Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US) … capita in Suriname
Suriname: Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US) … capita was 4,180 US dollar per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US dollar) in Suriname, 2011–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in US dollar per person.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 4,180 US dollar per person for other investment, debt instruments (assets, positions, us dollar) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 112.2% on the previous year and up 180.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other investment, debt instruments (assets, positions, us dollar) in Suriname peaked at 4,180 US dollar per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,177 US dollar per person, in 2019.
Suriname ranks 63rd of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US) … capita in Suriname, year by year
| Year | US dollar per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,111 US dollar per person | — |
| 2012 | 1,630 US dollar per person | -22.8% |
| 2013 | 1,761 US dollar per person | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 1,644 US dollar per person | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 1,493 US dollar per person | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 1,858 US dollar per person | +24.5% |
| 2017 | 1,864 US dollar per person | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,018 US dollar per person | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 1,177 US dollar per person | -41.7% |
| 2020 | 1,439 US dollar per person | +22.2% |
| 2021 | 1,371 US dollar per person | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 1,349 US dollar per person | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,374 US dollar per person | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 1,970 US dollar per person | +43.4% |
| 2025 | 4,180 US dollar per person | +112.2% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 4,180 US dollar per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,263 US dollar per person, 3.3× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 4,180 US dollar per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,214 US dollar per person, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US) … capita in Suriname changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | +112.2% | 1,970 US dollar per person | 4,180 US dollar per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,728 US dollar per person | 1,177 US dollar per person | 2,111 US dollar per person | 9 |
| 2020s | 1,947 US dollar per person | 1,349 US dollar per person | 4,180 US dollar per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
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 other investment, debt instruments (assets, positions, us dollar) in Suriname?
- Other investment, debt instruments (assets, positions, us dollar) in Suriname was 4,180 US dollar per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest other investment, debt instruments (assets, positions, us dollar) recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 4,180 US dollar per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest other investment, debt instruments (assets, positions, us dollar) recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,177 US dollar per person in 2019.
- How does Suriname rank for other investment, debt instruments (assets, positions, us dollar)?
- Suriname ranks 63rd out of 169 countries with data for 2025.
- Is other investment, debt instruments (assets, positions, us dollar) rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 180.1%. 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 Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US dollar) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US dollar) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Other investment, Debt instruments International Monetary Fund
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US dollar) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.