Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Suriname
Suriname: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 57.74 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Suriname, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 57.74 for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Suriname ranks 146th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 59.01 | — |
| 2015 | 59.07 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 59.01 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 58.55 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 58.21 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 57.74 | -0.8% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 57.74 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.3, 79% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 57.74 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.16, 79% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Suriname
More private sector data for Suriname
- Merchandise trade 108.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 9.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,204 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 81.27 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Suriname?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Suriname was 57.74 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 59.07 in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.74 in 2019.
- How does Suriname rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Suriname ranks 146th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.