🇸🇷 Suriname National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Suriname government debt. The national debt currently stands at approximately $5.0 billion, growing at $16 per second based on IMF fiscal deficit projections. Debt-to-GDP: 97%. Per-citizen share: $7,502.
Among the 135 governments tracked here, Suriname ranks 23rd by debt-to-GDP, 132nd by total debt and 61st by debt per person.
About Suriname's National Debt
Suriname defaulted and restructured its debt, but major offshore oil discoveries hold the promise of transforming its strained public finances later this decade.
Suriname's debt-to-GDP ratio of 97% is high: higher than 83% of the 135 governments tracked here. No ratio is safe or dangerous on its own — whether a debt is sustainable depends on the interest rate on it, how fast the economy grows, the currency it is owed in and who holds it. By total government debt, Suriname ranks 132nd of the 135 governments tracked here.
At the current borrowing rate of $16 per second, Suriname adds about $1 million to its government debt every day — roughly $505 million per year. Each of Suriname's 1 million residents carries an individual share of approximately $7,502. That is below the world average of roughly $14,600 in government debt per person.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock by linear extrapolation from each country's baseline figure, named in the source line on this page (for most countries, the IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026). Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Suriname National Debt — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Suriname's national debt right now?
Suriname's national debt is approximately $5.0 billion as of October 27, 2026, growing at $16 per second. Its debt-to-GDP ratio is 97% and each citizen's share is about $7,502.
How fast is Suriname's debt growing?
Suriname's government debt is growing at approximately $16 per second — about $1 million per day — derived from the IMF's projections for 2026.
What is Suriname's debt per capita?
Each of Suriname's 1 million residents carries a notional share of approximately $7,502 of the national debt.
What is Suriname's debt-to-GDP ratio?
Suriname's debt-to-GDP ratio is 97%. That is higher than 83% of the 135 governments tracked here.
Why is Suriname's government debt at this level?
Suriname defaulted and restructured its debt, but major offshore oil discoveries hold the promise of transforming its strained public finances later this decade.
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Data & Citation
Source: IMF WEO October 2026 (GGXWDG, end-2025 stock) · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 4,590,053,196 + 16 × seconds_since(2026-01-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=sr (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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