External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) … square in Suriname
Suriname: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) … square was 1,282 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per square in Suriname, 2015–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square in Suriname is 1,282 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.1% on the previous year and down 50.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square in Suriname peaked at 3,162 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,282 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, in 2023.
Suriname ranks 85th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) … square in Suriname, year by year
| Year | DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,605 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2016 | 2,013 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -22.7% |
| 2017 | 1,986 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 2,002 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,239 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 2020 | 2,201 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 3,162 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +43.7% |
| 2022 | 2,569 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -18.8% |
| 2023 | 1,282 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -50.1% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 1,282 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36,446 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, 4% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 1,282 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13,786 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, 9% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,169 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 1,986 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2,605 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 5 |
| 2020s | 2,303 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 1,282 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 3,162 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 82 Guatemala 1,767 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 83 Solomon Islands 1,458 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 84 Iran 1,408 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 86 Mongolia 1,228 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 87 Guinea 1,211 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 88 Somalia 1,116 DOD, 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 external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square in Suriname?
- External debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square in Suriname was 1,282 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 3,162 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,282 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Suriname rank for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square?
- Suriname ranks 85th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) 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.
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- External debt stocks, short-term International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) 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.