Suriname
Government debt in Suriname
Government debt in Suriname: 72.9% of GDP in 1990 and 96.9% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 96.9% of GDP
- Since 1990
- +24 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 18 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 27.8% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 27.8% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 151.5% of GDP in 2020, the lowest 11.8% of GDP in 1996.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Suriname |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 96.9 |
| 2024 | 84 |
| 2023 | 92.3 |
| 2022 | 111.7 |
| 2021 | 118.3 |
| 2020 | 151.5 |
| 2019 | 84 |
| 2018 | 68.6 |
| 2017 | 73 |
| 2016 | 75.4 |
| 2015 | 41.2 |
| 2014 | 25.2 |
| 2013 | 27.9 |
| 2012 | 20.1 |
| 2011 | 18.7 |
| 2010 | 17.3 |
| 2009 | 14.7 |
| 2008 | 14.8 |
| 2007 | 16.4 |
| 2006 | 22.5 |
| 2005 | 27.1 |
| 2004 | 29.4 |
| 2003 | 31.5 |
| 2002 | 37.4 |
| 2001 | 37.2 |
| 2000 | 48.4 |
| 1999 | 32.3 |
| 1998 | 21.6 |
| 1997 | 16.8 |
| 1996 | 11.8 |
| 1995 | 16.3 |
| 1994 | 30.5 |
| 1993 | 51.1 |
| 1992 | 64.4 |
| 1991 | 75.7 |
| 1990 | 72.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Suriname |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 85.1 |
| 2027 | 72.1 |
| 2028 | 52.1 |
| 2029 | 35.4 |
| 2030 | 29.5 |
| 2031 | 27.8 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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