Uganda - 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.

See also:

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

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