Starting a business - Score in Suriname
Suriname: Starting a business - Score was 61.56 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Suriname, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Suriname is 61.56, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 44.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Suriname peaked at 61.57 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 37.12, in 2005.
That places Suriname 183rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 37.12 | — |
| 2006 | 38.5 | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 40.1 | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 42.3 | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 42.74 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 43 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 43.66 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 44.2 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 44.62 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 48.82 | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 48.76 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 61.19 | +25.5% |
| 2017 | 61.5 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 61.57 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 61.56 | -0.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 61.56 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 71% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 61.56 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 72% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +25.5% | 48.76 | 61.19 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.15 | 37.12 | 42.74 | 5 |
| 2010s | 51.89 | 43 | 61.57 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 180 Congo 65.8 compare
- 181 Central African Republic 63.19 compare
- 182 Laos 62.66 compare
- 184 Equatorial Guinea 60.96 compare
- 185 Bosnia and Herzegovina 60.03 compare
- 186 Eritrea 52.86 compare
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 starting a business - score in Suriname?
- Starting a business - score in Suriname was 61.56 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 61.57 in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.12 in 2005.
- How does Suriname rank for starting a business - score?
- Suriname ranks 183rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.0%. 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 Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.