Cabo Verde vs Suriname

Cabo Verde 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 1.2 times as many people as Cabo Verde: 639,850 against 527,326 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Suriname ($7,070) is 22% higher than in Cabo Verde ($5,796) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Cabo Verde (6.3%) than in Suriname (1.8%), a difference of 4.5 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Suriname (9.2%) than in Cabo Verde (2.3%), a difference of 6.9 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Cabo Verde (11.9%) than in Suriname (7.8%), a difference of 4.1 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Cabo Verde can expect to live 2.4 years longer than one born in Suriname: 76.2 years against 73.8 years in 2024.
• Half of the population is older than about 27.9 years in both Cabo Verde and Suriname in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Suriname (87.4% in 2023) than in Cabo Verde (74.7% in 2024), a difference of 12.7 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Suriname (4.1 tonnes) are about 3.2 times as high as in Cabo Verde (1.3 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Suriname (91.5%) than in Cabo Verde (12.5%), a difference of 79 percentage points in 2024.