Suriname's life expectancy rose from 62.8 yrs in 1995 to 73.8 yrs in 2024.
Suriname · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Suriname's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 61.4 yrs in 2000 to 60.3 yrs in 2021.
Suriname's infant mortality fell from 32.1 ‰ in 1995 to 14.8 ‰ in 2024.
Suriname's under-5 mortality rate fell from 37.4 ‰ in 1995 to 15.8 ‰ in 2024.
Suriname's maternal mortality ratio fell from 334.0 /100k in 1994 to 84.0 /100k in 2023.
Suriname's ncd mortality fell from 24.0 % in 2000 to 18.7 % in 2021.
Suriname's suicide mortality rate rose from 20.9 /100k in 2000 to 22.3 /100k in 2021.
Suriname's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 25.7 /100k in 2000 to 15.3 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.5 pts119th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −13.8 %112th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +3.6 pts64th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −7.6 %35th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesdown −41.1 %60th of 79
- Hospital bedsup +1.8 %57th of 113*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +2.0 pts158th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −3.0 pts171st of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts125th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +9.7 %92nd of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.0 pts105th of 148
- Safe sanitationdown −0.0 pts116th of 141
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- SmokingNo data