Unemployment rate: Suriname
7.834% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.834 |
| 2024 | 7.621 |
| 2023 | 7.699 |
| 2022 | 7.973 |
| 2021 | 8.706 |
| 2020 | 8.973 |
| 2019 | 7.755 |
| 2018 | 7.817 |
| 2017 | 7.905 |
| 2016 | 7.917 |
| 2015 | 7.22 |
| 2014 | 6.94 |
| 2013 | 6.6 |
| 2012 | 8.1 |
| 2011 | 7.54 |
| 2010 | 7.15 |
| 2009 | 8.72 |
| 2008 | 8.854 |
| 2007 | 9.017 |
| 2006 | 9.142 |
| 2005 | 9.302 |
| 2004 | 9.49 |
| 2003 | 10.336 |
| 2002 | 11.187 |
| 2001 | 12.047 |
| 2000 | 12.873 |
| 1999 | 13.6 |
| 1998 | 10.63 |
| 1997 | 10.56 |
| 1996 | 10.88 |
| 1995 | 8.39 |
| 1994 | 12.7 |
| 1993 | 15.64 |
| 1992 | 17.28 |
| 1991 | 17.189 |