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Suriname — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Suriname, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
53.82%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +11.8% since 1990
Labor participation for Suriname was 53.82% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 56.31% in 2019. The lowest was 46.61% in 1999 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.32% per year.
Suriname ranks 145 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 78%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Suriname sits below it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
53.82%
First (1990)
48.15%
Change
+11.8%
Highest
56.31%
in 2019
Lowest
46.61%
in 1999
Average
51.23%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.32%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.82% |
| 2024 | 53.84% |
| 2023 | 53.58% |
| 2022 | 53.41% |
| 2021 | 53.25% |
| 2020 | 52.65% |
| 2019 | 56.31% |
| 2018 | 56.3% |
| 2017 | 56.14% |
| 2016 | 56.12% |
| 2015 | 55.56% |
| 2014 | 55.01% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation 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.