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

GEF Launches Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management

Date: 16 Feb 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

9 February 2012: The Global Environment Facility’s Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (GEF-CReW) was formally launched at an inception seminar and initial meeting of its Project Steering Committee (PSC). The PSC endorsed the project’s work plan and budget, monitoring and reporting requirements, and made several recommendations. The meetings were held back-to-back from 7-9 February 2012, in Kingston, Jamaica. The Official Launch and Wastewater Management Seminar...

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Expert Group Assesses Sectoral Data on Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change in the Caribbean

Date: 14 Feb 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

3 February 2012: The subregional headquarters for the Caribbean of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently convened an expert group to discuss the status of regional efforts to develop economic frameworks to assess the economic and social impacts of climate change in the Caribbean in key sectors. The expert group, which met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 2-3 February 2012, assessed progress made in the data gathering process, the successes...

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Seven New Countries Join UN-REDD Programme

Date: 13 Feb 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

10 February 2012: Benin, Cameroon, Chile, Ghana, Myanmar, South Sudan and Suriname have joined the UN-REDD Programme as partners and official observers to the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board. The Programme now has 42 partner countries globally. Partner countries receive targeted support from UN-REDD’s Global Programme and are able to participate in the knowledge sharing facilitated by the Programme’s online community of practice. Partner countries may also be invited to submit a...

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