Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Samoa

Age dependency ratio in Samoa in 2025 — 79 per 100. Ranked 202 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 29.6%.

2025 79 per 100 −0.87% vs 2024
World rank 202of 217
Period maximum 118.5 per 1001968
Period minimum 75.3 per 1002015

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Samoa, 1960–2025608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 112.1 per 1001962: 114.4 per 1001964: 117 per 1001966: 118 per 1001968: 118.5 per 1001970: 117.9 per 1001972: 115.8 per 1001974: 112 per 1001976: 106.5 per 1001978: 101.5 per 1001980: 97.5 per 1001982: 93.2 per 1001984: 88.3 per 1001986: 84.7 per 1001988: 83.4 per 1001990: 82.6 per 1001992: 81 per 1001994: 79.2 per 1001996: 79.1 per 1001998: 80.4 per 1002000: 81.7 per 1002002: 82.1 per 1002004: 80.5 per 1002006: 79.1 per 1002008: 77.3 per 1002010: 76.4 per 1002012: 76 per 1002014: 75.3 per 1002016: 75.4 per 1002018: 76.6 per 1002020: 78.2 per 1002022: 79.7 per 1002024: 79.7 per 1002025: 79 per 100
Change over the period: −33.2 (−29.57%) Average annual rate: -0.54 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Samoa 79 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 46.2 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 79 −0.7 −0.87%
2024 79.7 −0.3 −0.36%
2023 80 +0.3 +0.37%
2022 79.7 +0.7 +0.86%
2021 79 +0.7 +0.95%
2020 78.2 +0.8 +1.1%
2019 77.4 +0.8 +0.99%
2018 76.6 +0.7 +0.92%
2017 75.9 +0.5 +0.72%
2016 75.4 +0.1 +0.19%
2015 75.3 −0 −0.06%
2014 75.3 −0.1 −0.19%
2013 75.4 −0.6 −0.73%
2012 76 −0.4 −0.53%
2011 76.4 −0 −0.06%
2010 76.4 −0.3 −0.39%
2009 76.7 −0.6 −0.78%
2008 77.3 −0.9 −1.14%
2007 78.2 −0.9 −1.13%
2006 79.1 −0.7 −0.88%
2005 79.8 −0.6 −0.79%
2004 80.5 −0.7 −0.83%
2003 81.1 −0.9 −1.13%
2002 82.1 −0.2 −0.25%
2001 82.3 +0.6 +0.75%
2000 81.7 +0.6 +0.79%
1999 81 +0.7 +0.81%
1998 80.4 +0.6 +0.75%
1997 79.8 +0.6 +0.79%
1996 79.1 +0.3 +0.32%
1995 78.9 −0.3 −0.36%
1994 79.2 −0.7 −0.89%
1993 79.9 −1.2 −1.42%
1992 81 −1 −1.22%
1991 82 −0.5 −0.63%
1990 82.6 −0.4 −0.5%
1989 83 −0.4 −0.51%
1988 83.4 −0.5 −0.57%
1987 83.9 −0.9 −1.01%
1986 84.7 −1.5 −1.75%
1985 86.2 −2 −2.29%
1984 88.3 −2.4 −2.62%
1983 90.6 −2.6 −2.79%
1982 93.2 −2.3 −2.43%
1981 95.6 −1.9 −1.96%
1980 97.5 −2 −1.96%
1979 99.4 −2.1 −2.05%
1978 101.5 −2.3 −2.19%
1977 103.8 −2.7 −2.53%
1976 106.5 −2.9 −2.65%
1975 109.4 −2.6 −2.33%
1974 112 −2.2 −1.9%
1973 114.1 −1.7 −1.46%
1972 115.8 −1.3 −1.08%
1971 117.1 −0.8 −0.72%
1970 117.9 −0.4 −0.37%
1969 118.4 −0.1 −0.08%
1968 118.5 +0.2 +0.17%
1967 118.3 +0.3 +0.24%
1966 118 +0.4 +0.34%
1965 117.6 +0.6 +0.51%
1964 117 +1 +0.84%
1963 116 +1.7 +1.44%
1962 114.4 +1.4 +1.22%
1961 113 +0.9 +0.76%
1960 112.1

Polynesia, 2025

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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.