Samoa | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Independent State of Samoa
Records
63
Source
Samoa | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.00144476
1961 6.09022696
1962 6.10758107
1963 6.02435492
1964 5.9945027
1965 6.00938485
1966 6.09813319
1967 6.14354632
1968 6.1115662
1969 6.07942397
1970 6.03574118
1971 5.97818749
1972 5.92049413
1973 5.86757274
1974 5.85867559
1975 5.90799618
1976 5.97809771
1977 5.97998194
1978 5.91750601
1979 5.8699314
1980 5.83415195
1981 5.80822047
1982 5.83525219
1983 5.90300736
1984 5.96621918
1985 6.03197917
1986 6.10706374
1987 6.20874317
1988 6.35773523
1989 6.55252498
1990 6.77575875
1991 6.98155029
1992 7.14262945
1993 7.25863284
1994 7.34925081
1995 7.43434969
1996 7.51714256
1997 7.60284408
1998 7.68967013
1999 7.78060458
2000 7.87554353
2001 7.98098822
2002 8.10200924
2003 8.22673223
2004 8.34924222
2005 8.46263297
2006 8.53407206
2007 8.55954839
2008 8.55971393
2009 8.53744265
2010 8.49937847
2011 8.46144119
2012 8.40213132
2013 8.33928682
2014 8.300478
2015 8.29743333
2016 8.33418768
2017 8.40851251
2018 8.51678246
2019 8.64582902
2020 8.78750815
2021 8.93739506
2022 9.12134812

Samoa | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Independent State of Samoa
Records
63
Source