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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	5 126	4 159	3 759^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-2.6	-16	2.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	8 814.0	6 792.0	5 976.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	11.3	8.4	8.6^b
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	29.6	37.9	40.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	59.1	53.7	50.5^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	7.2	7.7	7.4^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	27.2	26.2	26.3^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	65.6	66	66.3^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	7.2	8.8^j	7.1^j
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	44.4 / 66.7	43.6 / 63.6	44.7 / 63.7
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	139	398	1 700^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	86	70^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 814	2 193^j	1 484^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	1 904	1 533	1 751^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-90	660^j	-266^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-786	260	9^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.1	1	0.9^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	77.1 / 70.7^a
Population age distribution^o (0-14/60+ years old, %)	28.7 / 9.3	26.8 / 10.7	25.3 / 12.7^a
International migrant stock^p,q (000/% of total pop.)	43.1 / 7.4	47.8 / 7.8	51.9 / 8.2^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	1.9	2.9^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	20.4	17.7	12.2^a
Health: Current expenditure^j,s (% of GDP)	5.8^r	6.7	5.9^t
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1	0.8^d	1.4^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	107.2 / 110.8	100.2 / 104.3	25.8 / 101.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	91.2 / 81.3	89.7 / 83.7	88.1 / 80.1^u
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	60.8 / 34.7	... / ...	65.4 / 43.4^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	5.8	9	6.5^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	11.8	31.4^v	31.4^v

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^j (per 100 inhabitants)	42.8	69.8	78.4^b
Threatened species (number)	76	88	165^e
Forested area (% of land area)	95	94.7	94.5^t
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.7 / 4.7	2.9 / 4.8	2.8 / 4.5^t
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	45	43	40^t
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	74	74	71^t
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	228	278^w	...
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^t
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	22.0 / 36.2	20.7 / 33.9	20.7 / 33.9^t
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.31	1.12	1.25^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to the total population of the District of Paramaribo.
d		2018
e		2024
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. 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		Est. should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
s		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
t		2022
u		2021
v		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
w		2017