Lower middle income vs Samoa: Age dependency ratio
Lower middle income
56.1%
in 2025
Samoa
79.0%
in 2025
Lower middle income rank
19th
Samoa rank
16th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Lower middle income
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 79.0% against 56.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 22.9%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 19th and Samoa ranks 16th of 45 groups.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83.7% | 116.3% | 32.7% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 84.5% | 109.8% | 25.3% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 82.1% | 88.6% | 6.5% | Samoa |
| 1990s | 77.3% | 80.4% | 3.1% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 68.9% | 79.9% | 11.0% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 61.9% | 76.0% | 14.1% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 57.5% | 79.3% | 21.8% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Lower middle income or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 79.0% against 56.1% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Lower middle income and Samoa?
- 22.9%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Samoa?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Samoa rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Lower middle income ranks 19th and Samoa ranks 16th of 45 groups.
- 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.