 Suriname | |||
| Voter turnout in the national election | 71.6% (2020) [70/199 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Statutory number of members (As of February 16, 2023) | 51 [160/190 countries] | ||
| Inhabitants per parliamentarian (2021) | 10,843 [158/192 countries] | ||
| % of women in parliament (As of February 16, 2023) | 29.41% [66/185 countries] | ||
| % of MPs 40 years of age or younger (As of February 16, 2023) | 37.25% [12/143 countries] | ||
| Women in ministerial positions (% of all ministers) (2021) | 33.3% [40/193 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who think that people who vote for the party/the parties in government have the most influence on the actions of the government (2016) | 19.2% [3/35 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who have confidence in parliament (2018) | 29.7% [43/47 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that MPs try to keep the promises they have made during the election (2016) | 17.9% [22/35 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Degree of interest in politics (5 steps) (2016) | 2.07 [32/34 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that they understand political issues of the country (2016) | 38.4% [27/35 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that ordinary citizens have no political voice (2017) | 65.9% [6/30 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that ordinary citizens have no political voice (2016) | 59.3% [16/35 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| General government expenditures as % of GDP (2022) | 31.3% [94/189 countries] | ||
| General government primary net lending/borrowing as % of GDP (2022) | 1.69% [22/180 countries] | ||
| General government gross debt as % of GDP (2022) | 134% [8/185 countries] | ||
| % of those who are in favour of cuts in government spending (2016) | 85.9% [7/35 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| General government revenues as % of GDP (2022) | 28% [88/189 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that taxes are too high for those with high incomes (2019) | 36.7% [5/29 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that taxes are too high for those with high incomes (2016) | 29.5% [7/35 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that taxes are too low for those with high incomes (2019) | 37.4% [22/29 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that taxes are too low for those with high incomes (2016) | 43.3% [23/35 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that people with high incomes should pay a larger % of their income in taxes than those with low incomes (2019) | 69.1% [25/29 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that the tax authorities always/ often make sure people pay their taxes (2016) | 53.6% [33/35 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who think that it is worse to convict an innocent person than to let a guilty person go free (2016) | 58.2% [31/35 countries] | ||
| % of those who follow conscience rather than law on occasions (2 choices) (2016) | 31.2% [31/35 countries] | ||
| Extent to which people trust the courts (2017) | 5.08 [21/30 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Population (ten thousands) (2021) | 59.2 [168/216 countries] | ||
| Popuation growth (annual) (2021) | 1.0% [98/217 countries] | ||
| Popuation change in the last 20 years (2001-2021) | 24.2% [119/217 countries] | ||
| 0-14 years, % of the total population (2021) | 26.4% [89/193 countries] | ||
| 15-64 years, % of the total population (2021) | 66.3% [60/193 countries] | ||
| 65 years and over, % of the total population (2021) | 7.3% [97/193 countries] | ||
| Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years) (2020) | 71.8 [123/199 countries] | ||
| Life expectancy at birth - Female (years) (2020) | 75.2 [122/199 countries] | ||
| Life expectancy at birth - Male (years) (2020) | 68.6 [130/199 countries] | ||
| Population density (per square kilometer) (2021) | 3.8 [211/216 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who think that adultery is always wrong (2018) | 77.8% [20/46 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that homosexuality is always wrong (2018) | 70.8% [15/47 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (2020) | 2.37 [83/200 countries] | ||
| Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people) (2020) | 18.1 [88/204 countries] | ||
| Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2017) | 120 [64/183 countries] | ||
| Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 15.7 [86/193 countries] | ||
| Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 18 [87/194 countries] | ||
| Adolescent fertility rate (Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19) (2020) | 58.6 [60/194 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who think that adult children have a duty to look after their elderly parents (2017) | 77.9% [10/30 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 8.0% [112/154 countries] | ||
| Prevalence of overweight in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 4.0% [111/154 countries] | ||
| Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15?49 years subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime (%) (2018) | 28% [51/151 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| International migrant stock (% of immigrants in the population) (2020) | 8.1% [102/231 countries] | ||
| Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (2019) | 44 [151/164 countries] | ||
| Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (per 10,000 people) (2019) | 0.8 [125/157 countries] | ||
| % of those who turn to family members or close friends first to find a place to live (2017) | 43.2% [25/30 countries] | ||
| % of those who turn to private companies first to find a place to live (2017) | 3.3% [29/30 countries] | ||
| % of those who turn to public services first to find a place to live (2017) | 31.9% [1/30 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| GDP (current US$, billions) (2021) | 2.854 [164/192 countries] | ||
| GDP per capita (current US$) (2021) | 4,681 [112/192 countries] | ||
| GDP per capita (PPP, current international$) (2021) | 16,178 [88/192 countries] | ||
| GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) (2021) | 4,440 [99/173 countries] | ||
| Shadow economy, as % of GDP (2015) | 23.8% [101/158 countries] | ||
| Total reserves (includes gold, 100 million US$) (2021) | 10 [117/141 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Extent to which people trust major private companies (2017) | 5.22 [8/30 countries] | ||
| % of those who have confidence in business and industry (2018) | 55.2% [41/47 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that major private companies comply with laws and regulations (2016) | 32.2% [31/35 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that major private companies try to avoid paying their taxes (2016) | 52.6% [20/35 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64) (2020) | 2.30 [58/121 countries] | ||
| Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) (2019) | 93.5% [8/190 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 8.1% [125/187 countries] | ||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 8.1% [125/187 countries] | ||
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (2019) | 24.3% [52/187 countries] | ||
| Employment in services (% of total employment) (2019) | 67.6% [63/187 countries] | ||
| % of men who prefer a full time job (2015) | 72.8% [17/37 countries] | ||
| % of women who prefer a full time job (2015) | 62.6% [7/37 countries] | ||
| % of those who agree that the government is responsible for providing a job for everyone who wants one (2016) | 84.3% [11/35 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who agree that the government is responsible for promoting equality between men and women (2016) | 90.0% [11/35 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those willing to accept temporary employment to avoid unemployment (2015) | 60.5% [23/37 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who do any work for additional income in addition to their main job (2015) | 24.8% [8/37 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Degree of job satisfaction (2015) | 4.35 [18/37 countries] | ||
| % of those who always/ often find work stressful (2015) | 25.3% [36/37 countries] | ||
| % of those who agree to the idea that a job is just a way of earning money (2015) | 50.9% [10/37 countries] | ||
| % of those who agree to the idea that they would enjoy having a paid job even if they did not need the money (2015) | 47.8% [32/37 countries] | ||
| % of men who prefer no paid job at all (2015) | 8.1% [13/37 countries] | ||
| % of women who prefer no paid job at all (2015) | 18.4% [4/37 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who can make much use of their past work experience and /or job skills in their present job (2015) | 54.3% [26/37 countries] | ||
| % of those who have got training to improve job skills over the past 12 months (2015) | 30.1% [33/37 countries] | ||
| % of those willing to accept a job that requires new skills to avoid unemployment (2015) | 74.4% [30/37 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who describe relations at their workplace between workmates/colleagues as good (2015) | 84.8% [21/37 countries] | ||
| % of those who are willing to work harder than they have to in order to help their firm/ organization succeed (2015) | 68.1% [13/37 countries] | ||
| % of those who are proud to be working for the current firm or organization (2015) | 84.0% [2/37 countries] | ||
| % of those who have been discriminated against with regard to work (2015) | 16.6% [21/37 countries] | ||
| % of the men who have been discriminated against with regard to work (2015) | 15.8% [20/37 countries] | ||
| % of the women who have been discriminated against with regard to work (2015) | 17.4% [21/37 countries] | ||
| % of those who have been harassed by their superiors or co-workers at their job (2015) | 9.4% [25/37 countries] | ||
| % of the men who have been harassed by their superiors or co-workers at their job (2015) | 10.7% [16/37 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who always/ often feel that job interfere with family life (2015) | 5.5% [36/37 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Daily newspapers: number of titles (2004) | 3 [106/153 countries] | ||
| Daily newspapers: Number of titles per 1 million inhabitants (2004) | 8.84 [26/154 countries] | ||
| Daily newspapers: Total average circulation per 1,000 inhabitants (2004) | 80 [40/84 countries] | ||
| Newspaper journalists (headcounts) | 34 (2006) [67/76 countries] | ||
| Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants | 74.7 (2006) [54/75 countries] | ||
| Ratio of female newspaper journalists (male=100) | 88.9 (2006) [9/50 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| E-Government Development Index (2020) | 0.5154 [122/193 countries] | ||
| E-Participation Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.2500 [170/193 countries] | ||
| Online Service Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.2882 [163/193 countries] | ||
| Human Capital Component (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.7098 [107/193 countries] | ||
| Telecomm Infrustrcture Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.5482 [101/193 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Surface area (square km) (2020) | 163,820 [91/215 countries] | ||
| Land area (sq. km) (2020) | 156,000 [91/216 countries] | ||
| Agricultural land (% of land area) (2020) | 0.5% [209/209 countries] | ||
| Forest area (sq. km) (2020) | 151,963 [44/209 countries] | ||
| Forest area (% of land area) (2020) | 97.4% [1/209 countries] | ||
| Coastline (km) (2019) | 386 [117/230 countries] | ||
| Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) (2015) | 71.3% [2/172 countries] | ||
| Average yearly temperature (degrees Celsius) (1961-1990) | 25.7 [42/191 countries] | ||
| Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) (2019) | 2,331 [19/182 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Bird species, threatened (2018) | 9 [155/215 countries] | ||
| Fish species, threatened (2018) | 32 [87/215 countries] | ||
| Mammal species, threatened (2018) | 9 [109/215 countries] | ||
| Plant species (higher), threatened (2018) | 27 [89/215 countries] | ||
| Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) (2018) | 14.5% [112/211 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| CO2 emissions (kilo tonnes) (2019) | 2,650 [143/191 countries] | ||
| CO2 emissions per capita (metric tonnes) (2019) | 4.56 [59/191 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Age-standardized mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 56.7 [106/183 countries] | ||
| Mortality rate attributed to exposure to unsafe WASH services (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 2.0 [79/157 countries] | ||
| Mortality rate from unintentional poisoning (per 100 000 population) (2019) | 0.3 [127/173 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Current account balance (billion US$) (2021) | 0.261 [58/193 countries] | ||
| Export from Japan (million US$) (2018) | 63 [115/161 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Period of United Nations membership () | 1975.1204 [140/192 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that international organizations have the most influence on the actions of the government (2016) | 5.3% [22/35 countries] | ||
| % of those who think present economic differences between rich and poor countries are too large (2019) | 87.7% [11/29 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that people in wealthy countries should pay more tax to help people in poor countries (2019) | 55.4% [7/29 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Armed forces personnel (ten thousands) (2019) | 0.2 [153/169 countries] | ||
| % of those who would like to see more government spending in the military and defence (2016) | 61.4% [5/34 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Intentional homicide (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 9.38 [22/97 countries] | ||
| Serious assault (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 254.7 [13/80 countries] | ||
| Sexual violence (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 170.6 [2/75 countries] | ||
| Theft (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 503.0 [34/80 countries] | ||
| Burglary (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 496.2 [9/71 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that organised crime has the most influence on the actions of the government (2016) | 3.6% [7/35 countries] | ||
| Road traffic mortality rate (per 100,000 population) (2019) | 15.3 [92/183 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents (5?19 years) (%) (2016) | 13.9% [30/190 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age (15?49 years) (%) (2019) | 21.0% [123/192 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Current tobacco smokers, men and women (% of population) | 20.1% (2013) [54/121 countries] | ||
| Current tobacco smokers, men (% of population) (2001-2020) | 34.0% [53/150 countries] | ||
| Current tobacco smokers, women (% of population) (2001-2020) | 6.5% [63/150 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who use cannabis | 3.40% (2013) [68/122 countries] | ||
| % of those who use cocaine | 0.25% (2013) [65/98 countries] | ||
| % of those who use amphetamines | 0.50% (2007) [42/99 countries] | ||
| % of those who use ecstasy | 0.10% (2013) [72/93 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Healthy life expectancy at birth - male (2019) | 60.7 [115/183 countries] | ||
| Healthy life expectancy at birth - female (2019) | 64.2 [107/183 countries] | ||
| Degree of healthiness (5 steps) (2018) | 271.7% [28/31 countries] | ||
| Degree of healthiness (5 steps) (2017) | 2.84 [26/30 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| New HIV infectionsf (per 1000 uninfected population) (2020) | 0.30 [35/130 countries] | ||
| Tuberculosis incidence (per 100,000 population) (2020) | 29 [117/194 countries] | ||
| Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among children under 5 years (%) (2020) | 0.07 [159/194 countries] | ||
| Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs (2020) | 617 [117/194 countries] | ||
| Probability of dying from any of CVD, cancer, diabetes, CRD between age 30-70 (%) (2019) | 22.7 [55/183 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) (2019) | 22,482 [38/165 countries] | ||
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (million US$) | 236 (2020) [154/185 countries] | ||
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) | 8.2% (2020) [82/185 countries] | ||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 8.1% [125/187 countries] | ||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 8.1% [125/187 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Stimulants, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 1.10 [120/179 countries] | ||
| Coffee and products, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.42 [124/179 countries] | ||
| Tea (including mate), food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.68 [45/178 countries] | ||
| Alcoholic Beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 49.22 [70/178 countries] | ||
| Total alcohol per capita (??15 years of age) consumptionl (litres of pure alcohol) (2019) | 7.4 [70/185 countries] | ||
| Wine, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 1.12 [90/177 countries] | ||
| Beer, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 43.48 [56/177 countries] | ||
| Fermented beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.15 [87/175 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who take part in activities of groups or associations for leisure, sports or culture once a week or more (2017) | 13.7% [21/30 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Number of foreign visitors to Japan (2019) | 184 [160/196 countries] | ||
| Number of foreign visitors to Japan (per 10,000 population) (2019) | 3.1 [96/188 countries] | ||
| International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) (2019) | 2.8% [126/136 countries] | ||
| International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) (2019) | 3.9% [113/149 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Number of world heritage properties (2011) | 2 [90/151 countries] | ||
| % of those who would like to see more government spending in culture and the arts (2016) | 59.1% [5/35 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| Book production, annual total | 47 (1996) [95/104 countries] | ||
| Book production, % of literature | 2.1% (1996) [91/98 countries] | ||
| Book production, % of religion and theology | 34.0% (1996) [4/97 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who think that people can be trusted or not (4 choices) (2019) | 14.3% [28/29 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that people can be trusted or not (4 choices) (2017) | 20.7% [30/30 countries] | ||
| % of those who think that people try to be fair (4 choices) (2017) | 55.3% [28/30 countries] | ||
| %of those who feel that they lack companionship (2017) | 38.4% [1/30 countries] | ||
| %of those who feel that they are isolated from others (2017) | 23.5% [9/30 countries] | ||
| %of those who feel that they are left out (2017) | 21.4% [7/30 countries] |
| Suriname | |||
| % of those who consider themselves to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural (2018) | 59.7% [12/47 countries] | ||
| % of those who believe in life after death (4 choices) (2018) | 79.9% [10/47 countries] | ||
| % of those who believe in heaven (4 choices) (2018) | 86.9% [11/47 countries] | ||
| % of those who believe in hell (4 choices) (2018) | 78.9% [13/47 countries] |