What is the highest age dependency ratio of working age population recorded in Suriname?

The highest recorded value was 113.81 in 1968.

What is the lowest age dependency ratio of working age population recorded in Suriname?

The lowest recorded value was 50.52 in 2023.

Suriname ranks 163rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Name: Age dependency ratio of working age population in Suriname
Creator: Our World in Data
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Suriname: Age dependency ratio of working age population was 50.52 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

50.52

Change on year

down 0.2%

World rank

163rd

of 236 countries

All-time high

113.81

in 1968

All-time low

50.52

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Source: Our World in Data.

Suriname recorded 50.52 for age dependency ratio of working age population in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, age dependency ratio of working age population in Suriname peaked at 113.81 in 1968 and was at its lowest, 50.52, in 2023.

Suriname ranks 163rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	89.87	84.27	96.65	10
1960s	107.78	98.19	113.81	10
1970s	99.22	85.85	112.55	10
1980s	73.4	68.56	82.68	10
1990s	65.73	61.04	68.2	10
2000s	57.94	56.95	59.87	10
2010s	53.86	51.37	56.61	10
2020s	50.77	50.52	51.09	4

What is age dependency ratio of working age population in Suriname?: Age dependency ratio of working age population in Suriname was 50.52 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest age dependency ratio of working age population recorded in Suriname?: The highest recorded value was 113.81 in 1968.
What is the lowest age dependency ratio of working age population recorded in Suriname?: The lowest recorded value was 50.52 in 2023.
How does Suriname rank for age dependency ratio of working age population?: Suriname ranks 163rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is age dependency ratio of working age population rising or falling in Suriname?: Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Suriname data come from?: The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Age dependency ratio of working age population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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