Samoa vs Togo: Age dependency ratio
Samoa
79.0%
in 2025
Togo
78.3%
in 2025
Samoa rank
16th
Togo rank
19th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Samoa
- Togo
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 79.0% against 78.3% in Togo, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 16th and Togo ranks 19th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 2 and Togo in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116.3% | 91.5% | 24.8% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 109.8% | 94.7% | 15.1% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 88.6% | 96.9% | 8.3% | Togo |
| 1990s | 80.4% | 92.0% | 11.6% | Togo |
| 2000s | 79.9% | 84.2% | 4.3% | Togo |
| 2010s | 76.0% | 84.0% | 7.9% | Togo |
| 2020s | 79.3% | 80.1% | 0.9% | Togo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Samoa or Togo?
- Samoa, at 79.0% against 78.3% in Togo as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Samoa and Togo?
- 0.7%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Togo?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Samoa and Togo rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Samoa ranks 16th and Togo ranks 19th 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.