Suriname

Official Name:	The Republic of Suriname
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	Republiek Suriname
ISO Country Codes:	SR : SUR
Internet Domain:	.sr
Government Web Site:	http://www.gov.sr/

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Capital:	Paramaribo	Main Airports:	Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport
Language(s):	Dutch;English;Surinamese	Population:	614,749
Currency:	Suriname Guilder	ISO Currency Code:	SRD
Telephone Dial In:	+597	ID Prefix:	00

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO; UNESCO UIS

Political & Cultural Organisations:

African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States; Alliance of Small Island States; Association of Caribbean States; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; Organization of American States; Sistema Economico Latinoamericano; UN; UNESCO; Union of South American Nations;

Travel Guides:

Lonely Planet;

News Resources:

Newspaper

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Radio

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Algemene Televisie Verzorging;

Surinaamse Radio;

Suriname

Government Website:	http://www.gov.sr/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/suriname
Central Bank:	Centrale Bank van Suriname
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	7.53 Surinamese dollars (SRD) (2017 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	8.9% (2017 est.)
Population below poverty line:	70% (2002 est.)
Inflation Rate:	22% (2017 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	15% (2019 - World Bank)
GDP:	$3.419 billion (2017 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$16,525 (2019 est.)
Currency Name:	Suriname Guilder
Currency Code:	SRD
World Bank Classification:	Upper Middle Income

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	6.7%	rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains, peanuts; beef, chickens; shrimp; forest products
Industry:	49.9%	bauxite and gold mining, alumina production; oil, lumbering, food processing, fishing
Services:	43.4%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Caribbean Community and Common Market; Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee; Countryeconomy; Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative; FAO; IMF; Inter American Development Bank; International Labour Organization; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Suriname Stock Exchange ;

National Statistics Office:

General Bureau of Statistics;

National Dataset(s):

Trading Economics;

Suriname

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	Dutch; English
Customs & Excise:	De Douane Suriname
Development Bank(s):	Caribbean Development Bank; Islamic Development Bank; Inter-American Development Bank;
National Standards Bureau:	Surinaams Standaarden Bureau

Competitive Ind’l Performance: N/A	Corruption Perceptions Index: 94/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 162/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: N/A
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