Agriculture share of GDP in Suriname
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 6.8% of GDP in Suriname in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2005.
Suriname, 2024
6.8%
Change from 2023
−0.4percentage points
World, 2024
4.1%
Position in 2024
92nd of 187
Agriculture share of GDP in Suriname over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 4.0% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 7.3% | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 9.7% | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 8.1% | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 8.6% | 4.0% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 10.9% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 10.8% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 10.4% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 9.4% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 8.5% | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 8.4% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 9.5% | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 9.8% | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 8.9% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 10.0% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 5.2% | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 6.5% | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 6.7% | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 9.1% | 3.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 7.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 9.4%, the figure has changed by −2.6 percentage points.
- Among the 187 countries with data for 2024, Suriname has the 92nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 4.1%.
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0.5%
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Cereal yield
4,447 kg per hectare
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Cost of a healthy diet
Int$5.94e (Estimate) per person per day
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Healthy diet unaffordable
23.7%e (Estimate)
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Pesticide use
14.01e (Estimate) kg/ha
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Nitrogen fertiliser use
223.7e (Estimate) kg/ha
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