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, platinum, iron ore.
Environment – international agreements: 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.
Economic indicators
| Total at current prices | 3862 | 4 120 | 2020 |
| Per capita at current prices | 7023 | USD | 2020 |
| Growth rate per capita at constant prices | -16.7 | % | 2020 |
| Country share in regional GDP | 0.4 | % | 2016 |
| Imports of goods and services (GDP at current prices) | 55.9 | % | 2019 |
| Exports of goods and services (GDP at current prices) | 49.6 | % | 2019 |
Source: Suriname: Economic National Profile. CEPALSTAT. Databases
and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 24, 2022 09, 2017
Socio-demographic indicators
| Total population | 586.6 | (000) | 2020 |
| Life expectancy | 72 | Years | 2020-2025 |
| Women | 76 | Years | 2020-2025 |
| Men | 69 | Years | 2020-2025 |
| Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP | 8.0 | % | 2018 |
| Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24 | 98.6 | % | 2018 |
| Net rate of enrolment in primary education | 87.7 | % | 2019 |
| Net rate of enrolment in secondary education | 62.1 | % | 2015 |
| Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP | 7.2 | % | 2019 |
| Gini Coefficient | NA | NA | NA |
| Unemployment | 14.0 | % | 1999 |
| Migration | 1.7 | % | 2020-2025 |
Source: Suriname: National Socio-Demographic Profile. CEPALSTAT.
Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 24, 2022. NA= No data available.
Languages: 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.
Government
Administrative divisions: 10 districts (distrikten, singular – district): Brokopondo, Commewijne, Coronie, Marowijne, Nickerie, Para, Paramaribo, Saramacca, Sipaliwini, Wanica.
Independence: 25 November 1975 (from Netherlands)
Constitution: Ratified 30 September 1987
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch: Chief of State: President Desire Delano Bouterse (since 12 August 2010)
Note: The president is both the chief of state and head of government.
Legislative branch: Unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms).
Judicial branch: Cantonal Courts and a Court of Justice as an appellate court (justices are nominated for life).
Internet country code: .sr
Official Portal Web: http://www.kabinet.sr.org/
http://www.plos.sr/
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