Mauritania vs Uganda: Age dependency ratio
Mauritania
83.9%
in 2025
Uganda
82.9%
in 2025
Mauritania rank
11th
Uganda rank
13th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Mauritania
- Uganda
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 83.9% against 82.9% in Uganda, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.
Mauritania ranks 11th and Uganda ranks 13th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82.2% | 95.7% | 13.5% | Uganda |
| 1970s | 93.2% | 99.9% | 6.7% | Uganda |
| 1980s | 94.9% | 104.5% | 9.6% | Uganda |
| 1990s | 91.5% | 107.9% | 16.5% | Uganda |
| 2000s | 89.8% | 109.6% | 19.8% | Uganda |
| 2010s | 91.0% | 99.8% | 8.8% | Uganda |
| 2020s | 86.5% | 86.2% | 0.3% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Mauritania or Uganda?
- Mauritania, at 83.9% against 82.9% in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Mauritania and Uganda?
- 1.0%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Uganda?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Uganda rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Mauritania ranks 11th and Uganda ranks 13th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.