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Government debt in Suriname

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Suriname's government debt is 96.90 % — #109 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

96.90%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 1.0 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Suriname over time

151.50 %81.65 %11.80 %151.50 % · 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: 151.50 %2021: 118.30 %2022: 111.70 %2023: 92.30 %2024: 84.00 %2025: 96.90 %19902008202596.90 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#109 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
13 %
16 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 12.90 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
54.60 pp
peak 151.50 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 24.00 pp
since 1990

In Americas: #24 of 26vs median 54.70 %: +42.20 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Suriname: ahead of 13 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtSuriname 96.90 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Suriname is ahead of 13 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Suriname
107 Malawi96.60 %−0.30 pp
108 Sri Lanka96.80 %−0.10 pp
109 Suriname96.90 %—
110 China98.60 %+1.70 pp
111 Spain100.50 %+3.60 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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