Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Suriname
Suriname: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 2.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Suriname, 2005–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Suriname is 2.6%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 58.5% on the previous year and down 84.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Suriname peaked at 22.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2025.
Suriname ranks 195th of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Suriname, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4.9% | — |
| 2006 | 7.3% | +47.7% |
| 2007 | 7.5% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 8.3% | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | +57.8% |
| 2010 | 16.5% | +26.8% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | -54.3% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 11.9% | +43.4% |
| 2014 | 10.9% | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 16.4% | +50.9% |
| 2016 | 22.4% | +36.4% |
| 2017 | 16.4% | -26.9% |
| 2018 | 14.1% | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 10.7% | -24.1% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | -11.2% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | -18.2% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 6.1% | -25.3% |
| 2025 | 2.6% | -58.5% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 2.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23.2%, 11% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 2.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18.1%, 14% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.2% | 4.9% | 13.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 13.5% | 7.5% | 22.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.5% | 2.6% | 10.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
More private sector data for Suriname
- Merchandise trade 108.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 71.6% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 3.59 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 2.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 2.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 207.79 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,204 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Suriname?
- Travel services in Suriname was 2.6% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 22.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2025.
- How does Suriname rank for travel services?
- Suriname ranks 195th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.