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Suriname

Headline economic indicators for Suriname, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Suriname
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 9.2% -7.02 (-43.3%)
Consumer price index · 1,855.2 +156.39 (+9.2%)
GDP deflator inflation · 13.0% +0.18 (+1.4%)

GDP

GDP — Suriname
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 1.8% +0.07 (+4.1%)
GDP per capita · 7,069.87 +108.08 (+1.6%)
GDP · 4,523,657,796.86 +106,882,684 (+2.4%)
GDP, PPP · 14,494,135,110 +643,118,869 (+4.6%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 22,652 +820.21 (+3.8%)
GDP per capita growth · 0.9% +0.10 (+11.7%)
GNI per capita · 6,140 +450.00 (+7.9%)
Agriculture to GDP · 6.8% -0.39 (-5.5%)
Industry to GDP · 35.1% -4.61 (-11.6%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 19.8% -5.65 (-22.2%)
Services to GDP · 50.8% +2.01 (+4.1%)
Household consumption to GDP · 35.9% -0.81 (-2.2%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 36.2% -13.98 (-27.9%)
Gross savings to GDP · 50.3% -2.30 (-4.4%)

Labour

Labour — Suriname
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 7.8% +0.21 (+2.8%)
Labour force participation rate · 53.8% -0.01 (-0.0%)
Female labour force participation rate · 44.9% +0.03 (+0.1%)
Youth unemployment rate · 25.4% +0.50 (+2.0%)
Employment to population ratio · 49.6% -0.13 (-0.3%)
Employment in agriculture · 7.0% -0.12 (-1.7%)
Employment in industry · 26.1% -0.02 (-0.1%)
Employment in services · 66.9% +0.14 (+0.2%)

Money

Money — Suriname
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 1.3% -0.43 (-24.2%)
Broad money to GDP · 65.4% +3.14 (+5.0%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 20.3% +3.25 (+19.1%)
Lending rate · 14.5% -0.30 (-2.0%)
Bank deposit rate · 6.7% -2.93 (-30.5%)
Official exchange rate · 37.26 +4.08 (+12.3%)

Trade

Trade — Suriname
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -55.3% -42.35 (-328.0%)
Exports to GDP · 52.5% +8.42 (+19.1%)
Imports to GDP · 38.4% -5.38 (-12.3%)
Trade to GDP · 91.0% +3.04 (+3.5%)
Exports of goods and services · 2,295,461,855.16 +585,443,640 (+34.2%)
Imports of goods and services · 1,678,069,306.05 -19,198,454 (-1.1%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -2,320,405,497.51 -1,711,988,684 (-281.4%)
Current account balance (annual) · -2,500,155,029.45 -1,929,764,634 (-338.3%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 45.4% +30.18 (+198.9%)
Remittances received to GDP · 3.9% +0.26 (+7.3%)
Total reserves, including gold · 1,615,758,213.36 -16,559,600 (-1.0%)
Reserves in months of imports · 3.3 -2.17 (-39.8%)
External debt to GNI · 129.1% +8.70 (+7.2%)

Government

Government — Suriname
Indicator Value Change
Government consumption to GDP · 13.3% +0.15 (+1.1%)
Education spending to GDP · 2.9% -0.57 (-16.5%)
Health spending to GDP · 5.4% -0.53 (-8.9%)

Demography

Demography — Suriname
Indicator Value Change
Population · 639,850 +5,419 (+0.9%)
Population growth · 0.9% -0.03 (-3.1%)
Life expectancy · 73.8 +0.13 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 2.23 -0.02 (-0.8%)
Birth rate · 17.2 -0.15 (-0.8%)
Death rate · 6.8 +0.19 (+2.9%)
Urban population share · 65.8% +0.02 (+0.0%)
Population aged 65 and over · 8.2% +0.29 (+3.7%)
Under-five mortality rate · 15.8 -0.50 (-3.1%)
Population density · 4.0 +0.03 (+0.9%)
Net migration · -967 +199.00 (+17.1%)
Gini index · 39.2 -18.30 (-31.8%)

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