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Unemployment rate in Suriname

How hard is it to have a job there?

Suriname's unemployment rate is 7.83 % — #91 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

7.83%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Suriname over time

12.87 %9.74 %6.60 %12.87 % · 20006.60 % · 20132000: 12.87 %2001: 12.05 %2002: 11.19 %2003: 10.34 %2004: 9.49 %2005: 9.30 %2006: 9.14 %2007: 9.02 %2008: 8.85 %2009: 8.72 %2010: 7.15 %2011: 7.54 %2012: 8.10 %2013: 6.60 %2014: 6.94 %2015: 7.22 %2016: 7.92 %2017: 7.91 %2018: 7.82 %2019: 7.75 %2020: 8.97 %2021: 8.71 %2022: 7.97 %2023: 7.70 %2024: 7.62 %2025: 7.83 %2000201220257.83 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#91 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
27 %
33 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.21 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
5.04 pp
peak 12.87 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 5.04 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #20 of 27vs median 5.25 %: +2.58 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Suriname: ahead of 27 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentSuriname 7.83 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Suriname is ahead of 27 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Suriname
89 Uruguay7.52 %−0.32 pp
90 France7.54 %−0.29 pp
91 Suriname7.83 %—
92 Colombia8.29 %+0.46 pp
93 Iran8.30 %+0.47 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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