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Age dependency ratio — Suriname

Age dependency ratio in Suriname in 2025 — 50.4 per 100. Ranked 70 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 48.6%.

2025 50.4 per 100 −0.04% vs 2024
World rank 70of 217
Period maximum 113.8 per 1001968
Period minimum 50.4 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Suriname, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 98.2 per 1001962: 102.4 per 1001964: 108.5 per 1001966: 112 per 1001968: 113.8 per 1001970: 112.5 per 1001972: 107.7 per 1001974: 100.4 per 1001976: 94.2 per 1001978: 88.4 per 1001980: 82.7 per 1001982: 76.4 per 1001984: 72.7 per 1001986: 70.3 per 1001988: 69 per 1001990: 68.2 per 1001992: 67.5 per 1001994: 67.2 per 1001996: 65.3 per 1001998: 62.4 per 1002000: 59.9 per 1002002: 58.4 per 1002004: 57.7 per 1002006: 57.4 per 1002008: 57.2 per 1002010: 56.6 per 1002012: 55.5 per 1002014: 54.1 per 1002016: 52.7 per 1002018: 51.7 per 1002020: 51.1 per 1002022: 50.6 per 1002024: 50.5 per 1002025: 50.4 per 100
Change over the period: −47.7 (−48.63%) Average annual rate: -1.02 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Suriname

Suriname 50.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Latin America & Caribbean 47.8 per 100
South America computed 46.8 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 50.4 −0 −0.04%
2024 50.5 −0.1 −0.13%
2023 50.5 −0.1 −0.19%
2022 50.6 −0.2 −0.43%
2021 50.8 −0.3 −0.49%
2020 51.1 −0.3 −0.53%
2019 51.4 −0.4 −0.72%
2018 51.7 −0.4 −0.85%
2017 52.2 −0.6 −1.06%
2016 52.7 −0.7 −1.23%
2015 53.4 −0.7 −1.31%
2014 54.1 −0.7 −1.32%
2013 54.8 −0.7 −1.24%
2012 55.5 −0.6 −1.07%
2011 56.1 −0.5 −0.85%
2010 56.6 −0.3 −0.61%
2009 57 −0.2 −0.4%
2008 57.2 −0.1 −0.25%
2007 57.3 −0.1 −0.16%
2006 57.4 −0.1 −0.22%
2005 57.6 −0.2 −0.33%
2004 57.7 −0.2 −0.41%
2003 58 −0.4 −0.65%
2002 58.4 −0.6 −1.05%
2001 59 −0.9 −1.48%
2000 59.9 −1.2 −1.91%
1999 61 −1.4 −2.24%
1998 62.4 −1.5 −2.31%
1997 63.9 −1.4 −2.12%
1996 65.3 −1.2 −1.82%
1995 66.5 −0.6 −0.96%
1994 67.2 −0.2 −0.25%
1993 67.3 −0.2 −0.33%
1992 67.5 −0.3 −0.45%
1991 67.9 −0.4 −0.52%
1990 68.2 −0.4 −0.52%
1989 68.6 −0.4 −0.6%
1988 69 −0.6 −0.83%
1987 69.5 −0.8 −1.11%
1986 70.3 −1 −1.43%
1985 71.4 −1.3 −1.79%
1984 72.7 −1.6 −2.2%
1983 74.3 −2.1 −2.78%
1982 76.4 −2.8 −3.51%
1981 79.2 −3.5 −4.22%
1980 82.7 −3.2 −3.68%
1979 85.8 −2.6 −2.93%
1978 88.4 −2.8 −3.09%
1977 91.2 −2.9 −3.13%
1976 94.2 −3 −3.12%
1975 97.2 −3.2 −3.15%
1974 100.4 −3.4 −3.31%
1973 103.8 −3.8 −3.56%
1972 107.7 −3.1 −2.8%
1971 110.8 −1.8 −1.59%
1970 112.5 −1 −0.9%
1969 113.6 −0.2 −0.2%
1968 113.8 +0.6 +0.5%
1967 113.2 +1.2 +1.1%
1966 112 +1.6 +1.47%
1965 110.4 +1.8 +1.69%
1964 108.5 +2.5 +2.37%
1963 106 +3.7 +3.58%
1962 102.4 +2.8 +2.8%
1961 99.6 +1.4 +1.42%
1960 98.2 — —

South America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CO Colombia 43.3 BR Brazil 44.6 CL Chile 45.2 EC Ecuador 48.1 PE Peru 49.4 SR Suriname 50.4 AR Argentina 50.7 UY Uruguay 51.9 VE Venezuela 53.7 PY Paraguay 54.1 BO Bolivia 54.3 GY Guyana 56
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About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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