Gender in Suriname 199 indicators covering gender for Suriname. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 158.99 2030 down 3.2% 165th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.4271 % change on previous year 2030 down 180.0% 86th Population 506.66 2030 up 13.1% 170th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 506.66 2030 up 13.1% 170th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year 2030 down 28.3% 98th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 5,273 2025 down 4.1% 165th Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 5,469 2025 down 3.8% 165th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 5,254 2025 down 4.5% 165th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 5,447 2025 down 4.2% 166th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 5,239 2025 down 4.6% 166th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 5,432 2025 down 4.3% 166th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 5,227 2025 down 4.3% 166th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 5,420 2025 down 4.0% 166th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 5,210 2025 down 4.2% 166th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 5,403 2025 down 3.9% 166th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 5,199 2025 down 4.6% 166th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 5,393 2025 down 4.2% 166th Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 46.19 2027 up 5.3% 44th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.877 2025 up 3.9% 40th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.816 2025 up 3.0% 51st Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.836 2025 up 2.1% 42nd Women's Political Participation Index 0.998 2025 up 5.4% 18th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.877 2025 up 3.9% 40th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.877 2025 up 3.9% 40th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -2.34 % change on previous year 2025 down 145.8% 143rd Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.877 2025 up 3.9% 40th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 1 2025 — 1st Prevalence of obesity, female 41.0% 2024 up 24.2% 41st Prevalence of obesity, male 20.4% 2024 up 32.2% 91st Life expectancy at age 60, female 22.3 years 2024 up 9.9% 101st Life expectancy at age 60, male 18.38 years 2024 up 13.5% 111th Share of women who are obese 41.0% 2024 up 24.2% 44th Share of women who are overweight or obese 69.5% 2024 up 11.6% 53rd Share of overweight men vs. women 49.9% 2024 up 10.4% 122nd Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 82.1% 2024 up 5.1% 133rd Share of women who are married or in a union 10.6% 2018 down 13.0% 67th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 30.8% 94th Population, annual growth rate 0.8817 % change on previous year 2024 down 21.0% 107th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 17.8% 12th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 129.36 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 3.9% 121st Women, Business and the Law Index 76.88 index (0–100) 2023 up 21.8% 114th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 162nd Women can register a business on the same terms as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 184th Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 122nd Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 94th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0003 units per person 2025 down 11.7% 87th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 3.92 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% 181st Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0007 units per person 2025 up 4.7% 98th Labor force, female 108,113 2025 up 17.9% 170th Labor force, female, per capita 0.169 units per person 2025 up 7.2% 130th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.09 index 2025 up 0.0% 32nd Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 33.6% 85th Page 1 of 4 Next →