The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (77/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 19/100 | — |
| Governance | 39/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 77/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 52/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 71/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +2 | now 50, versus 48 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 39/100 | Pandemic 49 · Banking Crisis 19 · War / Conflict 37 · Natural Disaster 49 |
| Strategic Position | 51/100 | Demographics 70 · Resources 22 · Stability 71 · Education 43 · Technology 52 · Geopolitics 45 |
Suriname scores 52 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 2 points versus three years ago (now 50). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (77/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Suriname scores 52 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (77/100) and its weakest is Economy (19/100).
Suriname's Stability score is 71 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Suriname's Economy score is 19 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Suriname's Quality of Life score is 77 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Suriname's Governance score is 39 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Suriname's Innovation score is 52 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Suriname is up 2 points versus three years ago — 50 now, from 48 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Suriname's defining asset is fresh water, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — inflation (Annual) 16.23% — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Suriname's Strategic Position score is 51 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, Suriname scores 44 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 39/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.