Life expectancy
73.8 · 2024
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Suriname
$6,962GDP per capita · 2024
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
634.4K · 2024
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Population growth
0.9% · 2024
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Urban population
65.8% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
4.1 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
0.2% · 2024
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Current account balance (IMF)
-53.3% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
No data
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Government gross debt
105.8% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
7.8% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
9.5% · 2025
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Output & growth
GDP
$4.4B · 2024
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GDP (IMF)
$4.7B · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 14.3B · 2025
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GDP growth
1.7% · 2024
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GDP per capita
$6,962 · 2024
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$7,099 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$5,690 · 2024
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Real GDP growth
1.5% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
16.2% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
9.2% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
39.2 · 2022
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Internet users
87.4% · 2023
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Trade
Exports
52.5% · 2010
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Imports
38.4% · 2010
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Trade
91.0% · 2010
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