Suriname

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Key facts

  • currency: Suriname dollar
  • capital city: Paramaribo
  • region: South America
  • continent: Americas
  • land area: 160,507 km²
  • population: 628,886 people
  • political leader: Dési Bouterse (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [4°0′N, -56°0′W]

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Summary

Suriname is a country. The capital city is Paramaribo, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 160,507 km², a population of 628,886 people and uses the currency Suriname dollar. The President is Dési Bouterse.

Environment

Suriname is one of the countries in Americas, countries in South America and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 780.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 15.19 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 3.29 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 99.00 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 60.05 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 39.95 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -43.76 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 2.32 births per woman
  • Forest area: 151,718 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 76.25 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 4.50 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 24.20
  • Methane emissions: 1.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.19 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 314,537 people
  • Male population: 314,349 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 14.50 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 145,003.15 km²
  • Rural population: 211,237 people
  • Urban land area: 261.40 km²
  • Urban population: 417,649 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 53.48 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Suriname by population

Cities in Suriname

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Evolution of historical forest area in Suriname

Distribution of sites in Suriname by inscription year

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Evolution of historical land area in Suriname

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Geographical distribution of sites in Suriname by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Suriname

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Evolution of historical population in Suriname

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Evolution of historical female population in Suriname

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Suriname

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Evolution of historical rural population in Suriname

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Suriname

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Evolution of historical urban population in Suriname

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Suriname

Relationship between population and date in Suriname

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Suriname

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Suriname

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Suriname

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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Suriname

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Suriname

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Suriname

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Evolution of historical access to electricity in Suriname

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Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Suriname

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Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Suriname

Sites in Suriname

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Suriname

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Suriname

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Suriname

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Suriname

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Suriname

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Suriname

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Suriname

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Suriname

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Suriname

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Suriname

Proportion of transboundary sites in Suriname

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Suriname by mean width

Wildfires in Suriname

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Suriname

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 2,000 people
  • Democracy score: 6.98
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Individuals using the internet: 75.76 % of population
  • Net migration: -988 people
  • Press freedom: 4.77
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 29.41 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Suriname

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Suriname

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Suriname

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Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Suriname

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Suriname

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Suriname

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Suriname

Evolution of historical net migration in Suriname

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Suriname

Political parties in Suriname

Distribution of politicians from Suriname by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Suriname

Politicians from Suriname

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Health

  • Birth rate: 17.98 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 8.64 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 298.93 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 5.68 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.76 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 2.89 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 70
  • Suicide mortality rate: 25.40 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Suriname

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Suriname

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Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Suriname

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Evolution of historical death rate in Suriname

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Suriname

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Suriname

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Suriname

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Suriname

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Suriname

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Suriname

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Suriname

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Suriname

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Suriname

Diseases in Suriname

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Suriname

Proportion of diseases in Suriname by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Suriname by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Suriname

Evolution of historical deaths in Suriname

Relationship between cases and deaths in Suriname

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Business

  • Gdp: 3,455,146,280.84 current US$
  • Inflation: 51.59 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 22.65 % of total employment
  • Unemployment: 7.70 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 19.79 % of total employment

Shops in Suriname

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Suriname

Companies from Suriname

Proportion of employee types in companies from Suriname

Distribution of companies founded in Suriname by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Suriname

Evolution of historical central government debt in Suriname

Evolution of historical expense in Suriname

Evolution of historical GDP in Suriname

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Suriname

Evolution of historical inflation in Suriname

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Suriname

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Suriname

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Suriname

Evolution of historical unemployment in Suriname

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Suriname

Exchanges in Suriname

Proportion of shops per country in Suriname

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Suriname by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Suriname

Athletes from Suriname

Proportion of competitions per city in Suriname

Competitions in Suriname

Proportion of competitions per country in Suriname

Distribution of competitions in Suriname by start date

Proportion of medals won by Suriname in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Suriname

Distribution of artists from Suriname by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Suriname

Geographical distribution of museums in Suriname by visitors

Museums in Suriname

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Suriname by total students

Distribution of universities in Suriname per foundation year

Universities in Suriname

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In literature

There are 42 books written about Suriname in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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