Suriname
GDP growth in Suriname
GDP growth in Suriname: -6.5% a year in 1980 and 4% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4% a year
- Since 1980
- +10.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 53 of 143
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 11.3% a year in 1995, the lowest -16% a year in 2020.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Suriname |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | -2.4 |
| 2020 | -16 |
| 2019 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | -4.9 |
| 2015 | -3.4 |
| 2014 | 0.3 |
| 2013 | 2.9 |
| 2012 | 2.7 |
| 2011 | 5.8 |
| 2010 | 5.2 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4.1 |
| 2007 | 5.1 |
| 2006 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | 4.9 |
| 2004 | 7.3 |
| 2003 | 6.2 |
| 2002 | 3.7 |
| 2001 | 4.9 |
| 2000 | -0.1 |
| 1999 | -0.9 |
| 1998 | 2.2 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1996 | 11.2 |
| 1995 | 11.3 |
| 1994 | -7 |
| 1993 | -2.2 |
| 1992 | 3.9 |
| 1991 | -13.8 |
| 1990 | -1.5 |
| 1989 | 2.3 |
| 1988 | 10.8 |
| 1987 | -8.8 |
| 1986 | -2.4 |
| 1985 | -0.9 |
| 1984 | -3 |
| 1983 | -5.1 |
| 1982 | -6.3 |
| 1981 | 1.9 |
| 1980 | -6.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Suriname |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 |
| 2027 | 4.1 |
| 2028 | 28.2 |
| 2029 | 43 |
| 2030 | 3.2 |
| 2031 | 3 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Suriname in numbers
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