Human Development & Quality of Life in Suriname
Human Development
Suriname's 2023 HDI is 0.722, placing it 114 in UNDP's table and in the high human development category. That rank is only the starting point. The income component uses GNI per capita of $17,344 in 2021 PPP dollars. In a different dimension, gender development sits close to parity on the GDI measure at 0.993 (UNDP group 1).
What sits inside Suriname's HDI
On this page, the UNDP inputs behind Suriname's HDI are 73.6 for life expectancy, 11.0 for expected years of schooling, 8.4 for mean years of schooling and $17,344 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP dollars. These figures show what sits behind the composite score. When looking across the UNDP tables, retain the original indicator definition because a composite score cannot explain every outcome on its own.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Suriname's complementary UNDP indicators include GDI 0.993, GII 0.391. These measures answer different questions, so they are kept separate.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No comparable OECD life-satisfaction observation is published on this page for Suriname.
What Suriname's numbers say together
Suriname's non-headline measures include GDI 0.993. These measures remain distinct because they measure different aspects of development.
HDI for Suriname stands at 0.722 in 2023, with UNDP rank 114. It is a development benchmark based on three dimensions, not an all-purpose national score.
The GDI value is 0.993 in group 1; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
Frequently asked questions
What is Suriname's HDI?
In the Human Development Report 2025, Suriname is listed at HDI 0.722 for 2023, rank 114.
Is an inequality-adjusted HDI available for Suriname?
Suriname has no IHDI value available in the UNDP table used here. The profile does not turn an absent source observation into a calculated replacement.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
A quality-of-life indicator is included for Suriname only when a dated comparable value is supported by the cited dataset. The profile does not turn an absent source observation into a calculated replacement.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI combines health, education and income. Subjective well-being is kept outside the HDI calculation.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.