Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Suriname

Extreme poverty rate in Suriname in 2022 — 2.2%. Ranked 46 in the world out of 73. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 18.4 pp.

2022 2.2% −18.4 pp vs 1999
World rank 46of 73
Period maximum 20.6%1999
Period minimum 2.2%2022

Trend over time

1999–2022 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Suriname, 1999–202201020301999200220052008201120142017202020221999: 20.6%2022: 2.2%
Change over the period: −18.4 pp Annual average: -0.8 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Suriname 2.2%
World 10.9%
South America computed 4.7%
Extreme poverty rate — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 2.2
1999 20.6

South America, 2022

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.