Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) … square in Suriname
Suriname: Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) … square was 4,027 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per square in Suriname, 2015–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in TDS, current US$ per square kilometre.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 4,027 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre for debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per square in 2023. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 68.2% on the previous year and up 89.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per square in Suriname peaked at 4,027 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,123 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre, in 2015.
Suriname ranks 79th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) … square in Suriname, year by year
| Year | TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,123 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2016 | 3,482 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | +64.0% |
| 2017 | 2,234 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | -35.8% |
| 2018 | 3,122 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | +39.7% |
| 2019 | 3,407 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 2,855 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | -16.2% |
| 2021 | 2,451 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | -14.2% |
| 2022 | 2,394 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 4,027 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | +68.2% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 4,027 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 33,281 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre, 12% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 4,027 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 24,813 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre, 16% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,873 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2,123 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 3,482 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 5 |
| 2020s | 2,932 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 2,394 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 4,027 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 76 Djibouti 4,360 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 77 Lesotho 4,300 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 78 Tajikistan 4,051 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 80 Russia 3,887 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 81 Zimbabwe 3,839 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 82 Bhutan 3,700 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre compare
More external debt data for Suriname
- Net financial flows, IBRD 3.89 million NFL, current US$ (2025)
- Use of IMF credit 879.68 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 3.81 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 8.47 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, short-term 232.33 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- Short-term debt 2.4% (2025)
- Other investment, Debt instruments 2.67 billion US dollar (2025)
- Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per capita 162.54 TDS, current US$ per person (2023)
- Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0294 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 238.53 TDS, current US$ per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per square in Suriname?
- Debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per square in Suriname was 4,027 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per square recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 4,027 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per square recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,123 TDS, current US$ per square kilometre in 2015.
- How does Suriname rank for debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per square?
- Suriname ranks 79th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per square rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Debt service on external debt, total International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.