Romania vs Suriname: Economic Indicators Comparison

Romania with a GDP of $239.6B ranked the 49th largest economy in the world, while Suriname ranked 163rd with $3.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Romania and Suriname ranked 42nd vs 174th and 64th vs 99th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Romania	Suriname
GDP	$239.6B	$3.6B
GDP growth, 1 year	4.1%	2%
GDP growth, 5-years average	4.6%	-1%
Population	19.6M	563k
GDP per capita	$12k	$6.2k
GDP per capita growth	4.56%	0.93%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	1.72	3
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.44	0.4
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$26k	$15k
GNI, Atlas method	$219.9B	$3B
GNI per capita	$11k	$5.2k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$535.9B	$8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$28k	$14k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Romania	Suriname
Income Tax Rate	10%	38%
Corporate Tax Rate	16%	36%
Inflation, consumer prices	4.6%	6.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	5.9%	14.4%
Unemployment	4.3%	7.6%
Economic Freedom Index	69.7	49.5
Personal Freedom Index	8.74	7.79
Human Freedom Index	8	7.19
Property Rights Index	72.5	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	56.1	19.5
Business Freedom Index	58.6	48.2
Fiscal Health Index	85.6	10.3
Labor Freedom Index	63	71.9
Investment Freedom Index	70	40
Financial Freedom Index	50	30
Trade Freedom Index	86.4	69.8
Monetary Freedom Index	78.1	76.1
Government Spending Index	70.4	74.8
Tax Burden Index	90.3	70.5
Government Integrity Index	55.1	36.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	47	43
Life expectancy at birth, years	75.3	71.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	10.4	22.8
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	10.3	14.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.5	5.5
International tourism, number of arrivals	11.7M	278k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Romania	Suriname
Central government debt, % of GDP	36.6%	69.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	48%	N/A
External debt stocks	$112.1B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	37.7%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	20.8%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	3.4%	22.9%
Gross savings, % of GDP	19.7%	50.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	24.2%	36.2%
Total reserves including gold	$42.1B	$580.8M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$7.3B	$131M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Romania	Suriname
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	41.6%	52.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	44.9%	38.4%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$10.9B	-$118M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	28.6%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$736M	$16.4M
Personal remittances received	$7B	$519k
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	29%	36.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	4.3%	9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$962.4M	$8.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$100.8M	$75k
Expense, % of GDP	31.6%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	31.4%	29%