Country profile
Suriname
Americas · Capital: Paramaribo · Currency: Surinamese dollar (SRD)
Suriname is a country in Americas, with its capital at Paramaribo. It has a GDP of $4.42B (2024), a population of 639,850 (2025), a GDP per capita of $6,962.
- GDP
- $4.42B
- GDP per capita
- $6,962
- Population
- 639,850
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $22,652
2024 · #165 of 200
2024 · #110 of 200
2025 · #168 of 216
2025 · #86 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $4.42B2024 · #165
- GDP per capita
- $6,9622024 · #110
- GDP growth
- 1.72%2024 · #147
- Inflation
- 16.23%2024 · #158
- Unemployment
- 7.83%2025 · #130
- Population
- 639,8502025 · #168
- GDP (PPP)
- $14.49B2025 · #154
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $22,6522025 · #86
- Gini index
- 39.22022 · #113
- Government debt
- 87.1%2026 · #158
People
- Median age
- 32.0 yrs2024 · #118
- Fertility rate
- 2.2 children/woman2024 · #89
- Urbanization
- 65.8%2025 · #104
- Net migration
- −967/yr2025 · #107
- Life expectancy
- 73.8 yrs2024 · #117
- HDI
- 0.7222023 · #114
- Homicide rate
- 6.5 per 100k2023 · #127
Money
- Corporate tax
- 36%2024 · #1
- Top income tax
- 38%2024 · #51
Figures
- Internet users
- 87.4%2023
- CO₂ per capita
- 4.1 t2024 · #68
- Area
- 163,820 km²#93
- Population density
- 4 /km²2025 · #210
- McDonald's
- 22024 · #101
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 76 destinations2026 · #118
- Corruption index
- 40/1002024 · #89
- Renewable energy
- 14.5%2021 · #126
Globenomics Company Index
The largest companies headquartered in Suriname.
- 1FinaBank120 employees