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Age dependency ratio — Uganda

Age dependency ratio in Uganda in 2025 — 82.9 per 100. Ranked 205 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 11.5%.

2025 82.9 per 100 −1.57% vs 2024
World rank 205of 217
Period maximum 111.2 per 1002001
Period minimum 82.9 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Uganda, 1960–2025809010011012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 93.8 per 1001962: 95.9 per 1001964: 96.3 per 1001966: 95.9 per 1001968: 95.9 per 1001970: 96.4 per 1001972: 98 per 1001974: 100 per 1001976: 101.2 per 1001978: 102 per 1001980: 103.5 per 1001982: 104.6 per 1001984: 104.6 per 1001986: 104.6 per 1001988: 104.8 per 1001990: 105.3 per 1001992: 105.7 per 1001994: 106.4 per 1001996: 109.5 per 1001998: 111.1 per 1002000: 111.2 per 1002002: 110.9 per 1002004: 110.1 per 1002006: 109.3 per 1002008: 107.9 per 1002010: 106 per 1002012: 104 per 1002014: 101.7 per 1002016: 97.9 per 1002018: 93.6 per 1002020: 89.7 per 1002022: 86.6 per 1002024: 84.3 per 1002025: 82.9 per 100
Change over the period: −10.8 (−11.54%) Average annual rate: -0.19 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Uganda

Uganda 82.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Eastern Africa computed 76.8 per 100
Low-income countries computed 79.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 82.9 −1.3 −1.57%
2024 84.3 −1.2 −1.43%
2023 85.5 −1.2 −1.33%
2022 86.6 −1.4 −1.58%
2021 88 −1.7 −1.86%
2020 89.7 −1.9 −2.04%
2019 91.6 −2 −2.13%
2018 93.6 −2.1 −2.17%
2017 95.6 −2.3 −2.36%
2016 97.9 −2.1 −2.08%
2015 100 −1.6 −1.6%
2014 101.7 −1.3 −1.26%
2013 103 −1.1 −1.01%
2012 104 −1 −0.93%
2011 105 −1 −0.91%
2010 106 −1 −0.93%
2009 107 −0.9 −0.86%
2008 107.9 −0.8 −0.74%
2007 108.7 −0.6 −0.56%
2006 109.3 −0.5 −0.41%
2005 109.8 −0.3 −0.3%
2004 110.1 −0.3 −0.28%
2003 110.4 −0.5 −0.45%
2002 110.9 −0.3 −0.27%
2001 111.2 +0 +0.01%
2000 111.2 +0.1 +0.06%
1999 111.1 +0 +0.04%
1998 111.1 +0.7 +0.59%
1997 110.4 +0.9 +0.85%
1996 109.5 +1.5 +1.37%
1995 108 +1.6 +1.48%
1994 106.4 +0.5 +0.45%
1993 106 +0.2 +0.21%
1992 105.7 +0.2 +0.17%
1991 105.6 +0.3 +0.27%
1990 105.3 +0.3 +0.29%
1989 105 +0.2 +0.21%
1988 104.8 +0.1 +0.13%
1987 104.6 +0 +0.05%
1986 104.6 +0.1 +0.08%
1985 104.5 −0.1 −0.09%
1984 104.6 −0.1 −0.14%
1983 104.7 +0.1 +0.11%
1982 104.6 +0.4 +0.34%
1981 104.2 +0.7 +0.68%
1980 103.5 +0.9 +0.91%
1979 102.6 +0.6 +0.6%
1978 102 +0.3 +0.31%
1977 101.7 +0.4 +0.43%
1976 101.2 +0.6 +0.56%
1975 100.7 +0.6 +0.64%
1974 100 +0.9 +0.86%
1973 99.2 +1.2 +1.19%
1972 98 +1 +1.06%
1971 97 +0.6 +0.64%
1970 96.4 +0.4 +0.37%
1969 96 +0.1 +0.15%
1968 95.9 +0 +0.02%
1967 95.9 −0.1 −0.07%
1966 95.9 −0.1 −0.15%
1965 96.1 −0.2 −0.24%
1964 96.3 −0 −0.03%
1963 96.3 +0.5 +0.48%
1962 95.9 +0.9 +0.93%
1961 95 +1.2 +1.3%
1960 93.8 — —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 39.9 MU Mauritius 40.2 DJ Djibouti 51 KE Kenya 64.7 RW Rwanda 69.6 SS South Sudan 69.7 KM Comoros 70.4 ER Eritrea 72 ET Ethiopia 72.6 MG Madagascar 73.6 MW Malawi 74.6 ZM Zambia 75.3 ZW Zimbabwe 78.1 UG Uganda 82.9 TZ Tanzania 83.1 BI Burundi 87 MZ Mozambique 88.3 SO Somalia 96.7
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About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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