Belize vs Suriname

Belize and Suriname compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Suriname has about 1.5 times as many people as Belize: 639,850 against 422,924 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Belize ($7,865) is 11% higher than in Suriname ($7,070) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Belize (2.7%) than in Suriname (1.8%), a difference of 0.9 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Suriname (9.2%) than in Belize (1.1%), a difference of 8.1 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Belize (8.9%) than in Suriname (7.8%), a difference of 1.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Belize (73.7 years) and Suriname (73.8 years) in 2024.
• The population of Suriname is older: half of its people are over 28.1 years, against 25.9 years in Belize in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Suriname (87.4% in 2023) than in Belize (80% in 2024), a difference of 7.4 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Suriname (4.1 tonnes) are about 4.4 times as high as in Belize (0.93 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Suriname (91.5%) than in Belize (58%), a difference of 33.5 percentage points in 2024.