Uruguay - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Uruguay was 54.85 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 60.71 in 1985 and 54.80 in 2019.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 56.30
1961 56.68
1962 56.95
1963 57.12
1964 57.26
1965 57.38
1966 57.69
1967 57.92
1968 58.07
1969 58.18
1970 58.24
1971 58.44
1972 58.79
1973 59.16
1974 59.45
1975 59.63
1976 59.92
1977 59.96
1978 59.87
1979 59.81
1980 59.86
1981 60.00
1982 60.16
1983 60.33
1984 60.52
1985 60.71
1986 60.58
1987 60.59
1988 60.63
1989 60.56
1990 60.37
1991 60.48
1992 60.37
1993 60.15
1994 59.98
1995 59.90
1996 60.04
1997 60.20
1998 60.35
1999 60.42
2000 60.34
2001 60.30
2002 60.22
2003 60.06
2004 59.79
2005 59.42
2006 59.01
2007 58.47
2008 57.85
2009 57.26
2010 56.75
2011 56.30
2012 55.96
2013 55.69
2014 55.45
2015 55.20
2016 55.12
2017 54.98
2018 54.85
2019 54.80
2020 54.85

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.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population