Tanzania vs Uganda: Total dependency ratio

Tanzania

84.4%

in 2023

Uganda

85.5%

in 2023

Tanzania rank

15th

Uganda rank

14th

Total dependency ratio over time

Uganda currently reports 85.5% against 84.4% in Tanzania, a difference of 1.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tanzania ahead.

Tanzania ranks 15th and Uganda ranks 14th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total 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 children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).