Guinea vs Samoa: Total dependency ratio

Guinea

80.8%

in 2023

Samoa

80.0%

in 2023

Guinea rank

21st

Samoa rank

24th

Total dependency ratio over time

Guinea currently reports 80.8% against 80.0% in Samoa, a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.

Guinea ranks 21st and Samoa ranks 24th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total dependency ratio
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).