Suriname
Suriname in numbers — 18 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Suriname recorded GDP per capita: 7,070 (2025), ranking 120 of 212 worldwide; Population: 639,850 (2025), ranking 168 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 73.8 (2024), ranking 118 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 9.21% (2025), ranking 23 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+4440%) and Population growth the largest decrease (-74%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 18 comparable series are higher and 10 are lower.
Its population of 639,850 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
All 18 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 4,523,657,796.86 | 2025 | +4439.5% |
| GDP per capita | 7,069.87 | 2025 | +1772.4% |
| GDP growth | 1.79% | 2025 | -62.7% |
| Population | 639,850 | 2025 | +142.4% |
| Population growth | 0.85% | 2025 | -74.3% |
| Urban population | 65.79% | 2025 | +7.9% |
| Inflation | 9.21% | 2025 | +222.2% |
| Life expectancy | 73.76 | 2024 | +30.3% |
| Infant mortality | 14.8 | 2024 | -66.4% |
| CO2 per capita | 4.06 | 2024 | +145.8% |
| GDP (PPP) | 14,494,135,109.54 | 2025 | +441.2% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 22,652.4 | 2025 | +248.9% |
| Labor participation | 53.82% | 2025 | +11.8% |
| Unemployment | 7.83% | 2025 | -54.4% |
| Electricity access | 99% | 2024 | -0.6% |
| Forest area | 94.45% | 2023 | -1.4% |
| Internet users | 87.4% | 2023 | — |
| Health spending | 5.41% | 2023 | -7.9% |