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Suriname
Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income · capital Paramaribo
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old73.8years
Ranks 118 of 217 in 2024
about the same world median · 3% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old15.8per 1,000 live births
Ranks 104 of 196 in 2024
6% above world median · 21% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old84per 100,000 live births
Ranks 123 of 194 in 2023
79% above world median · 54% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2018 · 8 years old8.3% of under-5s
Ranks 12 of 48 in 2018
64% below world median · 2% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 48 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old5.41% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
15% below world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old2.23births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
18% above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2012 · 14 years old92.9% of adults 15+
Ranks 18 of 44 in 2012
3% above world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 44 countries reporting in 2012 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old91.9% gross
Ranks 114 of 134 in 2024
8% below world median · 6% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old2.87% of GDP
Ranks 86 of 121 in 2023
22% below world median · 24% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old7,070current US$
Ranks 99 of 186 in 2025
10% below world median · 36% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old22,652international $
Ranks 86 of 185 in 2025
12% above world median · 2% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2022 · 4 years old2.2% of population
Ranks 46 of 73 in 2022
1.0× above world median · 20% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 73 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2022 · 4 years old39.2index, 0–100
Ranks 56 of 73 in 2022
16% above world median · 7% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 73 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old7.8% of labour force
Ranks 131 of 182 in 2025
54% above world median · 31% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old9.2% per year
Not ranked — no better end
2.0× above world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old99.0% of population
Ranks 135 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old55.8% of population
Ranks 105 of 148 in 2024
31% below world median · 18% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2023 · 3 years old87.4% of population
Ranks 62 of 181 in 2023
7% above world median · 13% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 181 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old4.06t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
59% above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old639.9kpeople
Not ranked — no better end
90% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Suriname has no figure in this dataset for Military spending. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.