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Suriname

SURLatin America & Caribbean Upper middle incomeCapital: Paramaribo
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69/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
GDP
$5
2027▲ 6.5%
Population
634,431
2024▲ 0.9%
GDP per Capita
$7,655
2027▲ 4.9%
Life Expectancy
73.6 years
2023▲ 0.5%
Suriname in world space2000–2023
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002023
192 countries · log scale on X world Suriname· trajectory line: 1980 → today
▶About Suriname

Suriname's GDP is $4.87B (2026), with a population of 634,431, and GDP per capita of $7,300. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 3.7%, inflation at 9.6%, unemployment at 9.0%, government debt at 82.7% of GDP, life expectancy of 73.6 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Located in Latin America & Caribbean, this upper middle-income nation has shown a steady economic trajectory. In 2026, the GDP is projected to reach 4.87 billion, with a growth rate of 3.7%. The GDP per capita is expected to be 7,300.499. However, the economy faces challenges such as an inflation rate of 9.6% and an unemployment rate of 7.834% in 2025. The economic landscape is influenced by its diverse resource base, including agriculture, mining, and services. Societal indicators reflect a population of 634,431 in 2024, with a life expectancy of 73.631 years as of 2023. The population is ethnically diverse, contributing to a rich cultural tapestry. The society benefits from a mix of indigenous, Creole, and immigrant influences, shaping its unique identity within the region.

▶Economy24 indicators · 2021–2027 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$52027▲ 6.5%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)4.3%2027▲ 16.2%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$7,6552027▲ 4.9%IMF
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$162027▲ 6.0%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$24,2272027▲ 4.4%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.01%2027▲ 0.0%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$4.05B2024▲ 28.5%WB
GNI per Capita (USD)$5,6902024▲ 9.2%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$20,0002024▲ 4.4%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)35.1%2024▼ 11.6%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)50.8%2024▲ 4.1%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)6.8%2024▼ 5.5%WB
GDP Deflator (%)12.8%2024▼ 61.3%WB
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$51,8622024▼ 0.1%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)19.8%2024▼ 22.2%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)11.5%2022▲ 0.0%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$3,1332021▼ 0.8%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)7.93%2021▲ 164.9%WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021▲ 67.5%WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)9.6%2021▲ 108.5%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)1.65%2021▲ 3.0%WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$1.55B2024▲ 12.4%WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary14 indicators · 2024–2027 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)6.4%2027▼ 33.3%IMF
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)76.9%2027▼ 7.0%IMF
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-0.8%2027▲ 52.9%IMF
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-58.4%2027▼ 12.7%IMF
Unemployment Rate (%)8.0%2027▼ 11.1%IMF
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)16.2%2024▼ 68.5%WB
Real Interest Rate (%)1.8%2024▲ 112.4%WB
Lending Interest Rate (%)14.8%2024▲ 4.4%WB
Deposit Interest Rate (%)9.6%2024▲ 10.9%WB
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$1.63B2024▲ 21.3%WB
Total Reserves (months of imports)6.52024▲ 3.6%WB
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)33.182024▼ 9.8%WB
PPP Conversion Factor10.62024▲ 10.1%WB
Broad Money (% of GDP)62.3%2024▼ 4.3%WB
▶Trade10 indicators · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Merchandise Exports (USD)$1.41B2024▼ 38.9%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$1.75B2024▲ 3.2%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)-0.9%2024▲ 44.4%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)-0.3%2024▼ 183.7%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$-37.6M2024▲ 29.3%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$160.3M2024▲ 9.1%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)3.6%2024▼ 14.2%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)10.4%2024▲ 222.9%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)0.2%2024▼ 95.1%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$9.3M2024▼ 93.7%WB
▶External Debt6 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
External Debt (% of GNI)129.1%2023▲ 7.2%WB
External Debt Stocks (USD)$4.05B2023▼ 3.5%WB
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)20.5%2023▲ 86.1%WB
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$548.3M2023▲ 41.8%WB
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)1.4%2023▼ 12.8%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$43.5M2023▼ 21.2%WB
▶Finance1 indicator · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)17.0%2024▲ 2.5%WB
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population634,4312024▲ 0.9%WB
Population Growth (%)0.9%2024▼ 4.0%WB
Population Density (per km²)42023▲ 0.9%WB
Surface Area (sq km)163,8202023▲ 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)160,5082023▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)65.8%2024▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (total)417,2282024▲ 0.9%WB
Rural Population (%)34.2%2024▼ 0.0%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth73.6 years2023▲ 0.5%WB
Life Expectancy, Male70.5 years2023▲ 0.6%WB
Life Expectancy, Female76.8 years2023▲ 0.4%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)2.22023▼ 1.1%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)17.32023▼ 1.0%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)6.62023▼ 0.6%WB
Net Migration-9672025▲ 17.1%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)25.6%2024▼ 1.2%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)66.5%2024▲ 0.0%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)7.9%2024▲ 3.6%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)50.5%2024▼ 0.1%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)11.9%2024▲ 3.6%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)38.6%2024▼ 1.2%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)195.92023▼ 2.6%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)121.22023▼ 2.3%WB
▶Labor18 indicators · 2016–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force257,1282025▲ 1.2%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)53.8%2025▼ 0.0%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)44.9%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)62.9%2025▼ 0.1%WB
Unemployment (%)7.8%2025▲ 2.8%WB
Female Unemployment (%)10.8%2025▲ 1.5%WB
Male Unemployment (%)5.7%2025▲ 4.5%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)25.4%2025▲ 2.0%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)7.0%2025▼ 1.7%WB
Employment in Industry (%)26.1%2025▼ 0.1%WB
Employment in Services (%)66.9%2025▲ 0.2%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)18.4%2025▼ 1.6%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)77.5%2025▲ 0.4%WB
Employers (% of total employment)4.1%2025▼ 0.0%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)42.0%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)49.6%2025▼ 0.3%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)22.5%2025▼ 1.3%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)18.2%2016—WB
▶Education14 indicators · 2015–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Education Spending (% of GDP)2.9%2023▼ 16.5%WB
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)8.6%2024▲ 13.5%WB
Primary School Enrollment (%)64.2%2023▼ 32.7%WB
Secondary School Enrollment (%)76.1%2023▼ 2.1%WB
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)4.9%2023▼ 1.7%WB
Primary Completion Rate (%)75.2%2021▼ 12.9%WB
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)42.3%2021▼ 0.7%WB
Out-of-School Children, Primary6,1192023▼ 20.6%WB
Out-of-School Girls, Primary4,3862023▼ 30.4%WB
Primary School Teachers5,0662021▼ 3.7%WB
Secondary School Teachers4,5202023▲ 4.8%WB
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary132018—WB
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary122015—WB
Pupil-Teacher Ratio (Primary)70.12020—WB
▶Health38 indicators · 2018–2024 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)5.4%2023▼ 8.9%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$2972023▼ 13.8%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)3.4%2023▼ 19.2%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)19.7%2023▲ 22.5%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)1.42023▼ 7.6%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)1.72023▼ 41.1%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)2.92022▲ 1.8%WHO
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)16.22023▼ 3.6%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)9.92023▼ 3.9%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)842023▼ 4.5%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)14.22023▼ 3.4%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)18.12023▼ 3.2%WHO
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)11.8%2019—WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)78.6%2019—WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)9.6%2019—WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)73.0%2024▲ 2.8%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)69.0%2024▼ 4.2%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.732024▼ 3.9%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)342024▲ 9.7%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)22.32021▼ 21.8%WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)5.92020▼ 10.6%WHO
Maternal Deaths92023▼ 4.7%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)342024▲ 9.7%WHO
People Living with HIV7,9002024▲ 2.6%WHO
Malaria Deaths (estimated)02024—WHO
Malaria Incidence (per 1K at risk)02024—WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)69%2024▼ 4.2%WHO
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)73%2024▲ 2.8%WHO
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)69%2024▼ 4.2%WHO
Physicians (total)132024▼ 3.5%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel182024▲ 6.5%WHO
Dentists (total)1,0752024▲ 7.8%WHO
Pharmacists (total)922024▲ 3.4%WHO
Child Wasting (<5 years, %)5.5%2018—WHO
Child Underweight (<5 years, %)6.7%2018—WHO
Universal Health Coverage Index742023▼ 1.3%WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)992021—WHO
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)$2972023▼ 13.8%WHO
▶Energy & Environment16 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
CO₂ Emissions (tonnes per capita)4.12024▲ 2.3%WB
CO₂ Emissions (total kilotonnes)32024▲ 3.2%WB
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)1,6952023▼ 2.5%WB
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)2,8972023▼ 2.0%WB
Renewable Electricity Output (%)41.9%2021▲ 22.9%WB
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)14.5%2021▼ 0.7%WB
Access to Electricity (%)99.6%2023▲ 0.6%WB
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)95.7%2023▲ 0.3%WB
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)27.32020—WB
Forest Area (%)94.4%2023▼ 0.1%WB
Forest Area (sq km)151,5962023▼ 0.1%WB
Arable Land (%)0.3%2023▲ 5.9%WB
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)8.6%2024▲ 1.2%WB
Marine Protected Areas (%)1.5%2024▲ 0.0%WB
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)98.0%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)90.0%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
▶Agriculture12 indicators · 2021–2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Agricultural Land (%)0.4%2023▼ 0.8%WB
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)4,0792023▲ 8.4%WB
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)87.92022▲ 0.1%WB
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)80.22022▲ 0.4%WB
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)124.12022▼ 0.9%WB
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)49,8132023▲ 1.7%WB
Total Fisheries Production (metric tonnes)31,8702023▼ 5.4%WB
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)285.62023▲ 53.8%WB
Prevalence of Undernourishment (%)9.7%2023▼ 2.0%WB
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)74.4%2021▼ 0.9%WB
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)0.6%2022▲ 0.0%WB
Cereal Production (metric tons)203,1852023▲ 10.3%WB
▶Technology8 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Internet Users (%)78.4%2023▲ 1.0%WB
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)1572023▲ 5.5%WB
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)17.52023▼ 12.4%WB
Secure Internet Servers (per million)2,060.12024▲ 48.4%WB
Scientific Journal Articles132022▼ 46.5%WB
High-Technology Exports (USD)$13.3M2024▲ 150.7%WB
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)10.6%2024▼ 5.0%WB
ICT Service Exports (USD)$22.4M2024▲ 15.7%WB
▶Infrastructure5 indicators · 2021–2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried149,6722023▲ 22.1%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)23.62023▲ 13.7%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)103,8742022▼ 5.2%WB
Electricity from Oil (%)38.3%2023▼ 30.9%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021—WB
▶Gender7 indicators · 2018–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Women in Parliament (%)31.4%2024▲ 6.7%WB
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)79.3%2025▲ 0.5%WB
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)92.8%2018—WB
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)482023▼ 1.6%WB
Gender Parity Index, Primary92.942018—WB
Gender Parity Index, Secondary1.222021—WB
Gender Parity in Primary Education0.992021▼ 1.0%WB
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-0.42023▲ 0.1%WB
Government Effectiveness-0.972023▼ 2.4%WB
Political Stability0.412023▲ 3.3%WB
Regulatory Quality-0.732023▲ 7.8%WB
Rule of Law-0.062023▲ 51.5%WB
Voice & Accountability0.352023▼ 4.4%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)39.2%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)16.0%2023▲ 6.2%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)51.9%2023▲ 7.8%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)59.7%2023▲ 3.8%WB
▶Military3 indicators · 2020–2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Armed Forces Personnel2,0002020—WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.8%2020—WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)6.52023▼ 9.7%WB
▶Poverty & Inequality10 indicators · 2022 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)2.2%2022—WB
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)4.6%2022—WB
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)20.9%2022—WB
Poverty Headcount, National (%)17.6%2022—WB
Gini Index39.22022—WB
Income Share, Top 10%30.1%2022—WB
Income Share, Bottom 10%2.2%2022—WB
Income Share, Top 20%45.6%2022—WB
Income Share, Bottom 20%5.9%2022—WB
Poverty Gap at $2.15/day (%)0.5%2022—WB
▶Tourism5 indicators · 2017–2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals279,0002017—WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$19.0M2020▼ 70.3%WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$64.0M2020▼ 31.9%WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)0.8%2020▼ 72.2%WB
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$4.0M2020—WB
▶Urban Development5 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Urban Population Growth (%)0.9%2024▲ 27.5%WB
Population in Slums (% of urban)15.8%2022▲ 0.0%WB
Rural Population Growth (%)0.9%2024▼ 35.7%WB
Access to Safely Managed Drinking Water (%)55.8%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)25.1%2024▼ 0.1%WHO

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