Seychelles vs Suriname: Age dependency ratio, old
Seychelles
12.2%
in 2025
Suriname
12.3%
in 2025
Seychelles rank
117th
Suriname rank
116th
Age dependency ratio, old over time
- Seychelles
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 12.3% against 12.2% in Seychelles, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Seychelles ahead.
Seychelles ranks 117th and Suriname ranks 116th of 218 countries.
Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Seychelles | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.0% | 10.3% | 0.7% | Seychelles |
| 1970s | 11.6% | 8.4% | 3.2% | Seychelles |
| 1980s | 11.5% | 6.2% | 5.3% | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 11.4% | 5.6% | 5.8% | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 8.5% | 2.4% | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 10.0% | 9.5% | 0.5% | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 11.4% | 0.1% | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Seychelles or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 12.3% against 12.2% in Seychelles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Seychelles and Suriname?
- 0.1%, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and Suriname?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Seychelles and Suriname rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Seychelles ranks 117th and Suriname ranks 116th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.