American Samoa vs Suriname: Old-age dependency ratio

American Samoa

11.6%

in 2023

Suriname

11.5%

in 2023

American Samoa rank

127th

Suriname rank

130th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

American Samoa currently reports 11.6% against 11.5% in Suriname, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Suriname ahead.

American Samoa ranks 127th and Suriname ranks 130th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).