🇸🇷 Suriname
Latin America & Caribbean · Capital: Paramaribo
Money3.3 / 10
Health4.4 / 10
Quality of life4.3 / 10
Passport4.0 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money3.3 / 10
GDP per capita, PPP$22,65297 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$6,140120 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth1.8 %152 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation9.2 %166 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment7.8 %132 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)39.2107 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2022
Reserves$2B133 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power18.4140 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety
Homicides per 100k6.5118 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health4.4 / 10
Life expectancy73.8 yr118 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 100014.8112 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$297114 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending5.4 % GDP120 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10001.4105 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2023
Hospital beds per 10002.965 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2022
☀Quality of life4.3 / 10
Internet users87.4 %78 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2023
Education spending2.9 % GDP152 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2023
Urban population65.8 %104 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
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◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Foreign direct investment$2B66 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism279,000 ppl148 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2017
☗People and environment
Population639,850168 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth0.85 %110 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman2.289 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10014236 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity99.0 %136 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita4.1 t136 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy14.5 %126 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
▤Passport4.0 / 10
No visa needed in advance73 of 198118 of 199
Visa free37 of 198
Visa on arrival33 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)3 of 198
E-visa40 of 198
Visa required85 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not