Fiji vs Suriname

Fiji 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.

• Fiji has about 1.5 times as many people as Suriname: 933,154 against 639,850 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Suriname ($7,070) is 6% higher than in Fiji ($6,642) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Fiji (3.2%) than in Suriname (1.8%), a difference of 1.4 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Suriname (9.2%) than in Fiji (-1.4%), a difference of 10.6 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Suriname (7.8%) than in Fiji (5.3%), a difference of 2.5 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Suriname can expect to live 6.3 years longer than one born in Fiji: 73.8 years against 67.5 years in 2024.
• Half of the population is older than about 27.7 years in both Fiji and Suriname in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Suriname (87.4% in 2023) than in Fiji (74.7% in 2024), a difference of 12.7 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Suriname (4.1 tonnes) are about 2.6 times as high as in Fiji (1.6 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Suriname (91.5%) than in Fiji (61.7%), a difference of 29.8 percentage points in 2024.