Indicators of economy in Suriname

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2019 was at about 11.429 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Suriname reached 6.360 US dollars per inhabitant, or 3.70 bn US Dollar in the whole country. Suriname is currently at number 166 among the international economies and is therefore one of the less significant. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Suriname is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 80.

Inflation in Suriname was in 2017 at around 22.00%. For the the EU, the average of the same was year at 0.51%.

Compared to Germany, the prices for convenience goods are approximately 62.97% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 38 and is compared to other countries bad.


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