Suriname Analytics

Suriname is a mid-size country with 0.01% of the world's population. Suriname is a democratic republic country. It has 3 world heritage sites.

LANGUAGES

Official Language:
1. Dutch : 33,966
2. Standard Chinese : 4,761

Mother Tongue : Dutch

Literacy Rate (%) : 94

Details

Country Capital	:	Paramaribo
GDP Per capita	:	22,104
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	85^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	73
Unemployment Rate	:	0
Number of Internet Users	:	478,609
Internet Users Rank	:	163^rd/195
Area	:	156,016
Area Rank	:	90^th/195
Total Population	:	640
Total Population Rank	:	164^th/195

Continent: South America

Cities with > 100K popln: 1

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Suriname Highlights

Suriname is the 164^th ranked country in population and 90^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. Suriname is the 16^th highest ranked in HIV Infections (Per 1000) out of 195 countries in the world. This implies a poorer healthcare infrastructure in the country or lesser health awareness among people compared to other countries.
2. The average Literacy Rate (%) of 195 countries in the world is 86. Suriname is the 108^th highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This indicates that there is a better educational infrastructure in this country as compared to other countries.

Worse than World Average-

1. Suriname is the 28^th worst ranked in Teachers in primary edu. out of 195 countries in the world. This may indicate that the investment by the country in primary education is lesser when compared to other countries.
2. The average Employment in Services of the countries in the world is 10,251,634. Suriname is the 31^st worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate lesser diposable income among the population of the country, or simply imply lesser urbanisation compared to other countries.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Suriname is the 32^nd worst ranked in Total Population (2025) . Taking into context the total population of the world, this country is less populated in comparison to other countries.

Suriname Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density .	Density	828	1	1130
2	Tree density.	Density	22,685	7	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Honey prod.	Tons	16,211	115	1231
2	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	99	1235
3	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	95	1230
4	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	77	1235
5	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	65	1230
6	Oil Prod.	Barrels/day	4,369,531	70	1235
7	Oil Prodcuced/Total Oil Produced %		5	63	1234
8	Rice prod.	Tons	6,981,685	66	1234
9	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	49	1235
10	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	44	1232
11	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	44	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	2	1128
Below than World Average-
1	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	175	1231
2	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	173	1234
3	GDP (Billions USD)	$ Billions	613	153	1235
4	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	84	1233
5	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	30,070	85	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Hindu Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	2	6	1127
2	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	91	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	133	1235
2	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	71	1232
3	Jewish Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	0	42	1234
4	Hindu Pop./Total Hindu Pop.%	% People	0	20	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	10	1125
2	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	16	1126
3	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	97	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	161	1232
2	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	150	1233
3	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	143	1233
4	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	164,032	143	1230
5	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	125	1233
6	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	101	1231
7	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	46	95	1230
8	#Dentists	# People	13,328	53	1232
9	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	30	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	28	1129
Below than World Average-
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	156	1233
2	# Theaters	Count	310	58	1232
3	Theaters/Total Theaters %.	Percent	0	55	1231
4	Theaters per 100000	Ratio	1	49	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	54	1127
2	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	57	1127
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	62	1127
4	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	63	1129
5	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	79	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	168	1232
2	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	165	1231
3	Total Labour Force (2023)	# People	20,409,734	163	1230
4	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	160	1233
5	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	159	1232
6	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	158	1232
7	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	124	1232
8	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	123	1233
9	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	124	1235
10	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	120	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	33	78	1127
2	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	26	88	1128
3	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	104	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	163	1235
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	143	1232
3	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	141	1230
4	LinkedIn users	# People	6,064,509	150	1233
5	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	126	1230
6	Twitter users	# People	3,179,254	144	1235
7	Facebook users	# People	7,174,483	141	1234
8	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	15	101	1233
9	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	14	96	1230
10	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	30	83	1230
11	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	33	80	1233
12	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	71	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	85	1128
2	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	120	1130
Below than World Average-
1	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	141	1235
2	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	163	1233
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	132	1233
4	Urban Population	# People	23,726,053	160	1235
5	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	110	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	108	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	163	1234
2	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	160	1230
3	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	160	1235
4	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	159	1230
5	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	117	1234
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	92	1232
7	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	79	1232
8	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	77	1234
9	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	76	1230
10	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	28	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	312	190	1233
2	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	165	1233
3	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	165	1232
4	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	164	1232
5	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	161	1232
6	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	124	1235
7	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	125	1231
8	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	101	1232
9	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	70	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	160	1230
2	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	108	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	135	1233
2	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	119	1232
3	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	104	1231
4	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	93	1233
5	Jewish Population	# People	78,295	72	1233
6	Hindu Population	# People	6,207,784	21	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	43	1234
2	Dutch	# People	91,018	10	1233
3	Dutch as a % of total Dutch speakers	% People	0	9	1231

Suriname Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Dutch	5.31 %
2	Standard Chinese	0.74 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Paramaribo	268,039