🇸🇷 Suriname Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇸🇷 Suriname SR / SUR #90

Nomad Score 46.0

Cities 6

Region Union of South American Nations, Caribbean Community, Amazon Basin, South America, Americas, South America

Currency SRD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary assembly-independent republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 38/100

Press Freedom (2025) 74.5/100 #32

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.781

HDI 0.722

Regional Blocs CARICOM, USAN

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 60th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 52th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 39th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 16th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 23th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 59th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 6.5/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 15.3/100k

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary assembly-independent republic

Title	Name
President of Suriname	Jennifer Geerlings-Simons
Vice President of Suriname	Gregory Rusland

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 38 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 74.5 / 100

Global Rank #32 / 180

Rank Change -4 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #42 62.4

Economic #13 69.7

Legal #47 73.1

Social #38 76.6

Safety #36 90.7

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.781

Liberal 0.626

Participatory 0.509

Deliberative 0.620

Egalitarian 0.600

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	74.5	32	62.4	69.7	73.1	76.6	90.7
2024	76.1	28	66.7	70.7	71.8	79.6	91.9
2023	70.6	48	63.1	60.8	47.2	90.9	91.1
2022	69.0	52	67.9	55.1	62.3	84.0	75.5
2021	83.1	19	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	82.5	20	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	83.6	20	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	83.6	21	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	83.9	20	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	83.3	22	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	81.8	29	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	81.8	31	-	-	-	-	-
2013	81.8	31	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-1.0	23	-	-	-	-	-
2010	11.5	36	-	-	-	-	-
2009	10.6	42	-	-	-	-	-
2008	6.0	26	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index