International Rankings of Suriname 2021, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	92	13.31	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	130	80320	0
Internet users - percent of population	138	48.95 %	2018
Internet users - total	163	292685	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	98	15.37	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	136	92756	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	49	134.9	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	163	813844	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	176	827.800 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	181	560.700 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	92	7.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	149	25.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	131	47.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	124	61.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	64	75	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	169	3.419 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	28	68.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	107	11.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	179	27.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	132	60.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	2	52.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	2	26.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	73	11.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	59	31.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	108	57.4 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	77	1 %	2017
Labor force	171	144000 US Dollars	2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	89	11.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	71	19.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	50	69.3 %	2010
Population below poverty line	3	70	2002
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	161	9.606 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	79	16525 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	138	16.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	155	2.075 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	80	820	2015
Crude oil - production	66	17000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	64	84.200 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	143	1.750 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	37	61	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	34	38	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	2	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	148	504000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	135	1.967 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2011
Refined petroleum products - consumption	128	13000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	74	14000 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	142	10700 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	101	7571 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	142	1.74 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	142	2.28 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	74	23.6 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	191	0.5	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	1	94.6	2018
Land use - other	174	4.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	159	0.1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	27	2.36 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	68	99.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	106	431.100 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	96	135.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	146	49.300 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	117	0.88	2025
Urbanization - urban population	86	66.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	91	156000 sq km	0
Area - total	91	163820 sq km	0
Area - water	76	782092 sq km	0
Coastline	114	386 km	0
Elevation - highest point	119	1230 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	2 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	117	246 meters	0
Irrigated land	106	570 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	87	1907 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	191	0.5	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	1	94.6	2018
Land use - other	174	4.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	159	0.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	67	99.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	78	17.2 %	1438
Age structure - 25-54 years	34	44.09 %	1868
Age structure - 55-64 years	107	8.78 %	7066
Birth rate	113	14.7 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	88	39.1 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	32	8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	133	6.1 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	81	10.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	73	9.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	104	51.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	83	40.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	16	98.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	73	8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	76	3.4 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	54	1.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	27	1.1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	89	5200	2020
Hospital bed density	39	3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	69	21.23 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	61	31.72 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	64	26.6 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	121	76.16 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	121	71.09 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	123	73.57 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	59	120	2017
Median age - female	86	31.4 years	2020
Median age - male	77	30.6 years	0
Median age - total	80	31 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	64	0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	36	26.4 %	2016
Physicians density	101	1.21 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	166	614749	2021
Population growth rate	92	0.91 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	15	98.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	87	11.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	81	5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	93	1.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	21	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	99	1.85 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	20	39.9	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	55	18.7	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	38	26.5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	117	0.88	2025
Urbanization - urban population	86	66.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	74	55	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	72	6	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	54	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	52	49	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	36	45	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	65	33.200 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	129	272347	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	82	20	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	120	1119 km	2003
Roadways - total	121	4304 km	2003
Waterways	52	1200 km	7

*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.

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