Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Suriname
Suriname: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 58.7 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Suriname, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Suriname stood at 58.7. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Suriname peaked at 58.7 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 52.17, in 2009.
Suriname ranks 155th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 52.17 | — |
| 2010 | 58.7 | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 58.7 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 58.7 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 58.7 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 58.7 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 58.7 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 58.7 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 58.7 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 58.7 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 58.7 | +0.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 58.7 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76.96, 76% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 58.7 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 81.3, 72% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.17 | 52.17 | 52.17 | 1 |
| 2010s | 58.7 | 58.7 | 58.7 | 10 |
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: time (days) - score in Suriname?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Suriname was 58.7 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 58.7 in 2010.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.17 in 2009.
- How does Suriname rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Suriname ranks 155th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.