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Samoa: Age dependency ratio

78.99percent · 2025+5.0% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Samoa from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202578.987
202479.678
202379.965
202279.669
202178.987
202078.242
201977.394
201876.634
201775.935
201675.389
201575.25
201475.292
201375.434
201275.985
201176.388
201076.435
200976.73
200877.335
200778.227
200679.125
200579.829
200480.463
200381.135
200282.062
200182.267
200081.658
199981.015
199880.361
199779.76
199679.136
199578.884
199479.172
199379.879
199281.03
199182.034
199082.556
198982.971
198883.394
198783.87
198684.728
198586.237
198488.263
198390.634
198293.238
198195.557
198097.469
197999.42
1978101.505
1977103.776
1976106.466
1975109.366
1974111.972
1973114.142
1972115.835
1971117.101
1970117.945
1969118.384
1968118.48
1967118.276
1966117.997
1965117.596
1964117.001
1963116.024
1962114.374
1961112.998
1960112.145

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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