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Human development index — Suriname

Human development index in Suriname in 2023 — 0.722 index. Ranked 114 in the world out of 193. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 6.3%.

2023 0.722 index +0.42% vs 2022
World rank 114of 193
Period maximum 0.722 index2023
Period minimum 0.679 index2004

Trend over time

2004–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Suriname, 2004–20230.660.680.70.720.74200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 0.679 index2005: 0.685 index2006: 0.69 index2007: 0.697 index2008: 0.701 index2009: 0.704 index2010: 0.707 index2011: 0.708 index2012: 0.711 index2013: 0.714 index2014: 0.715 index2015: 0.718 index2016: 0.716 index2017: 0.715 index2018: 0.719 index2019: 0.72 index2020: 0.714 index2021: 0.697 index2022: 0.719 index2023: 0.722 index
Change over the period: +0.043 (+6.33%) Average annual rate: 0.32 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Suriname

Suriname 0.722 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
South America computed 0.792 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.722 +0.003 +0.42%
2022 0.719 +0.022 +3.16%
2021 0.697 −0.017 −2.38%
2020 0.714 −0.006 −0.83%
2019 0.72 +0.001 +0.14%
2018 0.719 +0.004 +0.56%
2017 0.715 −0.001 −0.14%
2016 0.716 −0.002 −0.28%
2015 0.718 +0.003 +0.42%
2014 0.715 +0.001 +0.14%
2013 0.714 +0.003 +0.42%
2012 0.711 +0.003 +0.42%
2011 0.708 +0.001 +0.14%
2010 0.707 +0.003 +0.43%
2009 0.704 +0.003 +0.43%
2008 0.701 +0.004 +0.57%
2007 0.697 +0.007 +1.01%
2006 0.69 +0.005 +0.73%
2005 0.685 +0.006 +0.88%
2004 0.679 — —

South America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CL Chile 0.878 AR Argentina 0.865 UY Uruguay 0.862 PE Peru 0.794 CO Colombia 0.788 BR Brazil 0.786 EC Ecuador 0.777 GY Guyana 0.776 PY Paraguay 0.756 BO Bolivia 0.733 SR Suriname 0.722 VE Venezuela 0.709
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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