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Government debt in Suriname

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Suriname's government debt is 105.80 % — #113 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

105.80%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 1.1 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Suriname over time

146.40 %79.10 %11.80 %146.40 % · 202011.80 % · 19961990: 72.90 %1991: 75.70 %1992: 64.40 %1993: 51.10 %1994: 30.50 %1995: 16.30 %1996: 11.80 %1997: 16.80 %1998: 21.60 %1999: 32.30 %2000: 48.40 %2001: 37.20 %2002: 37.40 %2003: 31.50 %2004: 29.40 %2005: 27.10 %2006: 22.50 %2007: 16.40 %2008: 14.80 %2009: 14.60 %2010: 17.30 %2011: 18.70 %2012: 20.10 %2013: 27.90 %2014: 25.20 %2015: 41.20 %2016: 75.40 %2017: 73.00 %2018: 68.60 %2019: 84.00 %2020: 146.40 %2021: 115.80 %2022: 111.70 %2023: 97.70 %2024: 88.00 %2025: 105.80 %199020082025105.80 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#113 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
9 %
11 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 17.80 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
40.60 pp
peak 146.40 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 32.90 pp
since 1990

In Americas: #24 of 26vs median 54.55 %: +51.25 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Suriname: ahead of 9 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtSuriname 105.80 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Suriname is ahead of 9 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Suriname
111 United Kingdom102.30 %−3.50 pp
112 Mozambique102.50 %−3.30 pp
113 Suriname105.80 %—
114 Belgium106.30 %+0.50 pp
115 Ukraine108.70 %+2.90 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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