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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	5 126	4 159	3 621^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-2.6	-16	2.4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	8 907.8	6 851.2	5 858.8^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	11.3	8.4	8.3^b
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	29.6	37.9	45.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	59.1	53.7	45.8^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	7.2	7.8	7.5^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	27.2	26.3	26.4^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	65.6	65.8	66^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	7.2	8.7^j	7.7^j
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	44.4 / 66.8	43.1 / 63.1	45.0 / 64.4
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	139	398	1 462^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	86	88^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 814	2 193	2 311^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	1 904	1 533	1 697^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-90	660	614^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-786	260	147^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.1	1	0.8^a
Urban population (% of total population)	66.1	66.1^m	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.9ⁿ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.6	2.3	2.2^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	73.9 / 67.5	76.2 / 68.6	77.0 / 70.6^a
Population age distribution^o (0-14/60+ years old, %)	28.7 / 9.3	26.8 / 10.7	25.6 / 12.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	43.1 / 7.7^p,q	47.8 / 8.1^p,q	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	1.9	2.8^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	20.4	17.7	12.4^a
Health: Current expenditure^j,r (% of GDP)	5.8^s	6.8	5.7^t
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1	0.8^d	1.5^t
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5.5	5.4	4^t
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	106.8 / 110.4	102.8 / 107.0	95.6 / 100.4^t
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	94.8 / 84.7	87.9 / 81.9	88.0 / 80.1^t
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	62.3 / 36.6	... / ...	47.6 / 34.9^t
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	5.9	9.1	7.3^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	11.8	31.4^u	31.4^u

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^j (per 100 inhabitants)	42.8	69.8	75.8^b
Threatened species (number)	76	88	156^e
Forested area (% of land area)	97.8	97.4	97.3^t
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.7 / 4.7	2.9 / 4.8	2.6 / 4.3^t
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	45	43	44^t
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	75	74	68^t
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	228	278^v	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	51.2	51.2	51.2^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	63.1 / 38.2	63.4 / 40.8	63.4 / 40.8^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	22.0 / 36.2	20.7 / 33.9	20.7 / 33.9^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.31	1.12	1.16^t

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to the total population of the District of Paramaribo.
d		2018
e		2023
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		At factor cost.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		Areas not elsewhere specified.
m		2019
n		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
p		Refers to foreign citizens.
q		Including refugees.
r		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
s		Estimates should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
t		2021
u		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
v		2017