Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Suriname
Suriname: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 2.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Suriname, 2015–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 2.9% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.5% on the previous year and down 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Suriname peaked at 6.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2023.
Suriname ranks 156th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.7% | 4.9% | 6.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.8% | 2.9% | 4.6% | 4 |
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More education data for Suriname
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,068 (2021)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.23 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Suriname?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Suriname was 2.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2023.
- How does Suriname rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Suriname ranks 156th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.