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IndicatorSURSurinameLatin America & Caribbean
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #19
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile40.2rank #118
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.62rank #36
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.6rank #37
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.89rank #26
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile42.5rank #137
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #19
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.51rank #35
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile74.1rank #74
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile40.4rank #171
Rule of Law0-100 percentile53.4rank #111
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #43
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.78rank #26
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.63rank #38
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile57.8rank #95
Women in parliament% seats31.4%rank #63
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.88rank #30
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment7%rank #120
Agriculture value added% GDP6.8%rank #92
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker238,693.6rank #62
Current account balance% GDP-54.9%rank #97
Employment-to-population ratio%49.3%rank #145
External debt stocks% GNI129.1%rank #112
FDI net inflows% GDP45.1%rank #1
GDPcurrent US$4.52Brank #156
GDP growth%1.8%rank #139
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$7,069.9rank #99
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $19,357.4rank #86
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $17,344.4rank #88
Gross capital formation% GDP36.2%rank #22
Gross savings% GDP50.3%rank #11
High-technology exports% manuf. exports10.4%rank #56
Industry value added% GDP35.1%rank #30
Inflation%9.2%rank #148
Labour force participation rate%53.8%rank #141
Personal remittances received% GDP3.9%rank #31
Trade openness% GDP91%rank #71
Unemployment% labor force7.8%rank #130
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%8.3%rank #133
Vulnerable employment% employment18.4%rank #65
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2425.4%rank #155
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2427.8%rank #157
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop98%rank #64
Basic sanitation access% pop90%rank #99
Child mortalityper 1001.6rank #70
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,539.1rank #147
DTP3 immunization coverage%69%rank #31
Health spending% GDP5.4%rank #119
Infant mortalityper 1k births14.8rank #74
Life expectancyyears73.8rank #118
Maternal mortalityper 100k84rank #53
Measles immunization% children73%rank #27
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%73%rank #27
Physiciansper 1k1.4rank #33
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m315.7rank #88
Road traffic deathsper 100k15.3rank #62
Suicide mortality rateper 100k22.3rank #172
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k34rank #61
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births15.8rank #104
Undernourishment% pop9.7%rank #34
Education
Adult literacy%92.9%rank #17
Education spending% GDP2.9%rank #86
Expected years of schoolingyears11rank #159
Mean years of schoolingyears8.4rank #121
Primary completion rate% relevant age75.2%rank #120
Primary enrollment% gross91.9%rank #114
Secondary enrollment% gross76.1%rank #115
Tertiary enrollment% gross2.6%rank #94
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00017.2rank #88
Fertility ratebirths/woman2.2rank #89
Median age of populationyears28.1rank #129
Net migration rateper 1,000-1.6rank #152
Populationpeople639,850rank #168
Population growth%0.85%rank #110
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years77.5rank #122
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands733.9rank #168
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age50.5rank #148
Urban population%65.8%rank #93
Climate
CO₂ emissionst2.99Mrank #148
CO₂ per capitat4.7rank #69
Electricity access% pop99%rank #8
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation51.7%rank #41
Electricity from solar% generation0.57%rank #137
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita2,897.2rank #68
Forest area% land94.4%rank #1
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita25.7rank #187
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh321.8rank #68
Renewable electricity%52.9%rank #57
Renewable energy share%14.5%rank #114
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e16.2rank #61
Society
Asylum seekerspeople152rank #33
Extreme poverty% pop2.2%rank #18
Female labor participation%44.9%rank #136
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10018.8rank #77
Gender Development Indexratio0.99rank #31
Gender Inequality Index0-10.39rank #87
Gini indexindex39.2rank #41
Homicide rateper 100k6.5rank #59
Human Development Index0-10.72rank #89
Internet users% pop87.4%rank #60
Life satisfaction0-106.3rank #39
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #68
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #59
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #81
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.14rank #108
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people24rank #148
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people56rank #18
Youth NEET rate%19.1%rank #97
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-102.1rank #16
Human hazard & exposure0-100.6rank #7
INFORM risk score0-103.2rank #21
Lack of coping capacity0-105.1rank #42
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-103.4rank #30
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.5rank #44
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.4rank #21
Socio-economic vulnerability0-103.6rank #37
Vulnerability0-103.1rank #20
Vulnerable groups0-102.5rank #20
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