Afghanistan vs Uganda: Old-age dependency ratio

Afghanistan

4.4%

in 2023

Uganda

4.0%

in 2023

Afghanistan rank

227th

Uganda rank

230th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Afghanistan currently reports 4.4% against 4.0% in Uganda, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uganda ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 227th and Uganda ranks 230th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).