Samoa - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Samoa was 73.26 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 116.88 in 1967 and 73.26 in 2020.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 106.48 |
| 1961 | 107.29 |
| 1962 | 109.33 |
| 1963 | 112.02 |
| 1964 | 114.37 |
| 1965 | 115.82 |
| 1966 | 116.81 |
| 1967 | 116.88 |
| 1968 | 116.05 |
| 1969 | 114.90 |
| 1970 | 113.78 |
| 1971 | 113.15 |
| 1972 | 112.87 |
| 1973 | 112.49 |
| 1974 | 111.60 |
| 1975 | 110.13 |
| 1976 | 107.53 |
| 1977 | 104.76 |
| 1978 | 101.79 |
| 1979 | 98.81 |
| 1980 | 96.05 |
| 1981 | 93.65 |
| 1982 | 91.38 |
| 1983 | 89.09 |
| 1984 | 86.84 |
| 1985 | 84.77 |
| 1986 | 83.41 |
| 1987 | 82.32 |
| 1988 | 81.24 |
| 1989 | 80.15 |
| 1990 | 79.23 |
| 1991 | 79.03 |
| 1992 | 79.30 |
| 1993 | 79.88 |
| 1994 | 80.58 |
| 1995 | 81.31 |
| 1996 | 81.10 |
| 1997 | 81.07 |
| 1998 | 81.24 |
| 1999 | 81.67 |
| 2000 | 82.34 |
| 2001 | 81.36 |
| 2002 | 80.83 |
| 2003 | 80.53 |
| 2004 | 80.19 |
| 2005 | 79.72 |
| 2006 | 78.93 |
| 2007 | 78.08 |
| 2008 | 77.25 |
| 2009 | 76.60 |
| 2010 | 76.29 |
| 2011 | 75.65 |
| 2012 | 75.24 |
| 2013 | 75.24 |
| 2014 | 75.71 |
| 2015 | 76.47 |
| 2016 | 76.20 |
| 2017 | 76.15 |
| 2018 | 75.81 |
| 2019 | 74.82 |
| 2020 | 73.26 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Samoa was 8.81 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.81 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4.09 in 1960.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.09 |
| 1961 | 4.22 |
| 1962 | 4.40 |
| 1963 | 4.59 |
| 1964 | 4.72 |
| 1965 | 4.79 |
| 1966 | 4.85 |
| 1967 | 4.89 |
| 1968 | 4.88 |
| 1969 | 4.88 |
| 1970 | 4.89 |
| 1971 | 4.97 |
| 1972 | 5.05 |
| 1973 | 5.11 |
| 1974 | 5.15 |
| 1975 | 5.18 |
| 1976 | 5.27 |
| 1977 | 5.34 |
| 1978 | 5.39 |
| 1979 | 5.41 |
| 1980 | 5.42 |
| 1981 | 5.50 |
| 1982 | 5.54 |
| 1983 | 5.56 |
| 1984 | 5.57 |
| 1985 | 5.59 |
| 1986 | 5.83 |
| 1987 | 6.11 |
| 1988 | 6.39 |
| 1989 | 6.65 |
| 1990 | 6.87 |
| 1991 | 7.00 |
| 1992 | 7.12 |
| 1993 | 7.23 |
| 1994 | 7.35 |
| 1995 | 7.50 |
| 1996 | 7.65 |
| 1997 | 7.80 |
| 1998 | 7.91 |
| 1999 | 7.98 |
| 2000 | 8.03 |
| 2001 | 8.13 |
| 2002 | 8.23 |
| 2003 | 8.34 |
| 2004 | 8.45 |
| 2005 | 8.54 |
| 2006 | 8.59 |
| 2007 | 8.63 |
| 2008 | 8.67 |
| 2009 | 8.72 |
| 2010 | 8.75 |
| 2011 | 8.64 |
| 2012 | 8.48 |
| 2013 | 8.29 |
| 2014 | 8.11 |
| 2015 | 7.95 |
| 2016 | 8.09 |
| 2017 | 8.26 |
| 2018 | 8.44 |
| 2019 | 8.62 |
| 2020 | 8.81 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Samoa was 64.45 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 111.99 in 1967 and a minimum value of 64.45 in 2020.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 102.38 |
| 1961 | 103.07 |
| 1962 | 104.93 |
| 1963 | 107.43 |
| 1964 | 109.65 |
| 1965 | 111.03 |
| 1966 | 111.96 |
| 1967 | 111.99 |
| 1968 | 111.17 |
| 1969 | 110.02 |
| 1970 | 108.90 |
| 1971 | 108.18 |
| 1972 | 107.83 |
| 1973 | 107.38 |
| 1974 | 106.45 |
| 1975 | 104.95 |
| 1976 | 102.26 |
| 1977 | 99.42 |
| 1978 | 96.40 |
| 1979 | 93.39 |
| 1980 | 90.64 |
| 1981 | 88.15 |
| 1982 | 85.83 |
| 1983 | 83.53 |
| 1984 | 81.27 |
| 1985 | 79.18 |
| 1986 | 77.58 |
| 1987 | 76.21 |
| 1988 | 74.85 |
| 1989 | 73.50 |
| 1990 | 72.36 |
| 1991 | 72.03 |
| 1992 | 72.18 |
| 1993 | 72.65 |
| 1994 | 73.22 |
| 1995 | 73.82 |
| 1996 | 73.45 |
| 1997 | 73.27 |
| 1998 | 73.33 |
| 1999 | 73.69 |
| 2000 | 74.31 |
| 2001 | 73.24 |
| 2002 | 72.60 |
| 2003 | 72.18 |
| 2004 | 71.74 |
| 2005 | 71.18 |
| 2006 | 70.34 |
| 2007 | 69.45 |
| 2008 | 68.58 |
| 2009 | 67.89 |
| 2010 | 67.53 |
| 2011 | 67.01 |
| 2012 | 66.76 |
| 2013 | 66.95 |
| 2014 | 67.60 |
| 2015 | 68.51 |
| 2016 | 68.11 |
| 2017 | 67.89 |
| 2018 | 67.37 |
| 2019 | 66.19 |
| 2020 | 64.45 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
