Cameroon vs Samoa: Age dependency ratio
Cameroon
78.4%
in 2025
Samoa
79.0%
in 2025
Cameroon rank
18th
Samoa rank
16th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Cameroon
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 79.0% against 78.4% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Samoa ranks 16th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Samoa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.0% | 116.3% | 35.3% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 89.4% | 109.8% | 20.4% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 97.4% | 88.6% | 8.8% | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 97.3% | 80.4% | 16.9% | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 90.1% | 79.9% | 10.3% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 76.0% | 9.7% | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 80.7% | 79.3% | 1.4% | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Cameroon or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 79.0% against 78.4% in Cameroon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Cameroon and Samoa?
- 0.6%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Samoa?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Cameroon and Samoa rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Samoa ranks 16th 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.
Individual pages
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.