Labor force | 255,500 (2024 est.) |
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Industrial production growth rate | 2.1% (2023 est.) |
Industries | gold mining, oil, lumber, food processing, fishing |
Population below poverty line | |
Taxes and other revenues | |
Fiscal year | |
Exchange rates | |
Currency | Surinamese dollars (SRD) per US dollar - |
Exchange rates 2024 | 33.181 (2024 est.) |
Exchange rates 2023 | 36.776 (2023 est.) |
Exchange rates 2022 | 24.709 (2022 est.) |
Exchange rates 2021 | 18.239 (2021 est.) |
Exchange rates 2020 | 9.31 (2020 est.) |
Debt - external | |
Debt - external 2023 | $2.645 billion (2023 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024 | $1.632 billion (2024 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023 | $1.346 billion (2023 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022 | $1.195 billion (2022 est.) |
Current account balance | |
Current account balance 2024 | $9.306 million (2024 est.) |
Current account balance 2023 | $148.118 million (2023 est.) |
Current account balance 2022 | $76.321 million (2022 est.) |
Budget | |
Revenues | $863 million (2019 est.) |
Expenditures | $1.648 billion (2019 est.) |
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) | |
Remittances | |
Remittances 2024 | 3.4% of GDP (2024 est.) |
Remittances 2023 | 4.3% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Remittances 2022 | 3.9% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Household income | |
Lowest 10% | 2.2% (2022 est.) |
Highest 10% | 30.1% (2022 est.) |
Imports | |
Imports 2024 | $2.571 billion (2024 est.) |
Imports 2023 | $2.203 billion (2023 est.) |
Imports 2022 | $2.342 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports (partners) | USA 22%, China 12%, Netherlands 11%, Trinidad & Tobago 9%, Guyana 8% (2023) |
Comodities Imports force | refined petroleum, ships, excavation machinery, trucks, tobacco (2023) |
Exports | |
Imports 2024 | $2.571 billion (2024 est.) |
Imports 2023 | $2.203 billion (2023 est.) |
Imports 2022 | $2.342 billion (2022 est.) |
Exports (partners) | Switzerland 49%, UAE 28%, Guyana 5%, USA 4%, France 3% (2023) |
Comodities Exports force | gold, fish, refined petroleum, wood, tobacco (2023) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) | |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024 | $12.316 billion (2024 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023 | $11.976 billion (2023 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022 | $11.68 billion (2022 est.) |
GDP (official exchange rate) | $4.714 billion (2024 est.) |
Real GDP Per capita | |
Real GDP per capita 2024 | $19,400 (2024 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2023 | $19,000 (2023 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2022 | $18,700 (2022 est.) |
GDP - composition, by sector of origin | |
Agriculture | 7.5% (2023 est.) |
Industry | 39.9% (2023 est.) |
Services | 48.3% (2023 est.) |
Unemployment rate | |
Unemployment rate 2024 | 7.4% (2024 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2023 | 7.7% (2023 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2022 | 8.2% (2022 est.) |
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) | |
Total | 24.2% (2024 est.) |
Male | 16.9% (2024 est.) |
Female | 35.9% (2024 est.) |
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