Poverty & Inequality in Suriname 19 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Suriname. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 — 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 — 30th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 — 24th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.25 live births per woman 2023 down 15.2% 93rd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,079 kg per hectare 2023 down 9.3% 64th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 34.4% 8th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 8.39 % change on previous year 2023 up 173.3% 33rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.61 2022 up 5.0% 102nd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.6% 2022 up 5.0% 102nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 up 37.9% 29th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year 2022 down 33.2% 94th Gender Inequality Index 0.391 2023 down 20.7% 74th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 18.5% 2023 up 1.4% 107th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1227 2023 down 5.2% 75th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1227 2023 down 5.2% 75th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1373 2023 down 8.6% 90th Population living in slums 15.8% 2022 up 26.9% 86th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0667 2024 up 203.4% 96th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.1% 2024 up 250.0% 82nd