Country profile · SUR
Suriname
Region · Latin America & Caribbean Population · 632K people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 1.5%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 84 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 2.25
- Expected years of schooling
- 12.7 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 5%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 25% / 3%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.39
- Urban population
- 66%
- Employment in agriculture
- 7%
- Internet use
- 87%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 1.60%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 5.7 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.3 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 19%
- Women married before age 18
- 36%
Religion
- Christianity50%
- Hinduism22%
- Islam14%
- Folk and traditional beliefs5%
- No religion7%
- Other religions2%
Major cities
- Paramaribo
- Lelydorp
- Nieuw Nickerie
Common hazards
- Floods
Common migration destinations
- the Netherlands
- the United States