Suriname Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

Suriname unemployment rate for 2022 was 8.23%, a 0.3% decline from 2021.
Suriname unemployment rate for 2021 was 8.53%, a 0.21% decline from 2020.
Suriname unemployment rate for 2020 was 8.74%, a 1.19% increase from 2019.
Suriname unemployment rate for 2019 was 7.55%, a 0.14% decline from 2018.

Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name	Unemployment Rate (%)
South Africa	28.84%
Botswana	23.62%
Gabon	20.61%
Namibia	19.99%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.55%
Libya	19.30%
Jordan	19.19%
St. Lucia	15.77%
Iraq	15.32%
Montenegro	15.25%
North Macedonia	14.43%
Bosnia	12.66%
Algeria	12.49%
Guyana	12.30%
Lebanon	11.75%
Albania	11.63%
Costa Rica	11.32%
Colombia	10.55%
Turkey	10.43%
Samoa	10.04%
Brazil	9.23%
Iran	8.82%
Serbia	8.68%
Belize	8.67%
Armenia	8.59%
Equatorial Guinea	8.58%
Suriname	8.23%
Paraguay	6.75%
Mauritius	6.32%
Azerbaijan	5.65%
Venezuela	5.62%
Romania	5.61%
Dominican Republic	5.50%
Jamaica	5.50%
China	4.98%
Kazakhstan	4.86%
Fiji	4.56%
Maldives	4.39%
Bulgaria	4.27%
Turkmenistan	4.13%
Russia	3.87%
Peru	3.85%
Ecuador	3.76%
Malaysia	3.63%
Belarus	3.57%
Mexico	3.26%
Guatemala	3.05%
Tonga	2.43%
Cuba	1.25%
Thailand	0.94%
Dominica	0.00%
Grenada	0.00%
Tuvalu	0.00%
Marshall Islands	0.00%
American Samoa	0.00%
Nauru	0.00%

Suriname Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year	Unemployment Rate (%)	Annual Change
2022	8.23%	-0.30%
2021	8.53%	-0.21%
2020	8.74%	1.19%
2019	7.55%	-0.14%
2018	7.69%	-0.20%
2017	7.89%	-0.04%
2016	7.92%	0.70%
2015	7.22%	0.28%
2014	6.94%	0.34%
2013	6.60%	-1.50%
2012	8.10%	0.56%
2011	7.54%	0.39%
2010	7.15%	-1.57%
2009	8.72%	-0.11%
2008	8.83%	-0.17%
2007	9.01%	-0.09%
2006	9.10%	-0.17%
2005	9.26%	-0.23%
2004	9.49%	-0.86%
2003	10.35%	-0.88%
2002	11.23%	-0.90%
2001	12.14%	-0.84%
2000	12.97%	-0.63%
1999	13.60%	2.97%
1998	10.63%	0.07%
1997	10.56%	-0.32%
1996	10.88%	2.49%
1995	8.39%	-4.31%
1994	12.70%	-2.94%
1993	15.64%	-1.64%
1992	17.28%	0.19%
1991	17.09%	17.09%
1990	0.00%	0.00%
1989	0.00%	0.00%
1988	0.00%	0.00%
1987	0.00%	0.00%
1986	0.00%	0.00%
1985	0.00%	0.00%
1984	0.00%	0.00%
1983	0.00%	0.00%
1982	0.00%	0.00%
1981	0.00%	0.00%
1980	0.00%	0.00%
1979	0.00%	0.00%
1978	0.00%	0.00%
1977	0.00%	0.00%
1976	0.00%	0.00%
1975	0.00%	0.00%
1974	0.00%	0.00%
1973	0.00%	0.00%
1972	0.00%	0.00%
1971	0.00%	0.00%
1970	0.00%	0.00%
1969	0.00%	0.00%
1968	0.00%	0.00%
1967	0.00%	0.00%
1966	0.00%	0.00%
1965	0.00%	0.00%
1964	0.00%	0.00%
1963	0.00%	0.00%
1962	0.00%	0.00%
1961	0.00%	0.00%
1960	0.00%	0.00%