Post-demographic dividend vs Samoa: Age dependency ratio
Post-demographic dividend
57.1%
in 2025
Samoa
79.0%
in 2025
Post-demographic dividend rank
18th
Samoa rank
16th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Post-demographic dividend
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 79.0% against 57.1% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 21.9%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.4 times Post-demographic dividend's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 18th 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 | Post-demographic dividend | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59.0% | 116.3% | 57.4% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 55.9% | 109.8% | 53.9% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 50.0% | 88.6% | 38.6% | Samoa |
| 1990s | 48.7% | 80.4% | 31.7% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 48.4% | 79.9% | 31.4% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 51.9% | 76.0% | 24.1% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 56.0% | 79.3% | 23.3% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Post-demographic dividend or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 79.0% against 57.1% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Post-demographic dividend and Samoa?
- 21.9%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Post-demographic dividend and Samoa?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Post-demographic dividend and Samoa rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 18th 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.