Lesotho vs Suriname: Economic Indicators Comparison

Suriname with a GDP of $3.6B ranked the 163rd largest economy in the world, while Lesotho ranked 169th with $2.7B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Suriname and Lesotho ranked 174th vs 143rd and 99th vs 165th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Lesotho	Suriname
GDP	$2.7B	$3.6B
GDP growth, 1 year	1.5%	2%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.7%	-1%
Population	2.2M	563k
GDP per capita	$1.3k	$6.2k
GDP per capita growth	0.33%	0.93%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	5.35	3
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.4	0.4
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.4k	$15k
GNI, Atlas method	$2.9B	$3B
GNI per capita	$1.4k	$5.2k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$7.8B	$8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.7k	$14k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Lesotho	Suriname
Income Tax Rate	35%	38%
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	36%
Inflation, consumer prices	5.2%	6.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	4.4%	14.4%
Unemployment	23.6%	7.6%
Economic Freedom Index	54.5	49.5
Personal Freedom Index	6.12	7.79
Human Freedom Index	6.16	7.19
Property Rights Index	45.2	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	47	19.5
Business Freedom Index	52.8	48.2
Fiscal Health Index	60.3	10.3
Labor Freedom Index	58.8	71.9
Investment Freedom Index	55	40
Financial Freedom Index	40	30
Trade Freedom Index	82.2	69.8
Monetary Freedom Index	75.7	76.1
Government Spending Index	34.4	74.8
Tax Burden Index	73	70.5
Government Integrity Index	29.6	36.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	41	43
Life expectancy at birth, years	52.9	71.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	21.2	22.8
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	28.9	14.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	41.3	5.5
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.2M	278k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Lesotho	Suriname
Central government debt, % of GDP	39%	69.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	29.2%	N/A
External debt stocks	$914.8M	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	0.1%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	3.6%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	8.2%	22.9%
Gross savings, % of GDP	18.1%	50.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	22%	36.2%
Total reserves including gold	$728.5M	$580.8M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$39.6M	$131M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Lesotho	Suriname
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	43.8%	52.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	84.2%	38.4%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$4M	-$118M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	33.8%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$133M	$16.4M
Personal remittances received	$629.4M	$519k
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	35.5%	36.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	6%	9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$3.3M	$8.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$219k	$75k
Expense, % of GDP	35.2%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	46.8%	29%