{"id":125563,"date":"2023-06-28T21:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T02:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125563"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:02:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:02:16","slug":"suriname","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/suriname\/","title":{"rendered":"Suriname"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official name:<\/strong> SURINAME<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 27 July 1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> Paramaribo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area:<\/strong> 163,270 sq km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries:<\/strong> 1,707 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries: <\/strong>Brazil 597 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastline:<\/strong> 386 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> Timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements:<\/strong> Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices  <\/td>3862<\/td> 4 120<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita at current prices<\/td>7023<\/td>USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita 
at constant prices<\/td>		-16.7<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Country share in regional GDP<\/td>0.4<\/td>%<\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods 
and services 
(GDP at current prices)<\/td>		55.9<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods 
and services 
(GDP at current prices)<\/td>		49.6<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Suriname: Economic National Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Databases
 and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 24, 2022 09, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population  <\/td>586.6<\/td>(000)<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>72<\/td>Years<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>76<\/td>Years<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>69<\/td>Years<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure 
as a percentage of GDP<\/td>		8.0<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between
the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>		98.6<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in 
primary education<\/td>		87.7<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in 
secondary education<\/td>		62.1<\/td>%<\/td>2015<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education
as a percentage of GDP<\/td>		7.2<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>NA<\/td>NA<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr>
Unemployment<\/td>14.0<\/td>%<\/td>1999<\/td><\/tr>
Migration<\/td>1.7<\/td>%<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Suriname: National Socio-Demographic Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. 
Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC.  Inquiry: February 24, 2022. NA= No data available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages:<\/strong> Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative divisions:<\/strong> 10 districts (distrikten, singular \u2013 district): Brokopondo, Commewijne, Coronie, Marowijne, Nickerie, Para, Paramaribo, Saramacca, Sipaliwini, Wanica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence:<\/strong> 25 November 1975 (from Netherlands)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution:<\/strong> Ratified 30 September 1987<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 18 years of age; universal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> Chief of State: President Desire Delano Bouterse (since 12 August 2010)
Note: The president is both the chief of state and head of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> Unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch:<\/strong> Cantonal Courts and a Court of Justice as an appellate court (justices are nominated for life).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet country code:<\/strong> .sr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Portal Web:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.kabinet.sr.org\/<\/a>
http:\/\/www.plos.sr\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name: SURINAME Date of membership: 27 July 1979 Capital: Paramaribo Geography Location: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana. Area: 163,270 sq km Land boundaries: 1,707 km Border countries: Brazil 597 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km Coastline: 386 km Natural resources: Timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125563\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}