Suriname
Republic of Suriname
- Region
- Americas · South America
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Population
- 639,850 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- Surinamese dollar (SRD)
- Official languages
- Dutch
- Spoken languages
- Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is the native language of Creoles and much of the younger population)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 163,820 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- CARICOM, IMF, OIC, WTO
- Borders
- Brazil , French Guiana , Guyana
Political stability
74 / 100
Economic stability
32 / 100
Population stability
78 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- gold, fish, refined petroleum, wood, tobacco (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, ships, excavation machinery, trucks, tobacco (2023)
- Natural resources
- timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore
- Primary route
- Atlantic services to Europe and North America
- Secondary route
- Asia services via the Panama Canal or Cape of Good Hope
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.