Suriname — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Suriname, 1983–2024.
Infant mortality for Suriname was 14.8 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 42 years, from 1983 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 44.1 in 1983. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.63% per year.
Suriname ranks 86 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 12.0, so Suriname sits above it. It peaked in 1983 and has fallen 66% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 24%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 11 of 35 economies; Paraguay (14.5) is just below it. That is 13% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Climbed: 101st of 186 in 1983 → 101st of 196 in 1990 → 97th of 196 in 2000 → 86th of 196 in 2010 → 84th of 196 in 2020 → 86th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1983 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.8 | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 15.2 | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 15.6 | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 16.2 | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 16.6 | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 17.1 | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 17.6 | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 18 | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 18.6 | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 19 | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 19.5 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 19.9 | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 20.3 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 20.7 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 21.2 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 21.6 | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 22.1 | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 22.6 | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 23.2 | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 23.8 | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 24.4 | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 25 | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 25.8 | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 26.5 | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 27.3 | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 28.2 | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 29.2 | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 30.1 | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 31.1 | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 32.1 | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 33.2 | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 34.2 | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 35.3 | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 36.3 | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 37.3 | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 38.3 | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 39.3 | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 40.3 | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 41.2 | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 42.1 | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 43.1 | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 44.1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Suriname’s Infant mortality in 1984?
43.1 (1984). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Suriname’s Infant mortality figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — per 1,000 live births — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Suriname’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1983 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -66.4% in total — about 2.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 14.8; 2023: 15.2; 2022: 15.6; 2021: 16.2; 2020: 16.6. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.