 4.76
2001 4.66
2002 4.53
2003 4.38
2004 4.23
2005 4.08
2006 4.03
2007 3.98
2008 3.93
2009 3.88
2010 3.82
2011 3.81
2012 3.80
2013 3.78
2014 3.77
2015 3.76
2016 3.77
2017 3.78
2018 3.80
2019 3.81
2020 3.82

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Uganda was 88.49 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 103.58 in 2002 and a minimum value of 88.49 in 2020.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 88.80
1961 89.50
1962 90.15
1963 90.71
1964 91.08
1965 91.19
1966 91.92
1967 92.34
1968 92.53
1969 92.56
1970 92.42
1971 92.90
1972 93.14
1973 93.20
1974 93.14
1975 93.05
1976 93.29
1977 93.47
1978 93.59
1979 93.59
1980 93.44
1981 93.89
1982 94.05
1983 94.06
1984 94.08
1985 94.20
1986 94.97
1987 95.69
1988 96.33
1989 96.83
1990 97.17
1991 98.36
1992 99.29
1993 100.00
1994 100.51
1995 100.83
1996 101.82
1997 102.53
1998 103.00
1999 103.26
2000 103.34
2001 103.56
2002 103.58
2003 103.44
2004 103.14
2005 102.71
2006 102.43
2007 102.00
2008 101.45
2009 100.82
2010 100.11
2011 99.47
2012 98.68
2013 97.77
2014 96.78
2015 95.73
2016 94.55
2017 93.22
2018 91.79
2019 90.23
2020 88.49

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population