Suriname

Location

Paramaribo
Suriname
5° 49' 59.988" N, 55° 10' 0.12" W
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 2009 2010 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 2010 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 2009 2010 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
13 Dec 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
11 December 2012: The Organization of American States (OAS) has announced the 14 recipients of small grants under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) “Sustainable Communities in Central America and the Caribbean” project. The winning proposals were announced by OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulsa at a formal ceremony held at OAS Headquarters on 10 December 2012. The project, funded by the US and implemented by OAS within the ECPA framework, seeks to...
06 Dec 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
5 December 2012: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is providing Suriname a US$15 million Policy Based Programmatic (PBP) loan to reform its power sector and its governance, increase the efficiency of current plants, diversify its energy mix with renewable energy sources and improve power supplies to remote areas. One component of the loan will focus on an integrated policy and regulatory framework to govern Suriname’s energy sector, starting with a diagnostic “Green Paper...
28 Aug 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2012: The August issue of the Global Water Partnership Caribbean (GWP-C) newsletter includes stories on smallholder agricultural water management (AWM), rainwater harvesting (RWH), gender and sanitation, water supply improvement projects, youth involvement in water management, and integrated water resources management (IWRM) and disaster resilience. The “Caribbean Water Insight” newsletter features articles on: innovative agriculture as a profitable and sustainable business...
External Resources: 

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National focal point for sustainable development: 
Environmental Section, Ministry of Labour, Technological Development & Environment