Economy of Suriname

Economy of Suriname
CurrencySurinamese dollar (SRD) (since 2004)
Surinamese guilder (SRG) (until 2003)
Calendar year
Trade organisations
WTO, CARICOM, Unasur, Mercosur (associate)
Statistics
GDP
  • Increase $3.470 billion (nominal, 2023 est.)[1]
  • Increase $11.508 billion (PPP, 2023 est.)[1]
GDP growth
  • -15.9% (2020e) -2.7% (2021e)
  • 1.3% (2022e) 2.3% (2023e)[1]
GDP per capita
  • Increase $5,557 (nominal, 2023 est.)[1]
  • Increase $18,427 (PPP, 2023 est.)[1]
GDP by sector
agriculture: 10.4%; industry: 36.6%; services: 52.9% (2012 est.)
22 % (2020) [2]
Population below poverty line
70% (2002 est.)
  • Increase 0.724 high (2018)[3] (98th)
  • 0.557 IHDI (2018)[4]
Labour force
220,600 (2020) [5]
Labour force by occupation
agriculture: 8%; industry: 14%; services: 78% (2004)
Unemployment7.47% (2020) [6]
Main industries
bauxite and gold mining, alumina production; oil, lumbering, food processing, fishing
External
ExportsIncrease$2.51 billion (2018)
Export goods
Gold, alumina, Wood, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice, bananas
Main export partners
ImportsIncrease$1.84 billion (2018)
Import goods
capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods
Main import partners
$504.3 million (2005 est.)
Public finances
Revenues$826.6 million (2010 est.)
Expenses$939.7 million (2010 est.)
Economic aidNetherlands provided $37 million for project and program assistance, European Development Fund $4 million, Belgium $2 million (2003)
Standard & Poor's:CCC
Outlook: Stable[9]
Moody's:[9]
Caa2
Outlook: Stable
Fitch:[9]
CCC
Outlook: Highly Vulnerable
$647.3 million (2019) [10]
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.


The economy of Suriname was largely dependent upon the exports of aluminium oxide and small amounts of aluminium produced from bauxite mined in the country. However, after the departure of Alcoa, the economy depended on the exports of crude oil and gold. Suriname was ranked the 124th safest investment destination in the world in the March 2011 Euromoney Country Risk rankings.[11]

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  2. ^ "SRD - Surinamese Dollar". Xe.currency. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Human Development Index (HDI)". hdr.undp.org. HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI)". hdr.undp.org. HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Suriname: Labor force". theglobaleconomy. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Suriname: Unemployment rate". theglobaleconomy. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Where does Suriname export to? (2018)".
  8. ^ "Where does Suriname import from? (2018)".
  9. ^ a b c Rogers, Simon; Sedghi, Ami (15 April 2011). "How Fitch, Moody's and S&P rate each country's credit rating". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Total reserves". World bank. Retrieved 11 Dec 2020.
  11. ^ "Euromoney Country Risk". Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Retrieved 15 August 2011.