Suriname — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Suriname, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Suriname was 9.21% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 64 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 368.48% in 1994. The lowest was -0.70% in 1996 (about -13.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.82% per year.
Suriname ranks 23 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 12%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.53%, so Suriname sits above it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 98% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 34%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 3 of 33 economies; Colombia (5.14%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 6789% in 1969. That is 73% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1967; grown tenfold by 1987. Doubling roughly every 39 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 27th of 63 in 1960 → 70th of 92 in 1970 → 52nd of 106 in 1980 → 27th of 131 in 1990 → 6th of 163 in 2000 → 38th of 186 in 2010 → 4th of 178 in 2020 → 18th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.21% | -7.0 pp |
| 2024 | 16.23% | -35.4 pp |
| 2023 | 51.59% | -0.9 pp |
| 2022 | 52.45% | -6.7 pp |
| 2021 | 59.12% | +24.2 pp |
| 2020 | 34.89% | +12.9 pp |
| 2017 | 22% | -33.4 pp |
| 2016 | 55.41% | +48.5 pp |
| 2015 | 6.89% | +3.5 pp |
| 2014 | 3.38% | +1.5 pp |
| 2013 | 1.92% | -3.1 pp |
| 2012 | 5.01% | -12.7 pp |
| 2011 | 17.71% | +10.8 pp |
| 2010 | 6.94% | +7.1 pp |
| 2009 | -0.13% | -14.8 pp |
| 2008 | 14.67% | +8.2 pp |
| 2007 | 6.43% | -4.9 pp |
| 2006 | 11.28% | +1.4 pp |
| 2005 | 9.9% | -0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 9.99% | -13.0 pp |
| 2003 | 23% | +7.5 pp |
| 2002 | 15.53% | -23.1 pp |
| 2001 | 38.59% | -20.8 pp |
| 2000 | 59.4% | -39.4 pp |
| 1999 | 98.77% | +79.8 pp |
| 1998 | 18.98% | +11.8 pp |
| 1997 | 7.15% | +7.8 pp |
| 1996 | -0.7% | -236.3 pp |
| 1995 | 235.56% | -132.9 pp |
| 1994 | 368.48% | +225.0 pp |
| 1993 | 143.51% | +99.8 pp |
| 1992 | 43.67% | +17.7 pp |
| 1991 | 25.97% | +4.2 pp |
| 1990 | 21.74% | +21.0 pp |
| 1989 | 0.77% | -6.5 pp |
| 1988 | 7.31% | -46.1 pp |
| 1987 | 53.39% | +34.7 pp |
| 1986 | 18.69% | +7.8 pp |
| 1985 | 10.87% | +7.2 pp |
| 1984 | 3.69% | -0.7 pp |
| 1983 | 4.41% | -2.9 pp |
| 1982 | 7.28% | -1.5 pp |
| 1981 | 8.79% | -5.3 pp |
| 1980 | 14.11% | -0.7 pp |
| 1979 | 14.84% | +6.0 pp |
| 1978 | 8.82% | -0.9 pp |
| 1977 | 9.73% | -0.3 pp |
| 1976 | 10.07% | +1.6 pp |
| 1975 | 8.45% | -8.4 pp |
| 1974 | 16.88% | +3.9 pp |
| 1973 | 12.94% | +9.7 pp |
| 1972 | 3.23% | +3.0 pp |
| 1971 | 0.22% | -2.4 pp |
| 1970 | 2.59% | -8.7 pp |
| 1969 | 11.27% | +11.1 pp |
| 1968 | 0.16% | -10.5 pp |
| 1967 | 10.69% | +5.9 pp |
| 1966 | 4.74% | +2.8 pp |
| 1965 | 1.93% | -2.3 pp |
| 1964 | 4.23% | +2.2 pp |
| 1963 | 2.06% | -0.0 pp |
| 1962 | 2.1% | +0.4 pp |
| 1961 | 1.71% | -1.1 pp |
| 1960 | 2.86% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Suriname’s Inflation in 1961?
1.71% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Suriname’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +222.2% in total — about 1.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. 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: 2025: 9.21%; 2024: 16.23%; 2023: 51.59%; 2022: 52.45%; 2021: 59.12%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). 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.