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Suriname — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Suriname, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
7.83%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -54.4% since 1991
Unemployment for Suriname was 7.83% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 17.28% in 1992. The lowest was 6.60% in 2013 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.28% per year.
Suriname ranks 56 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 30%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Suriname sits above it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 55% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
7.83%
First (1991)
17.19%
Change
-54.4%
Highest
17.28%
in 1992
Lowest
6.60%
in 2013
Average
9.76%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.28%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.83% |
| 2024 | 7.62% |
| 2023 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 7.97% |
| 2021 | 8.71% |
| 2020 | 8.97% |
| 2019 | 7.76% |
| 2018 | 7.82% |
| 2017 | 7.91% |
| 2016 | 7.92% |
| 2015 | 7.22% |
| 2014 | 6.94% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.