Suriname

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Key facts

  • Currency: Suriname dollar
  • Capital city: Paramaribo
  • Region: South America
  • Continent: Americas
  • Land area: 156,000 km²
  • Population: 618,040
  • Political Leader: Dési Bouterse (President)

Latest news

'We live off the forest': fears rise in Suriname as Mennonites look to settle

Read: The Guardian

2023-12-15

14 dead after illegal goldmine collapses in Suriname

Read: Fox News

2023-11-22

Gold mine collapse in Suriname leaves at least 10 dead, authorities say

Read: ABC News

2023-11-21

Metrics

Business

GDP 3,620,990,000.00 current US$
Inflation 52.45 annual %
Self-employed 22.65 % of total employment
Unemployment 8.23 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 19.79 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 780.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 15.19 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 2,601.32 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 60.05 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 39.95 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.00 % of total
Net energy imports -43.76 % of energy use
Fertility rate 2.35 births per woman
Forest area 151,840 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 76.25 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 237.07 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 24.10 years
Methane emissions 1,415.67 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 178.09 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 310,416
Male Population 307,625
Renewable energy consumption 14.66 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 145,003.00 km²
Rural population 208,236
Urban land area 261.39 km²
Urban population 409,804
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 53.48 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 18.15 per 1,000 people
Death rate 8.67 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 459.56 current US$
Health expenditure 6.77 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.71 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 3.00 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 70 years
Suicide mortality rate 25.40 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 98.82 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 65.94 % of population
Net migration -1,000
Press freedom 4.77


Politics

Armed forces personnel 2,000
Democracy score 6.98
Democracy type Flawed democracy
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 29.41 %


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Coordinates: [4°0′N, -56°0′S]
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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 22 days ago

License

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