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This table lists the international rankings of Suriname, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Suriname, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	199	188	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	118	42.80	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	159	248,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	47	15.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	143	85,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	119	84,900	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	11	171.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	158	991,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	185	$664,300,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	188	$469,900,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	70	-4.70	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	19	10	NA
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	40	13.60	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	79	-$174,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	163	$1,235,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Exports	140	$1,699,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	63	43.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	83	15.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	87	65.40	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	79	-40.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	109	16.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	1	26.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	98	6.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	11	49.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	163	43.40	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	160	$5,009,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	100	$15,200	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	162	$8,547,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	86	-7.00	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	1	57.00	2016 est.
Imports	162	$1,914,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	77	-2.00	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	3	39.00	2016 est.
Labor force	176	165,600	2007 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	84	11.20	2010
Labor force - by occupation – industry (%)	57	19.50	2010
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	49	69.30	2010
Population below poverty line (%)	4	70.00	2002 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	154	$330,200,000	31 Dec 2015 est.
Stock of broad money	143	$3,461,000,000	31 Dec 2015 est.
Stock of domestic credit	146	$1,653,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	156	$882,200,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	154	11.4	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	81	8.90	2014 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	116	2,400,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	90	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	84	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	71	17,000	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	54	88,970,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	115	1,900,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	74	0	2013 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	95	54.1	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	51	45.9	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	32	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	81	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	84	0	2013 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	106	400,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	108	2,100,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	117	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	79	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	98	0	2013 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	99	0	1 Jan 2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	123	17,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	79	12,980	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	144	10,260	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	93	19,120	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	125	386	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	148	1230	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	36	-2	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	112	512	2003
Land Area - sq km	92	156,000.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	90	1,907	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	197	0.50	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	156	0.40	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	1	94.60	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	178	4.90	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	83	0.00	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	160	0.10	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	120	246	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	223	3.76	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	92	163,820.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	59	122.00	2011
Water Area - sq km	58	7,820	NA
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	172	72,261	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	172	75,088	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	108	25.15	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	172	50,141	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	172	52,129	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	87	17.46	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	170	127,562	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	170	132,334	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	42	44.36	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	169	21,394	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	170	20,564	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	125	7.16	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	171	19,503	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	170	14,848	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	128	5.86	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	96	16.00	2016 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	39	6.00	2006 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	84	6,094	2006 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	74	5.80	2010
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	89	45.60	2006
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	67	6.10	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	75	10.40	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	82	9.60	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	104	50.80	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	87	40.40	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	50	88.4	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	39	94.8	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	19	98.1	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	78	11.6	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	82	5.2	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	72	1.9	2015 est.
Health expenditures	56	5.90	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	46	1.02	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	64	200	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	105	3,800	2014 est.
Hospital bed density	43	3.10	2010
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	64	20.90	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	65	29.50	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	66	25.30	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	89	74.80	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	87	69.80	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	86	72.20	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	28	95.00	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	34	96.10	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	35	94.70	2010 est.
Maternal mortality rate	43	130	2010
Median age – female (years)	89	29.90	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	84	29.10	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	89	29.50	2016 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	51	0.60	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	49	25.10	2008
Physicians density	94	0.91	2004
Population	172	585,824	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	86	1.05	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	95	61.4	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	70	38.6	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	79	79.2	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	80	20.8	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	56	88.4	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	91	11.6	NA
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	13	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	19	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	22	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	26	0.96	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	37	0.76	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	10	1.05	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	19	1.01	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	100	1.95	2016 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	58	22	2013 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	87	12	2013 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	44	22	2004 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	132	0.78	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	81	66	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	74	55	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	73	6	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	57	49	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	73	29,324,319	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	133	259,682	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	91	5	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2015
Pipelines (km)	121	50	2013
Roadways - paved (km)	139	1,130	2003
Roadways - total (km)	156	4,304	2003
Roadways - unpaved (km)	113	3,174	2003
Waterways (km)	51	1,200	2011

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Suriname on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Suriname contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Suriname should be addressed to the CIA.

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