Guam vs Marshall Islands: Age dependency ratio
Guam
63.8%
in 2025
Marshall Islands
63.3%
in 2025
Guam rank
59th
Marshall Islands rank
60th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Guam
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Guam currently reports 63.8% against 63.3% in Marshall Islands, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Marshall Islands ahead.
Guam ranks 59th and Marshall Islands ranks 60th of 218 countries.
Marshall Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guam | Marshall Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72.0% | 109.4% | 37.4% | Marshall Islands |
| 1970s | 64.8% | 105.6% | 40.7% | Marshall Islands |
| 1980s | 55.0% | 115.3% | 60.2% | Marshall Islands |
| 1990s | 53.7% | 98.0% | 44.3% | Marshall Islands |
| 2000s | 54.5% | 72.7% | 18.2% | Marshall Islands |
| 2010s | 53.4% | 67.9% | 14.6% | Marshall Islands |
| 2020s | 60.9% | 63.2% | 2.3% | Marshall Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Guam or Marshall Islands?
- Guam, at 63.8% against 63.3% in Marshall Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Guam and Marshall Islands?
- 0.5%, with Guam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guam and Marshall Islands?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Guam and Marshall Islands rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Guam ranks 59th and Marshall Islands ranks 60th 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.