Samoa vs Uganda: Age dependency ratio
Samoa
79.0%
in 2025
Uganda
82.9%
in 2025
Samoa rank
16th
Uganda rank
13th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Samoa
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 82.9% against 79.0% in Samoa, a difference of 3.9%.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 13th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 2 and Uganda in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116.3% | 95.7% | 20.6% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 109.8% | 99.9% | 9.9% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 88.6% | 104.5% | 15.9% | Uganda |
| 1990s | 80.4% | 107.9% | 27.5% | Uganda |
| 2000s | 79.9% | 109.6% | 29.8% | Uganda |
| 2010s | 76.0% | 99.8% | 23.8% | Uganda |
| 2020s | 79.3% | 86.2% | 6.9% | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Samoa or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 82.9% against 79.0% in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Samoa and Uganda?
- 3.9%, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Uganda?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Samoa and Uganda rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Samoa ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 13th 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.