The standard of life in Suriname
Is it good to live in Suriname? Let’s look at different indicators, characterizing the level and quality of life in this country.
The income and wealth of population
The quality of medicine and population health
Alcohol consumption and smoking
How much Surinamese are satisfiedу by their life
***The income and population wealth of Suriname
The most important indicator which allows us to evaluate the level of economic development of the country is gross domestic product per capita. According to 2024 data, GDP, calculated by purchasing power parity, makes in Suriname 21,7 thousand dollars per capita (for comparison, on average in the world - about 20,4 thousand dollars).
The indicators, characterizing the level of population provision, also include the motorization rate. Every 1000 of Surinamese have 349 cars of different kinds.
The crime rate in Suriname up↑
One can size up population law-abidingness and law enforcement activity with the help of data about the number of murders and about the number of prisoners.
Every year in Suriname there are 7.28 premeditated murders per 100 thousand of people.
As of 2023 year, in prisons and criminal camps of Suriname there are 1 thousand prisoners, or 183 inmates per 100 000 of people.
Population health up↑
The average life expectancy in Suriname is 71.5 years (68.5 years among men and 74.6 years among women). For comparison, the average life expectancy in the world is 67,2 years (65 years among men and 69,5 years among women).
To get an idea about the nation’s health, one should look at prevalence rates of some dangerous diseases.
According to the World Health Organization data (WHO), the number of HIV-infected in Suriname is 7200 people, or 1.16% of population.
Tuberculosis has been found in 170 Surinamese (29 people per 100 000 of population).
Every year in Suriname among 100 000 of people one finds 167.5 new episodes of cancer and records 101.5 lethal cases from it. The yearly ratio of lethal episodes to the number of new cases is (The lower the ratio is, the higher the amount of the cured is; respectively, it means that the local health care system works better).
Alcohol consumption and smoking up↑
The exposure of the population to bad habits can also be referred to the integral part of the life quality in the country. It’s considered that in general it’s more comfortable to live where they smoke and drink less.
Lately on average the annual alcohol consumption in Suriname has been about 5.3 of liters of pure alcohol per one person older than 15 years old (about 8.5 liters per one man and 2.2 liters per one woman).
What do Surinamese drink? According to the statistics, the beer content in the total amount of alcohol consumption is 40%, the wine content is 2.3%, the hard liquor content (vodka, cognac, etc.) is 57.2%.
On a constant base in Surinamese there are 25 % adult smokers. On average tobacco consumption makes 512 cigarettes per person during one year.
How much are the people satisfied by their lives in the country? up↑ It might be difficult to choose the indicator which can help to define how much the people of this or that country are satisfied by their lives. It’s easier to estimate the living conditions, the ability or failure to meet basic needs of the population. For example, there is a well-known integral indicator, used by the UN, - Human Development Index (HDI) which fully takes into the account different reasons to feel comfortable. According to 2022, HDI in Suriname was equal to 0.73. One can indirectly evaluate the people’s satisfaction by their lives with the help of the number of suicides. It comes logically that the better their lives are organized, the fewer reasons to commit a suicide they have. Every year in Suriname per 100 000 of people, there are 25,9 suicides (41,3) among men and 11,8 among women). Do you want to compare Suriname with other countries with such indicators as the area of the territory, population, economy, the standard of living, etc? Fill in the gaps below with the country and choose the criteria:
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