National Summary Data Page

 

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS FOR SURINAME
             
[Real Sector | Fiscar Sector | Financial Sector | External Sector | Population]
             
REAL SECTOR
Data Category and Components Unit Description Observation Links to Suriname’s Data Metadata
Period of Latest Data Latest Data Data for previous period
National Accounts
GDP market prices Millions of SRD   2016 20,420 16,491
Table 21
 [Suriname - GDDS - RS - National Accounts]
GDP market prices, 2007=100 Millions of SRD   2016 9,426 9,937 Table 22
Gross National Income Millions of SRD 2016 19,717 16,394 http://www.statistics
suriname.org
National Income per Capita SRD 2016 34,245 28,900
Labor market
Employed Number of persons 2014 143,972 140,895

Tabel 23

 [Suriname - GDDS - RS - Employment]
Unemployed Number of persons 2014 10,745 9,960 [Suriname GDDS - RS - unemployment]
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Month-to-month changes Base period: April-June 2016 Sep/17 1.1 0.6 Table 20 [Suriname GDDS - RS - CPI]
Current month to same month previous year Base period: April-June 2016 Sep/17 11.7 16.2
FISCAL SECTOR
Data Category and Components Unit Description Observation Links to Suriname’s Data Metadata
Period of Latest Latest Data Data for previous period
General Government Operations
Total Revenues Millions of SRD Jul/17 418.6 328.1

Table 19

 

 

[Suriname - GDDS - GFS - Ministry of Finance]

 

[Suriname - GDDS - GFS - Government operations]
Total Expenditures Millions of SRD Jul/17 485.7 485.1
Surplus/deficit Millions of SRD Jul/17

-67.1

 -157.0
Domestic Financing Millions of SRD Jul/17 -33.4 161.9
Foreign Financing Millions of SRD Jul/17 -0.8 -4.0
Government Debt
Domestic Debt – National Definition Millions of SRD Apr/17 4,049.6 3,966.5 Table 16 [Suriname - GDDS - GFS - Government debt]
External Debt – National Definition Millions of US$ Apr/17 1,545.7 1,543.1
Domestic Debt/
GDP – National Definition		 In percent Apr/17 24.3 23.8 Table 18
External Debt/
GDP – National Definition		 In percent Apr/17 37.5 37.4
FINANCIAL SECTOR
Data Category and Components Unit Description Observatie Links to Suriname’s Data Metadata
Period of Latest Latest Data Data for previous period
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
Net Foreign Assets Millions of SRD Aug/17 467.1 349.7 Table 1 [Suriname - GDDS - MFS - Central Bank of Suriname]
Net Claims on Government Millions of SRD Aug/17 2,027.8 1,998.3
Claims on Other Depository Corporations Millions of SRD Aug/17 44.6 208.3
Claims on Other Resident Sectors Millions of SRD Aug/17 12.0 12.0
Monetary Base
Monetary Base (Broadly Defined) Millions of SRD Aug/17 3,475.6 3,497.6 Table 4 [Suriname
- GDDS - MFS - Central Bank Aggregates]
Currency in Circulation Millions of SRD Aug/17 1,422.8 1,344.9
Liabilities to Other Depository Corporations Millions of SRD Aug/17 1,991.6 2,043.1
Liabilities to Other Resident Sectors Millions of SRD Aug/17 61.2 109.7
Monetary Base (Narrowly Defined) Millions of SRD Aug/17 3,414.4 3,387.9
Analytical Accounts of the Other Depository Corporations
Net Foreign Assets Millions of SRD Aug/17 5,364.4 5,311.1 Table 2 [Suriname
- GDDS - MFS - Depository Corporations Survey]
Net Claims on Government Millions of SRD Aug/17 1,588.1 1,526.2
Nett Claims on the CBvS Millions of SRD Aug/17 2,203.9 2,079.2
Claims on Ohter Resident Sectors Millions of SRD Aug/17 8,076.8 8,085.0
Depository Corporations Survey
Net Foreign Assets Millions of SRD Aug/17 5,831.5 5,660.8 Table 3 [Suriname
- GDDS - MFS - Depository Corporations Survey]
Net Claims on Government Millions of SRD Aug/17 3,615.9 3,524.5
Claims on Ohter Resident Sectors Millions of SRD Aug/17 8,088.9 8,097.0
Broad Money Liabilities Millions of SRD Aug/17 16,730.1 16,662.7
Broad Money
M1 Millions of SRD Aug/17 7,127.9 7,159.2 Table 5 [Suriname
- GDDS - MFS - Central Bank Aggregates]
M2 Millions of SRD Aug/17 16,748.0 16,681.0
Deposits in Foreign Currency Millions of SRD Aug/17 10,797.2 10,841.2
Depository Corporations: Financing to the Government
CBvS Net Claims on Government Millions of SRD Aug/17 2,027.8 1,998.3 Table 7 [Suriname
- GDDS - MFS - Depository Corporations Survey]
ODIs Net Claims on Government Millions of SRD Aug/17 1,588.1 1,526.2
Other Depository Corporations: Credit by Economic Activity
Credit in Domestic Currency Millions of SRD Aug/17 4,894.6 4,779.3 Table 8  
Credit in Foreign Currency Millions of SRD Aug/17 5,048.4

5,061.5

 Table 9
Credit in US dollars Millions of US$ Aug/17 498.1 488.8 Table 10
Credit in euro Millions of € Aug/17 156.6 166.9 Table 11
Other Depository Corporations: Credit by Type to the Private Sector
Credit in Domestic Currency Millions of SRD Aug/17 3,708.3 3,701.7

Tabel 8.1

Tabel 9.1
Credit in Foreign Currency Millions of SRD Aug/17 4,329.5 4,344.9
Other Depository Corporations: Reserve Base & Required Reserves
Reserve Base in SRD Millions of SRD Sep/17 4,648.1 4,655.3 Table 13  
Required Reserves in SRD Millions of SRD Sep/17 1,626.8 1,629.4
Reserve Base in US dollars Miljoenen US$ Sep/17 1,070.0 1,071.3
Required Reserves in US dollars Millions of US$ Sep/17 489.3 490.0
Reserve Base in euro Millions of € Sep/17 311.5 309.6
Required Reserves in euro Millions of € Sep/17 85.4 84.4
Other Depository Corporations: Interest Rates
Average Rate for Lending in SRD in percent Aug/17 14.4 14.3 Table 12 [Suriname
- GDDS - MFS - Interest Rates]
Average Rate for Deposits in SRD in percent Aug/17 8.9 9.0
Average Interbank Rate in SRD in percent Aug/17 12.2 13.8
Average Rate for Lending US dollars in percent Aug/17 9.3 9.3 Table 12a
Average Rate for Deposits in US dollars in percent Aug/17 3.5 3.5
Average Rate for Lending in euro in percent Aug/17 8.9 8.9 Table 12b
Average Rate for Deposits in euro in percent Aug/17 0.6 0.6
EXTERNAL SECTOR
Data Category and Components Unit Description Observation Links to Suriname’s Data Metadata
Period of Latest Latest Data Data for previous period
Balance of Payments
Current Accounts Millions of US$ Q2/2017 91.9 93.6 Table 15 [Suriname
- GDDS - EXT - Balance of Payments]
Capital and Financial Account Millions of US$ Q2/2017 -47.8 49.6
Changes in Reserve Assets Millions of US$ Q2/2017 14.2 1.0
Merchandise Trade
Total Imports Millions of US$ Q2/2017 305.9 298.8 Table 15

[Suriname
- GDDS - EXT - Merchandise Trade]
Total Exports Millions of US$ Q2/2017 490.4 455.5
International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
International Reserves Millions of US$ Sep/17 403.9 417.9 InternationalReserves [Suriname
- GDDS - EXT International Reserves]
CBvS Net Position in Foreign Currency w/Residents Millions of SRD Aug/17 -1,070.3 -994.1 Table 6  
ODIs Net Position in Foreign Currency w/Residents Millions of SRD Aug/17 -5,933.1 -5,838.0
Exchange Rates
USD – selling rate
(SRD per US$1)		 SRD/US$ Daily 7.500 7.500 www.cbvs.sr [Suriname
- GDDS - EXT - Exchange Rates]
EUR – selling rate
(SRD per € 1)		 SRD/€ Daily  8.820 8.795 
POPULATION
Data Category and Components Unit Description Observation Links to Suriname’s Data Metadata
Period of Latest Latest Data Data for previous period
             
National Population* Number of persons 2016
 575.763 567.291

http://www.statistics-suriname.org

 To be developed

October 5 , 2017.

 *Mid-year population

 

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

 Period   Average End-of-period
2020   34.9 60.8
2021   59.1 60.7
2022   52.4 54.6
2023   51.6 32.6
2024   16.2 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 5.7
May*)   0.8 6.0

*) Preliminary figures

 

 

Weighted Average RatesJuly 08 - 15:00h (Transfers)

Currency Buying Selling
USD 36.937 37.309
EUR 43.284 44.408
GBP 50.142 51.125
XCG 20.295 20.693
AWG 20.521 20.923
BRL 6.760 6.892
TTD 5.435 5.542
BBD 18.208 18.565
XCD 13.680 13.949
GYD PER 100 17.551 17.895
CNY 5.149 5.250

Weighted Average RatesJuly 08 - 15:00h (Banknotes)

Currency Buying Selling
USD 38.169 38.773
EUR 44.547 45.226
GBP 51.815 52.841
XCG 20.972 21.387
AWG 21.205 21.625
BRL 6.985 7.124
TTD 5.616 5.728
BBD 18.816 19.188
XCD 14.137 14.417
GYD PER 100 18.137 18.496
CNY 5.320 5.426

Gold CertificatesJuly 08

Coupon SRD
5 gram 39.768,00
10 gram 79.536,00
50 gram 397.679,98
100 gram 795.359,96
500 gram 3.976.799,82
1000 gram 7.953.599,64
Gold LBMA USD 3.315,35 /tr.oz.

Weighted Average Accepted
OMO Rate

Auction ID Auction Date Rate (%)
CBTD250702-1W 2025-07-02 5,9
CBTD250625-1W 2025-06-25 5,9
CBTD250618-1W 2025-06-18 5,8
CBTD250611-1W 2025-06-11 10,2

Standing Lending Facility Interest Rate

Auction ID Auction Date Rate (%)
CBTD250702-1W 2025-07-02 7,1
CBTD250625-1W 2025-06-25 7,1
CBTD250618-1W 2025-06-18 7,0
CBTD250611-1W 2025-06-11 12,2
Balance sheet

Inflation

 Period   Average End-of-period
2020   34.9 60.8
2021   59.1 60.7
2022   52.4 54.6
2023   51.6 32.6
2024   16.2 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 5.7
May*)   0.8 6.0

*) Preliminary figures