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← THE SECTION CUT · SOUTH AMERICA
Suriname
4.0N 56.0W · 19 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE NETHERLANDS · 25 NOVEMBER 1975
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1992 - present · Democracy, Diversity, and Oil
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
December 2023 · Bouterse conviction upheld 2 REFS
July 2025 · First woman president 2 REFS
1954 - 1992 · Independence and the Military Years
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25 November 1975 · Independence from the Netherlands 2 REFS
25 February 1980 · Military coup 2 REFS
1863 - 1954 · Abolition and the Plural Society
3 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1 July 1863 · Abolition of slavery 2 REFS
1873-1916 · Hindustani indentured labour 2 REFS
1667 - 1863 · Plantation Colony and the Maroons
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late 17th-18th c. · The sugar-slavery economy 2 REFS
1760s onward · Maroon peace treaties 2 REFS
1650 - 1700 · Willoughbyland and the Treaty of Breda
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c. 1650-1651 · English settlement under Willoughby 2 REFS
1667 · Dutch capture of the colony 2 REFS
Pre-1600 · Indigenous Peoples and Early Contact
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by c. 3000 BCE · Indigenous settlement 2 REFS
1498-1500 · European voyages sight the coast 1 REF
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Population
- 592,000
- Area
- 163,820 km²
- Region
- South America
- Languages
- Dutch
- Currency
- Surinamese dollar ($)
- Demonym
- Surinamer
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$4.5 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$7,070’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
1.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
9.2%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
91.0%’10 WB-WDI
Society
Population
640,000’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
73.8 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
65.8%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
92.9%’12 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
57.8’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
74.1’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
42.5’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
40.4’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
53.4’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
40.2’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
5.4%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.35’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
15.8’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
73.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
55.8%’24 WB-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
92.9%’12 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
2.9%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
91.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
76.1%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
2.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
Internet users
87.4%’23 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
142’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
10.4%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
160,508 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
94.4%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
0.4%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
4.1’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
14.5%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
9.6%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
7.9%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.6%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
99.0%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Armed forces
2,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($4.5 B), superseding 2024 ($4.4 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($7,070), superseding 2024 ($6,962) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (1.8%), superseding 2024 (1.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (9.2%), superseding 2024 (16.2%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (99.0%), superseding 2023 (99.6%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (640,000), superseding 2024 (634,000) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (65.8%), superseding 2024 (65.8%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14