The Suriname Country Profile can be characterized as the illustrative 'handbook' about the Surinamese economy. It is produced by the Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Suriname and presents an overview of the main demographic, economic and financial data of the past 10 years in a clear and evident way in graphs. The first edition was published in May 2013. The publication forms part of the Central Bank of Suriname’s endeavor to disseminate high quality information and statistical data on the Surinamese economy to the local and international community, and to increase the availability and transparency of Suriname’s economic data.
 
The Central Bank is pleased to present the twelfth edition of the Country Profile with data updates for 2023.
 

Click here for the publication of the twelfth edition.

 

Click here for the International Reserves tables in Excel-format

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Click here for the data in Excel format

Exchange RatesMarch 09th and until further notice

Currency Buying Selling
USD 14,018 14,290
EUR 16,628 16,959
GBP 19,396 19,782
ANG 7,699 7,852
AWG 7,784 7,939
BRL 2,438 2,485
TTD 2,063 2,103
BBD 6,907 7,044
XCD 5,190 5,293
PER 100 GYD 6,657 6,790

Gold CertificatesMarch 09th and until further notice

Coupon SRD
5 gram 7.814,97
10 gram 15.629,94
50 gram 78.149,69
100 gram 156.299,39
500 gram 781.496,94
1000 gram 1562993,88
Gold LME: USD 1.701,00 /tr.oz.

Inflation

    Average End-of-period
2022   52.4 54.6
       
2023   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   3.7 55.6
Feb   3.2 57.9
Mar   3.2 59.6
Apr   5.7 65.4
May   2.4 65.0
Jun   2.3 54.6
Jul   3.0 56.6
Aug   2.0 53.5
Sep   1.5 50.8
Oct   1.0 42.9
Nov   0.6 38.7
Dec   0.1 32.6
       
2024   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   0.9 29.0
Feb   0.4 25.4
Mar   4.4 26.8
Apr   0.7 20.9
May   0.5 18.6
Jun   0.2 16.2
Jul   0.1 13.0
Aug   0.3 11.1
Sep   0.9 10.5
Oct   0.6 10.1
Nov   0.2 9.6
Dec   0.5 10.1
       
2025   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   0.6 9.9
Feb   0.4 9.9
Mar   0.5 5.7
Apr*   0.7 5.6

*) Preliminary figures

 

 

Weighted Average RatesJune 13 - 15:00h (Transfers)

Currency Buying Selling
USD 37.379 37.714
EUR 43.415 43.699
GBP 50.595 51.586
XCG 20.538 20.940
AWG 20.766 21.173
BRL 6.723 6.855
TTD 5.529 5.637
BBD 18.426 18.787
XCD 13.844 14.115
GYD PER 100 17.761 18.110
CNY 5.204 5.306

Weighted Average RatesJune 13 - 15:00h (Banknotes)

Currency Buying Selling
USD 38.932 39.368
EUR 44.515 44.867
GBP 52.697 53.740
XCG 21.391 21.815
AWG 21.629 22.057
BRL 7.002 7.141
TTD 5.759 5.873
BBD 19.192 19.572
XCD 14.419 14.705
GYD PER 100 18.499 18.866
CNY 5.421 5.528

Gold CertificatesJune 13

Coupon SRD
5 gram 41.121,82
10 gram 82.243,64
50 gram 411.218,22
100 gram 822.436,44
500 gram 4.112.182,22
1000 gram 8.224.364,43
Gold LBMA USD 3.391,40 /tr.oz.

Weighted Average Accepted
OMO Rate

Auction ID Auction Date Rate (%)
CBTD250611-1W 2025-06-11 10,2
CBTD250604-1W 2025-06-04 4,5
CBTD250528-1W 2025-05-28 5,0
CBTD250521-1W 2025-05-21 5,0

Standing Lending Facility Interest Rate

Auction ID Auction Date Rate (%)
CBTD250611-1W 2025-06-11 12,2
CBTD250604-1W 2025-06-04 5,4
CBTD250528-1W 2025-05-28 6,0
CBTD250521-1W 2025-05-21 6,0
Balance sheet

Inflation

    Average End-of-period
2022   52.4 54.6
       
2023   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   3.7 55.6
Feb   3.2 57.9
Mar   3.2 59.6
Apr   5.7 65.4
May   2.4 65.0
Jun   2.3 54.6
Jul   3.0 56.6
Aug   2.0 53.5
Sep   1.5 50.8
Oct   1.0 42.9
Nov   0.6 38.7
Dec   0.1 32.6
       
2024   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   0.9 29.0
Feb   0.4 25.4
Mar   4.4 26.8
Apr   0.7 20.9
May   0.5 18.6
Jun   0.2 16.2
Jul   0.1 13.0
Aug   0.3 11.1
Sep   0.9 10.5
Oct   0.6 10.1
Nov   0.2 9.6
Dec   0.5 10.1
       
2025   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   0.6 9.9
Feb   0.4 9.9
Mar   0.5 5.7
Apr*   0.7 5.6

*) Preliminary figures