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Government debt

Suriname

Suriname. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202596.9%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 20254.6History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 20256,988History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 20254.7History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Suriname: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 96.9% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 4.6 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 12.9 percentage points above its 2024 level.
  • This is above the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio increases by 55.7 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time0501001502002000200520102015202020252031Suriname · 2000: 48.4% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2001: 37.2% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2002: 37.4% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2003: 31.5% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2004: 29.4% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2005: 27.1% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2006: 22.5% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2007: 16.4% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2008: 14.8% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2009: 14.6% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2010: 17.3% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2011: 18.7% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2012: 20.1% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2013: 27.9% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2014: 25.2% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2015: 41.2% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2016: 75.4% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2017: 73.0% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2018: 68.6% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2019: 84.0% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2020: 151.5% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2021: 118.3% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2022: 111.7% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2023: 92.3% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2024: 84.0% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2025: 96.9% — History / IMF estimatesSuriname · 2026: 85.1% — IMF estimate / projectionSuriname · 2027: 72.1% — IMF projectionSuriname · 2028: 52.1% — IMF projectionSuriname · 2029: 35.4% — IMF projectionSuriname · 2030: 29.5% — IMF projectionSuriname · 2031: 27.8% — IMF projection
Chart data table
YearSuriname (%)Source
203127.8IMF projection
203029.5IMF projection
202935.4IMF projection
202852.1IMF projection
202772.1IMF projection
202685.1IMF estimate / projection
202596.9History / IMF estimates
202484.0History / IMF estimates
202392.3History / IMF estimates
2022111.7History / IMF estimates
2021118.3History / IMF estimates
2020151.5History / IMF estimates
201984.0History / IMF estimates
201868.6History / IMF estimates
201773.0History / IMF estimates
201675.4History / IMF estimates
201541.2History / IMF estimates
201425.2History / IMF estimates
201327.9History / IMF estimates
201220.1History / IMF estimates
201118.7History / IMF estimates
201017.3History / IMF estimates
200914.6History / IMF estimates
200814.8History / IMF estimates
200716.4History / IMF estimates
200622.5History / IMF estimates
200527.1History / IMF estimates
200429.4History / IMF estimates
200331.5History / IMF estimates
200237.4History / IMF estimates
200137.2History / IMF estimates
200048.4History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data