Unemployment - Suriname
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Suriname is 12.7 (%) with a global rank of 54.
Suriname compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Suriname is similar to that of Egypt, Tonga, Zambia, Slovenia, Curaçao, Lithuania, Italy, Jordan, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), French Polynesia with a respective Unemployment of 13.4, 13.3, 13.1, 13.1, 13.0, 12.4, 12.4, 12.2, 12.0, 11.7 (%) and a global rank of 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59.Last 10 years averageSuriname had an average Unemployment of 12.1 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Suriname during the Great RecessionSuriname's Unemployment had a positive growth of 8.26% during the Great RecessionSuriname since the end of the Great RecessionSuriname's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 3.05% since the end of the Great Recession
Suriname compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Suriname is similar to that of Egypt, Tonga, Zambia, Slovenia, Curaçao, Lithuania, Italy, Jordan, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), French Polynesia with a respective Unemployment of 13.4, 13.3, 13.1, 13.1, 13.0, 12.4, 12.4, 12.2, 12.0, 11.7 (%) and a global rank of 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59.Last 10 years averageSuriname had an average Unemployment of 12.1 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Suriname during the Great RecessionSuriname's Unemployment had a positive growth of 8.26% during the Great RecessionSuriname since the end of the Great RecessionSuriname's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 3.05% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 13.80 |
1992 | 17.30 |
1993 | 14.70 |
1994 | 12.70 |
1995 | 8.40 |
1996 | 10.90 |
1997 | 10.50 |
1998 | 10.60 |
1999 | 13.80 |
2000 | 17.00 |
2001 | 12.70 |
2002 | 13.00 |
2003 | 12.60 |
2004 | 9.50 |
2005 | 12.90 |
2006 | 12.10 |
2007 | 12.80 |
2008 | 9.00 |
2009 | 13.10 |
2010 | 12.90 |
2011 | 12.70 |
2012 | 12.70 |
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Egypt | 49 | 13.4 |
Tonga | 50 | 13.3 |
Zambia | 51 | 13.1 |
Slovenia | 52 | 13.1 |
Curaçao | 53 | 13.0 |
Suriname | 54 | 12.7 |
Lithuania | 55 | 12.4 |
Italy | 56 | 12.4 |
Jordan | 57 | 12.2 |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 58 | 12.0 |
French Polynesia | 59 | 11.7 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators