Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Suriname
Suriname: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.913 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Suriname, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 0.913 for human rights index vs. gdp per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 80 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Suriname peaked at 0.913 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.519, in 1983.
That places Suriname 25th out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.72 | — |
| 1947 | 0.723 | +0.4% |
| 1948 | 0.723 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.729 | +0.8% |
| 1950 | 0.738 | +1.2% |
| 1951 | 0.738 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.738 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.738 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.738 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.768 | +4.1% |
| 1956 | 0.768 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.769 | +0.1% |
| 1958 | 0.769 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.769 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.769 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.769 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.769 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.781 | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 0.781 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.781 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.781 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.781 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.781 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.781 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.796 | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 0.796 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.798 | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.793 | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.821 | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 0.852 | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 0.864 | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.864 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.866 | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.866 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.533 | -38.5% |
| 1981 | 0.535 | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.524 | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.519 | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.519 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.529 | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 0.532 | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.536 | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.662 | +23.5% |
| 1989 | 0.776 | +17.2% |
| 1990 | 0.852 | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 0.877 | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 0.88 | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.88 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.88 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.88 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.884 | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.883 | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.884 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.884 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.884 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.884 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.884 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.884 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.884 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.884 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.883 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.879 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.878 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.878 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.877 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.877 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.877 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.872 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.867 | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.863 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.843 | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.87 | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.893 | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 0.897 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.908 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.91 | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.913 | +0.3% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 0.913 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7345, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 0.913 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Suriname changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | -38.5% | 0.866 | 0.533 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.7238 | 0.72 | 0.729 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.7533 | 0.738 | 0.769 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.7774 | 0.769 | 0.781 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.8316 | 0.793 | 0.866 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5665 | 0.519 | 0.776 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8782 | 0.852 | 0.884 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8838 | 0.883 | 0.884 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8711 | 0.843 | 0.879 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8985 | 0.87 | 0.913 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
More economy & growth data for Suriname
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.22 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -16.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0232 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 164.03 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -20.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0169 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 119.77 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 14.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.1688 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Suriname?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Suriname was 0.913 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 0.913 in 2025.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.519 in 1983.
- How does Suriname rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Suriname ranks 25th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.