Fiji vs Suriname: Age dependency ratio
Fiji
50.3%
in 2025
Suriname
50.4%
in 2025
Fiji rank
151st
Suriname rank
148th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Fiji
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 50.4% against 50.3% in Fiji, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Fiji ahead.
Fiji ranks 151st and Suriname ranks 148th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 2 and Suriname in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96.7% | 107.8% | 11.1% | Suriname |
| 1970s | 82.6% | 99.2% | 16.6% | Suriname |
| 1980s | 72.0% | 73.4% | 1.4% | Suriname |
| 1990s | 67.2% | 65.7% | 1.5% | Fiji |
| 2000s | 57.3% | 57.9% | 0.7% | Suriname |
| 2010s | 53.5% | 53.9% | 0.4% | Suriname |
| 2020s | 51.2% | 50.7% | 0.5% | Fiji |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Fiji or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 50.4% against 50.3% in Fiji as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Fiji and Suriname?
- 0.1%, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Suriname?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Fiji and Suriname rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Fiji ranks 151st and Suriname ranks 148th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% 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 is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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.