Suriname vs Tunisia: Age dependency ratio
Suriname
50.4%
in 2025
Tunisia
50.4%
in 2025
Suriname rank
148th
Tunisia rank
149th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Suriname
- Tunisia
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 50.4% against 50.4% in Tunisia, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Suriname ahead.
Suriname ranks 148th and Tunisia ranks 149th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Suriname averaged higher in 6 and Tunisia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Suriname | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107.8% | 91.9% | 15.8% | Suriname |
| 1970s | 99.2% | 90.1% | 9.1% | Suriname |
| 1980s | 73.4% | 77.9% | 4.5% | Tunisia |
| 1990s | 65.7% | 64.7% | 1.1% | Suriname |
| 2000s | 57.9% | 48.9% | 9.1% | Suriname |
| 2010s | 53.9% | 46.3% | 7.5% | Suriname |
| 2020s | 50.7% | 50.4% | 0.2% | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Suriname or Tunisia?
- Suriname, at 50.4% against 50.4% in Tunisia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Suriname and Tunisia?
- 0.0%, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Tunisia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Suriname and Tunisia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Suriname ranks 148th and Tunisia ranks 149th 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.