American Samoa vs Jordan: Age dependency ratio
American Samoa
53.6%
in 2025
Jordan
53.7%
in 2025
American Samoa rank
125th
Jordan rank
123rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- American Samoa
- Jordan
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 53.7% against 53.6% in American Samoa, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was American Samoa ahead.
American Samoa ranks 125th and Jordan ranks 123rd of 217 countries.
Jordan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | American Samoa | Jordan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 102.4% | 108.3% | 5.8% | Jordan |
| 1970s | 88.9% | 113.8% | 25.0% | Jordan |
| 1980s | 73.6% | 103.1% | 29.5% | Jordan |
| 1990s | 72.6% | 78.3% | 5.6% | Jordan |
| 2000s | 68.8% | 71.1% | 2.3% | Jordan |
| 2010s | 59.3% | 61.8% | 2.5% | Jordan |
| 2020s | 54.6% | 55.8% | 1.2% | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, American Samoa or Jordan?
- Jordan, at 53.7% against 53.6% in American Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between American Samoa and Jordan?
- 0.1%, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and Jordan?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do American Samoa and Jordan rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- American Samoa ranks 125th and Jordan ranks 123rd of 217 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.