Labor force | 246,000 (2022 est.) |
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Industrial production growth rate | 3.05% (2022 est.) |
Industries | gold mining, oil, lumber, food processing, fishing |
Population below poverty line | 70% (2002 est.) |
Taxes and other revenues | 16.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.) |
Fiscal year | |
Exchange rates | |
Currency | Surinamese dollars (SRD) per US dollar - |
Exchange rates 2022 | 24.709 (2022 est.) |
Exchange rates 2021 | 18.239 (2021 est.) |
Exchange rates 2020 | 9.31 (2020 est.) |
Exchange rates 2019 | 7.458 (2019 est.) |
Exchange rates 2018 | 7.463 (2018 est.) |
Debt - external | |
Debt - external 31 December 2017 | $1.7 billion (31 December 2017 est.) |
Debt - external 31 December 2016 | $1.436 billion (31 December 2016 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022 | $1.195 billion (2022 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021 | $992.257 million (2021 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020 | $584.929 million (2020 est.) |
Current account balance | |
Current account balance 2022 | $76.321 million (2022 est.) |
Current account balance 2021 | $176.058 million (2021 est.) |
Current account balance 2020 | $259.846 million (2020 est.) |
Public debt | |
Public debt 2017 | 69.3% of GDP (2017 est.) |
Public debt 2016 | 75.8% of GDP (2016 est.) |
Budget | |
Revenues | $863 million (2019 est.) |
Expenditures | $1.648 billion (2019 est.) |
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) | -7.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.) |
Remittances | |
Remittances 2022 | 4.09% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Remittances 2021 | 4.79% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Remittances 2020 | 4.26% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Imports | |
Imports 2022 | $2.342 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $1.876 billion (2021 est.) |
Imports 2020 | $1.845 billion (2020 est.) |
Imports (partners) | US 25%, China 15%, Netherlands 13%, Trinidad and Tobago 6%, Japan 3% (2022) |
Comodities Imports force | refined petroleum, excavation machinery, cars, plastic products, tobacco (2022) |
Exports | |
Imports 2022 | $2.342 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $1.876 billion (2021 est.) |
Imports 2020 | $1.845 billion (2020 est.) |
Exports (partners) | Switzerland 39%, UAE 21%, Belgium 10%, Guyana 5%, Trinidad and Tobago 4% (2022) |
Comodities Exports force | gold, refined petroleum, excavation machinery, wood, fish (2022) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) | |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022 | $9.3 billion (2022 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021 | $9.079 billion (2021 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020 | $9.306 billion (2020 est.) |
GDP (official exchange rate) | $3.621 billion (2022 est.) |
Real GDP Per capita | |
Real GDP per capita 2022 | $15,000 (2022 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2021 | $14,800 (2021 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2020 | $15,300 (2020 est.) |
GDP - composition, by sector of origin | |
Agriculture | 11.6% (2017 est.) |
Industry | 31.1% (2017 est.) |
Services | 57.4% (2017 est.) |
GDP - composition, by end use | |
Household consumption | 27.6% (2017 est.) |
Government consumption | 11.7% (2017 est.) |
Investment in fixed capital | 52.5% (2017 est.) |
Investment in inventories | 26.5% (2017 est.) |
Exports of goods and services | 68.9% (2017 est.) |
Imports of goods and services | -60.6% (2017 est.) |
Unemployment rate | |
Unemployment rate 2022 | 8.23% (2022 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2021 | 8.53% (2021 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2020 | 8.74% (2020 est.) |
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) | |
Total | 30.5% (2021 est.) |
Male | 22.1% |
Female | 46.1% |
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