International Rankings of Suriname 2023, 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	38	16	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	130	92270	2020
Internet users - percent of population	53	66 %	2021
Internet users - total	170	402600	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	39	20	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	129	119977	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	19	148	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	161	906170	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	157	1.648 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	174	863.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	92	7.8 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	63	176.130 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	158	1.700 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	155	2.299 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	174	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	108	11.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	181	27.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	135	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	115	57.4 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	177	1.876 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	189	10.92 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	5	59.11 %	2021
Labor force	170	244200 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	89	11.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	73	19.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	54	69.3 %	2010
Population below poverty line	4	70 %	2002
Public debt	60	69.3 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	166	9.052 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	188	2.73 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	101	14800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	145	992.257 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	120	16.4 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	65	10.06 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	16	46.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	50	22.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	33	30.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	120	11000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	150	2.361 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	140	2.938 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	76	808.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	149	542000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	143	234.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	54	0.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	110	40.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	38	58.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	71	82.356 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	81	200 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	64	89.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	146	15800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	75	14800 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	76	14000 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	146	10700 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	103	7571 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	145	1.74 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	143	2.28 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	75	23.6 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	196	0.5	2018
Land use - arable land	158	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	1	94.6	2018
Land use - other	178	4.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	161	0.1	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	29	2.36 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	71	99.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	102	430.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	81	140.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	108	50.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	118	0.88	2025
Urbanization - urban population	80	66.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	93	156000 sq km	0
Area - total	94	163820 sq km	0
Area - water	77	782092 sq km	0
Coastline	120	386 km	0
Elevation - highest point	130	1230 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	36	2 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	118	246 meters	0
Irrigated land	107	600 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	90	1907 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	196	0.5	2018
Land use - arable land	158	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	1	94.6	2018
Land use - other	178	4.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	161	0.1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	41	1.2 % of GDP	2019
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	45	3.4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	49	0.18 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	29	2.87 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	57	6.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	83	0.14 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	109	15.17 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	62	6.7 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	83	39.1 %	2018
Current health expenditure	50	6.8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	110	52.1 %	2023
Death rate	116	6.63 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	100	11 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	75	9.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	114	50.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	88	40 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	6	99.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	96	1.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	93	0.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	59	0.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	36	5 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	77	0.92 %	2023
Hospital bed density	41	3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	69	21.33 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	40	37.95 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	51	29.91 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	127	76.46 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	146	68.92 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	142	72.57 years	0
Literacy - female	45	93.4 %	2021
Literacy - male	27	96.5 %	0
Literacy - total population	39	95 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	67	96 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	89	31.4 years	2020
Median age - male	82	30.6 years	0
Median age - total	83	31 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	43	2.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	36	26.4 %	2016
Physicians density	115	0.82 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	171	639759	2023
Population growth rate	71	1.11 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	15	98.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	90	8.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	94	4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	80	1.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	23	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	43	0.7 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	94	1.91 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	118	0.88	2025
Urbanization - urban population	80	66.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	16	46.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	50	22.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	33	30.5	0
Transportation
Airports	75	55	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	54	491000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	134	10	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	70	33.200 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	131	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	123	1119 km	2003
Roadways - total	133	4304 km	2003
Waterways	58	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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Suriname 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Suriname 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.