Nominal GDP
$4.52B
current US$ · 2025
World Bank
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Economy Snapshot
Suriname Economy and Trade
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GDP $4.52B · real growth 1.8% · latest verified annual data
The current profile places Suriname's nominal GDP at $4.52B in 2025 and shows real GDP growth of 1.8% for 2025. The page also records $7,070 of GDP per capita for 2025 and an inflation reading of 16.2% for 2024. Each measure keeps its own reference period below, avoiding a false same-year comparison between series released on different schedules.
GDP per capita
$7,070
current US$ · 2025
Source listed below
Real GDP growth
1.8%
annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Inflation
16.2%
CPI annual % · 2024
Source listed below
Suriname at a Glance
Each measure keeps its actual reference year and definition.
Output trend
Nominal GDP · annual observations · current US$ · World Bank
2015: $5.13B2016: $3.32B2017: $3.59B2018: $4.00B2019: $4.02B2020: $2.91B2021: $3.11B2022: $3.79B2023: $3.47B2024: $4.42B2025: $4.52B
GDP per capita$7,070
Real growth1.8%
GDP year2025
2024 Inflation
16.2%
CPI annual %
2025 Unemployment
7.8%
labor-market measure
2025 GDP per capita
$7,070
current US$
Macro signals
Available measures are shown with their reported reference periods.
Macro signals
World Bank annual observations
Real growth20251.8%
Unemployment20257.8%
Inflation202416.2%
Understand the numbers
What Suriname's economic profile is telling you
Suriname's updated World Bank series places nominal GDP at about $4.52 billion in 2025, with real growth of 1.8 percent and modeled unemployment of 7.8 percent. The CPI observation retained here is explicitly 2024, when annual inflation was 16.2 percent.
Reading the macro data
Nominal GDP measures current-dollar size. Real growth, inflation and unemployment describe different economic conditions and can have different reference years.
Reading the trade data
Merchandise trade covers goods. A balance appears only when exports and imports have a verified matching year and currency basis.
Detailed Economic Data
| Indicator | Suriname | Reference period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPcurrent US$ | $4.52B | 2025 | Actual |
| GDP per capitacurrent US$ | $7,070 | 2025 | Actual |
| Real GDP growthannual % | 1.8% | 2025 | Actual |
| InflationCPI annual % | 16.2% | 2024 | Actual |
| Unemploymentmodeled ILO estimate | 7.8% | 2025 | Estimate |
| Merchandise balancematched year required | Not calculated | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Suriname's latest GDP?
The verified GDP observation used here is $4.52B for 2025.
What does merchandise trade show for Suriname?
A matched merchandise export and import pair was not independently resolved on this page, so no goods balance is calculated.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the economic indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Core macroeconomic indicators with explicit reference years.
Official data: GDP · GDP per capita · Real growth · Inflation · Unemployment
Matched-year merchandise trade where independently resolved.
Official data: WTO economy profiles