Singapore vs Suriname: Economic Indicators Comparison

Singapore with a GDP of $364.2B ranked the 36th largest economy in the world, while Suriname ranked 163rd with $3.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Singapore and Suriname ranked 76th vs 174th and 10th vs 99th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Singapore	Suriname
GDP	$364.2B	$3.6B
GDP growth, 1 year	3.2%	2%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.3%	-1%
Population	5.9M	563k
GDP per capita	$65k	$6.2k
GDP per capita growth	2.66%	0.93%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.86	3
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.64	0.4
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$100k	$15k
GNI, Atlas method	$331.4B	$3B
GNI per capita	$59k	$5.2k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$533.8B	$8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$95k	$14k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Singapore	Suriname
Income Tax Rate	22%	38%
Corporate Tax Rate	17%	36%
Inflation, consumer prices	0.4%	6.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.9%	14.4%
Unemployment	3.8%	7.6%
Economic Freedom Index	89.4	49.5
Personal Freedom Index	7.44	7.79
Human Freedom Index	8.1	7.19
Property Rights Index	96.8	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	92.9	19.5
Business Freedom Index	92.8	48.2
Fiscal Health Index	80	10.3
Labor Freedom Index	90.9	71.9
Investment Freedom Index	85	40
Financial Freedom Index	80	30
Trade Freedom Index	94.8	69.8
Monetary Freedom Index	85.6	76.1
Government Spending Index	91.1	74.8
Tax Burden Index	90.3	70.5
Government Integrity Index	92.4	36.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	85	43
Life expectancy at birth, years	82.9	71.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	9.9	22.8
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	2.8	14.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	0.2	5.5
International tourism, number of arrivals	14.7M	278k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Singapore	Suriname
Central government debt, % of GDP	108.3%	69.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	36.8%	22.9%
Gross savings, % of GDP	45.8%	50.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	26.6%	36.2%
Total reserves including gold	$292.7B	$580.8M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$82B	$131M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Singapore	Suriname
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	176.4%	52.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	149.8%	38.4%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$65.1B	-$118M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	18.8%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$1.6M	$16.4M
Personal remittances received	N/A	$519k
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	25.2%	36.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	0%	9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$15.2B	$8.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$8.7B	$75k
Expense, % of GDP	15.2%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	17.2%	29%