Suriname

Capital City:

Paramaribo

Languages:

Dutch

Category: Social
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education		94	93.3	94		95.90000000000001	96.5	94.2				MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage	15.7		17.6	17.6	17.6	19.6	25.5	25.5	25.5	25.5	25.5	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)					89.59999999999999				90.7			World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	88	86	75	81.5	78.5	73.8	70.8	71	74.8	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	147,760	147,760	147,760	147,760	147,760	147,760	147,760	147,760		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	94.72	94.72	94.72	94.72	94.72	94.72	94.72	94.72		World Bank

Category: Tourism
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	42	26	17	18	52	96	109					Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	467,162	473,821	480,588	487,301	493,742	499,759	505,283	510,366	515,124	519,740	World Bank
Population annual growth	1.40267	1.41535	1.41807	1.38716	1.31311	1.21129	1.09927	1.00093999999999994	0.927953	0.892104	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	110					100			100		World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index						0.636	0.639	0.644	0.641	0.643	0.646	UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	4,410	4,160	4,670	5,020	5,480	5,950	6,360	7,040	6,730	World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	3.85	3.39	1.12	0.89	1.67	2.53	3.09	6.2	3.71	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$)			15,000,000	23,000,000	9,100,000	3,900,000	2,100,000	139,900,000	139,900,000	UN Data

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)												World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)												World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)												World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)	2,127	2,266	2,252	2,241	2,285	2,380	2,439	2,439				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	91		92		92	92			93			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	12.050000000000001	12.050000000000001	12.07	12.07	12.07	12.07	12.07	12.07	12.07	12.07		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Suriname	First national communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	Strategy Description	2006
NBSAP - Suriname	National Biodiversity Strategy	Strategy Description	2006
NSDS - Suriname		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

FCPF Carbon Fund and Participants Committee Meetings Discuss REDD+ Activities

Date: 02 Apr 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

27 March 2013: Two recent meetings of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), its Sixth Meeting of the Carbon Fund Participants (CF6, 15-16 March) and its 14th Meeting of the Participants Committee (PC14, 19-21 March 2013), have discussed updates on emissions reductions programmes and considered presentations on REDD+ readiness from a number of countries. The CF6 heard presentations from Ethiopia, the Republic of the Congo, Viet Nam, as well as a resolution on support for Costa Rica....

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Global Mechanism Launches Sustainable Land Management Web Platform

Date: 08 Feb 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

February 2013: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Global Mechanism (GM) has launched a revamped web-based platform titled “Sustainable Land Management (SLM) – Finance.” The site will support the exchange of information on funding and finance for sustainable land management (SLM) among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, many of which are also small island developing States (SIDS). The platform, which is part of the EU-funded Scope|ACP project, a South...

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First Energy Ministerial of South American and Arab Countries (ASPA) Adopts Abu Dhabi Declaration

Date: 23 Jan 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

16 January 2013: Energy ministers and senior government officials from South American and Arab countries (ASPA) have adopted the Abu Dhabi Declaration on enhanced cooperation at the bi-regional mechanism’s inaugural meeting on energy. The Declaration, adopted during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2013, reaffirms member countries’ commitment to enhance energy links between the two regions and highlights opportunities for further cooperation in the areas of renewable energy, oil...

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