International Rankings of Suriname 2022, 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	37	16	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	125	92270	2020
Internet users - percent of population	37	70 %	2020
Internet users - total	157	410644	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	18	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	131	103240	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	27	139.99	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	158	813844	2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures	171	827.800 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	177	560.700 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	88	7.8 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	165	3.419 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	26	68.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	102	11.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	175	27.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	127	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	71	11.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	55	31.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	104	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	76	1 %	2017
Labor force	167	144000 US Dollars	2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	83	11.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	68	19.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	48	69.3 %	2010
Population below poverty line	3	70	2002
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	155	9.460 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	66	16100 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	131	16.4 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	19	39.9	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	53	18.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	30	26.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	118	11000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	146	2.361 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	135	2.938 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	72	808.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	144	542000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	138	234.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	54	0.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	100	40.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	38	58.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	62	0.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	70	82.356 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	79	200 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	63	89.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	143	15800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	71	14800 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	72	14000 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	139	10700 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	99	7571 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	140	1.74 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	139	2.28 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	72	23.6 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	182	0.5	2018
Land use - arable land	147	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	1	94.6	2018
Land use - other	164	4.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	151	0.1	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	26	2.36 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	66	99.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	103	431.100 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	94	135.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	143	49.300 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	114	0.88	2025
Urbanization - urban population	71	66.3	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	89	156000 sq km	0
Area - total	89	163820 sq km	0
Area - water	74	782092 sq km	0
Coastline	107	386 km	0
Elevation - highest point	115	1230 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	33	2 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	115	246 meters	0
Irrigated land	103	600 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	85	1907 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	182	0.5	2018
Land use - arable land	147	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	1	94.6	2018
Land use - other	164	4.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	151	0.1	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	75	17.2	1438
Age structure - 25-54 years	32	44.09	1868
Age structure - 55-64 years	98	8.78	7066
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	45	3.4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	48	0.18 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	27	2.87 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	55	6.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	80	0.14 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	104	15.38 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	58	6.7 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	82	39.1 %	2018
Current health expenditure	20	9.7 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	106	6.59 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	91	11 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	74	9.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	107	50.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	84	40 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	6	99.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	91	1.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	90	0.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	56	0.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	34	5 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	40	3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	64	21.68 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	39	38.27 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	51	30.25 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	114	76.27 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	127	68.81 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	124	72.42 years	0
Literacy - female	46	92.7 %	2018
Literacy - male	31	96.1 %	0
Literacy - total population	40	94.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	58	120 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	82	31.4 years	2020
Median age - male	75	30.6 years	0
Median age - total	75	31 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	39	2.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	33	26.4 %	2016
Physicians density	112	0.82 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	162	632638	2022
Population growth rate	70	1.13 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	15	98.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	86	8.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	89	4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	78	1.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	18	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	21	1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	31	0.9	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	42	0.55 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	86	1.92 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	114	0.88	2025
Urbanization - urban population	71	66.3	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	19	39.9	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	53	18.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	30	26.5	0
Transportation
Airports	74	55	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	70	6	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	54	4	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	52	49	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	36	45	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	125	10	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	68	33.200 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	127	272347	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	80	20	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	117	1119 km	2003
Roadways - total	118	4304 km	2003
Waterways	56	1200 km	2011

*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 Suriname on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Suriname 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Suriname 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.