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Suriname

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Key facts

  • currency: Suriname dollar
  • capital city: Paramaribo
  • region: South America
  • continent: Americas
  • land area: 156,000 km²
  • population: 623,236 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 156,000 km², a population of 623,236 people and uses the currency Suriname dollar. The President is Dési Bouterse.

Environment see more

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
  • 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: 151,840 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: 24.30
  • Methane emissions: 1.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.19 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 313,329 people
  • Male population: 309,907 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 14.50 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 145,003.15 km²
  • Rural population: 209,339 people
  • Urban land area: 261.40 km²
  • Urban population: 413,897 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

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

Suriname relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Suriname relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Suriname

Suriname relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Suriname

Suriname relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Suriname

Suriname relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Suriname relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Suriname relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

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

Evolution of historical internet access in Suriname

Evolution of historical land area in Suriname

Evolution of historical median age in Suriname

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Suriname

Suriname relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Suriname relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Suriname relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Suriname relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Suriname relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Suriname relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Suriname

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Suriname

Suriname relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Suriname relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Suriname relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Suriname

Suriname relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Suriname

Evolution of historical male population in Suriname

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Suriname

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Suriname

Evolution of historical rural population in Suriname

Suriname relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Suriname

Suriname relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Suriname

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

Suriname relationship between date and population over time

Suriname relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Suriname

Suriname relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Suriname relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Suriname

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Suriname

Suriname relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Suriname relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Suriname relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Suriname relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Suriname relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Suriname

Suriname relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Suriname relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Suriname relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Suriname relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Suriname relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Suriname relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

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

Distribution of sites in Suriname by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Suriname by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Suriname

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Suriname by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Suriname

Cities in Suriname

Sites in Suriname

Wildfires in Suriname

Health see more

  • 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

Distribution of diseases in Suriname by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Suriname by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Suriname

Suriname relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Suriname relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Suriname relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Suriname relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Suriname relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Suriname

Suriname relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

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 in Suriname

Suriname relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Suriname relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Suriname

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Suriname

Evolution of historical covid cases in Suriname

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Suriname

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Suriname

Diseases in Suriname

Business see more

  • Gdp: 3,782,437,296.04 current US$
  • Inflation: 52.45 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 22.65 % of total employment
  • Unemployment: 7.70 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 19.79 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Suriname by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Suriname

Evolution of historical expense in Suriname

Evolution of historical GDP in Suriname

Suriname relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Suriname

Evolution of historical self employed in Suriname

Suriname relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Suriname

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Suriname

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Suriname

Distribution of shops in Suriname by country

Companies in Suriname

Exchanges in Suriname

Shops from Suriname

Politics see more

  • Armed forces personnel: 2,000 people
  • Democracy score: 6.98
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 29.41 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Suriname

Suriname relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Suriname relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Suriname relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Suriname relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Suriname relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Suriname relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Suriname relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Suriname

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

Distribution of politicians from Suriname by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Suriname by gender

Political parties in Suriname

Politicians from Suriname

Sports see more

Distribution of athletes from Suriname by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Suriname

Distribution of competitions by city in Suriname

Distribution of competitions by country in Suriname

Distribution of competitions in Suriname by start date

Distribution of medals won by Suriname at the Olympics

Athletes from Suriname

Competitions in Suriname

Culture see more

Distribution of artists from Suriname by birth date

Distribution of artists from Suriname by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Suriname by visitors

Artists from Suriname

Museums in Suriname

Research see more

Geographical distribution of universities in Suriname by total students

Distribution of universities in Suriname by foundation year

Universities in Suriname

In literature

There are 42 books written about Suriname in the database

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Details

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

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