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Guyana vs Suriname

101 shared metrics.

GuyanaLeads in 61

vs101 shared

SurinameLeads in 40

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Guyana

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Identity

Formal name: Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Guyana's Kaieteur Falls drops about 225 m in one plunge inside the country's oldest national park.

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Suriname

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Suriname.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Suriname is one of the world's most forested countries, with nearly all of its land still under tree cover.

CBD

Analysis

Guyana leads in 61 of 101 shared metrics, while Suriname leads in 40.

Guyana's GDP Growth Rate is 24.5x that of Suriname (43.82% vs 1.7%).

Guyana's Agricultural Land (%) is 6.7x that of Suriname (3.4% vs 0.45%).

Guyana's Merchant Fleet Size is 5.2x that of Suriname (80 vs 13).

Guyana's GDP (Nominal) is 4.6x that of Suriname ($24,662,709,832.13 vs $4,416,775,112.1).

Guyana's University Enrollment Rate is 4.3x that of Suriname (26.43% vs 4.9%).

Key Comparisons

GDP Growth RateGuyana leads

Guyana

43.82%

Suriname

1.7%

Agricultural Land (%)Guyana leads

Guyana

3.4%

Suriname

0.45%

Merchant Fleet SizeGuyana leads

Guyana

Suriname

GDP (Nominal)Guyana leads

Guyana

$24,662,709,832.13

Suriname

$4,416,775,112.1

University Enrollment RateGuyana leads

Guyana

26.43%

Suriname

4.9%

GDP Per Capita (PPP)Guyana leads

Suriname

Guyana

7.5K

Suriname

149.7K

95% lower

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Suriname

Guyana

20.93 per 1k people

Suriname

392.67 per 1k people

95% lower

Inflation Rate

Suriname

Guyana

2.9%

Suriname

16.2%

82% lower

Urban Population (%)

Suriname

Guyana

26.48%

Suriname

65.76%

60% lower

Comparison of Guyana and Suriname across 101 metrics
				Winner
GDP Growth Rate	43.82%	1.7%	2446% higher	Guyana
Agricultural Land (%)	3.4%	0.45%	666% higher	Guyana
Merchant Fleet Size	80	13	515% higher	Guyana
GDP (Nominal)	$24,662,709,832.13	$4,416,775,112.1	458% higher	Guyana
University Enrollment Rate	26.43%	4.9%	435% higher	Guyana
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$80,155.04	$21,800.53	268% higher	Guyana
GNI Per Capita	$20,140	$5,690	254% higher	Guyana
Political Corruption Index	0.51	0.17	195% higher	Guyana
Homicide Rate	19.12 per 100k	6.5 per 100k	193% higher	Guyana
Milk Consumption per Person	141.68 kg/person/yr	48.97 kg/person/yr	189% higher	Guyana
Solar Electricity Share	1.4%	0.57%	154% higher	Guyana
Irrigated Land	1.4K km²	600 km²	138% higher	Guyana
Water Withdrawal	1.4 B m³	0.62 B m³	135% higher	Guyana
Highest Elevation	2.8K m	1.2K m	126% higher	Guyana
Scientific Publications	28.87	13.33	117% higher	Guyana
Electricity Carbon Intensity	644.93 gCO2/kWh	321.84 gCO2/kWh	100% higher	Guyana
Air Passengers	7.5K	149.7K	95% lower	Suriname
Vehicles per 1,000 People	20.93 per 1k people	392.67 per 1k people	95% lower	Suriname
Inflation Rate	2.9%	16.2%	82% lower	Suriname
Urban Population (%)	26.48%	65.76%	60% lower	Suriname
Child Mortality	25.7 per 1k births	16.2 per 1k births	59% higher	Guyana
Infant Mortality	23.8 per 1k births	15.2 per 1k births	57% higher	Guyana
Seafood Consumption per Person	24.64 kg/person/yr	15.94 kg/person/yr	55% higher	Guyana
Health Spending Per Capita	$531.63	$343.85	55% higher	Guyana
Land Border Length	2.9K km	1.9K km	54% higher	Guyana
Electric Generating Capacity	259.0K kW	537.0K kW	52% lower	Suriname
Armed Forces Personnel	3.0K	2.0K	50% higher	Guyana
All-Time Olympic Medals	1.0 medals	2.0 medals	50% lower	Suriname
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.0% of GDP	5.9% of GDP	49% lower	Suriname
Liberal Democracy Index	0.33	0.63	48% lower	Suriname
Total CO2 Emissions	3.8 Mt CO2e	2.6 Mt CO2e	47% higher	Guyana
Teen Birth Rate	69.93 per 1k	48.03 per 1k	46% higher	Guyana
Shipping Traffic	58.4K	103.9K	44% lower	Suriname
Protected Land (%)	8.4%	14.8%	43% lower	Suriname
Unemployment Rate	10.16%	7.3%	39% higher	Guyana
Electricity Generation	1.3 TWh	2.1 TWh	37% lower	Suriname
Electoral Democracy Index	0.52	0.78	34% lower	Suriname
Government Debt (% GDP)	50.7% of GDP	75.8% of GDP	33% lower	Suriname
Land Area	211.1K km²	160.5K km²	32% higher	Guyana
High-Tech Exports (%)	13.33%	10.37%	29% higher	Guyana
Broadband Access (%)	13 per 100 people	17.54 per 100 people	26% lower	Suriname
Women in Parliament (%)	39.44%	31.37%	26% higher	Guyana
Insufficient Physical Activity	34.17% of adults	44% of adults	22% lower	Suriname
Population	794.1K	653.6K	21% higher	Guyana
Forest Area	183.9K km²	151.6K km²	21% higher	Guyana
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	112.56 per 100 people	142 per 100 people	21% lower	Suriname
Safe Drinking Water (%)	67.17%	55.85%	20% higher	Guyana
Coastline Length	459 km	386 km	19% higher	Guyana
Nurses & Midwives	3.5 per 1k	3.0 per 1k	18% higher	Guyana
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.13 per 100k people	0.15 per 100k people	18% lower	Suriname
Renewable Energy (%)	12.1%	14.5%	17% lower	Suriname
Alcohol Consumption	5.0 L/adult/yr	5.9 L/adult/yr	15% lower	Suriname
CO2 Per Capita	5.4 t/person/yr	4.7 t/person/yr	15% higher	Guyana
Elderly Population (%)	6.7%	7.9%	15% lower	Suriname
Birth Rate	16.68 per 1k	14.63 per 1k	14% higher	Guyana
Youth Population (%)	29.16%	25.64%	14% higher	Guyana
Freedom of Expression Index	0.77	0.89	13% lower	Suriname
Dependency Ratio	56% of working-age pop.	50.46% of working-age pop.	11% higher	Guyana
Suicide Rate	24.78 per 100k	22.26 per 100k	11% higher	Guyana
Beer Consumption	2.5 L/person/yr	2.8 L/person/yr	10% lower	Suriname
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.6 per 1k	2.9 per 1k	10% lower	Suriname
Median Age	25.6 years	28.1 years	9% lower	Suriname
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	21.31 per 100k	19.52 per 100k	9% higher	Guyana
Fertility Rate	2.0 children/woman	1.9 children/woman	9% higher	Guyana
Women in Senior Management	45.87% of managers	42.17% of managers	9% higher	Guyana
Women's Political Empowerment	0.81	0.88	8% lower	Suriname
Forest Coverage (%)	87.09%	94.45%	8% lower	Suriname
Food Waste per Person	145.8 kg/person/yr	158.39 kg/person/yr	8% lower	Suriname
Human Development Index	0.78	0.72	7% higher	Guyana
Meat Consumption per Person	45.22 kg/person/yr	42.4 kg/person/yr	7% higher	Guyana
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	25.46 µg/m³	27.31 µg/m³	7% lower	Suriname
Hypertension Prevalence	39.9% of adults	42.5% of adults	6% lower	Suriname
Road Traffic Death Rate	15.2 per 100k	16.2 per 100k	6% lower	Suriname
Corruption Perceptions Index	40 pts	38 pts	5% higher	Guyana
Internet Users (%)	82%	78%	5% higher	Guyana
Death Rate	7.0 per 1k	6.7 per 1k	5% higher	Guyana
Life Expectancy	70.2 years	73.6 years	5% lower	Suriname
Airports	59	56	5% higher	Guyana
Spirits Consumption	2.3 L/person/yr	2.4 L/person/yr	4% lower	Suriname
Water Stress (%)	0.60%	0.62%	4% lower	Suriname
Obesity Rate	28%	28.98%	3% lower	Suriname
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.4 per 1k	1.4 per 1k	2% higher	Guyana
Youth Unemployment Rate	24.9% of youth labor force	25.44% of youth labor force	2% lower	Suriname
Electricity Access (%)	98.9%	99.6%	1% lower	Suriname
Sanitation Access (%)	91.31%	90%	1% higher	Guyana
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Guyana
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	12 days/yr	equal	Guyana
Population Density	3.9 /km²	3.9 /km²	equal	Suriname
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Guyana
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Guyana
Capital Elevation	3.0 m	3.0 m	equal	Guyana
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Guyana
Lowest Elevation	0 m	-2 m	ranked higher	Guyana
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Guyana
Informal Employment Share	50.97% of employed people	50.94% of employed people	equal	Guyana
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	12.9% of GDP	-53.3% of GDP	ranked higher	Guyana
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	34.99% of GDP	-0.85% of GDP	ranked higher	Guyana
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	3.0 sites	ranked lower	Suriname
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	1.0 gold medals	ranked lower	Suriname
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	3.1 per 1M people	ranked lower	Suriname
Border Neighbors	3.0	3.0	equal	Guyana

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Analysis

Guyana leads in 61 of 101 shared metrics, while Suriname leads in 40.

Guyana's GDP Growth Rate is 24.5x that of Suriname (43.82% vs 1.7%).

Guyana's Agricultural Land (%) is 6.7x that of Suriname (3.4% vs 0.45%).

Guyana's Merchant Fleet Size is 5.2x that of Suriname (80 vs 13).

Guyana's GDP (Nominal) is 4.6x that of Suriname ($24,662,709,832.13 vs $4,416,775,112.1).

Guyana's University Enrollment Rate is 4.3x that of Suriname (26.43% vs 4.9%).

Key Comparisons

GDP Growth RateGuyana leads

Guyana

43.82%

Suriname

1.7%

Agricultural Land (%)Guyana leads

Guyana

3.4%

Suriname

0.45%

Merchant Fleet SizeGuyana leads

Guyana

Suriname

GDP (Nominal)Guyana leads

Guyana

$24,662,709,832.13

Suriname

$4,416,775,112.1

University Enrollment RateGuyana leads

Guyana

26.43%

Suriname

4.9%

GDP Per Capita (PPP)Guyana leads

Guyana

$80,155.04

Suriname

$21,800.53

GDP Growth Rate

43.82%

1.7%

Agricultural Land (%)

3.4%

0.45%

Merchant Fleet Size

GDP (Nominal)

$24,662,709,832.13

$4,416,775,112.1

University Enrollment Rate

26.43%

4.9%

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$80,155.04

$21,800.53

GNI Per Capita

$20,140

$5,690

Political Corruption Index

0.51

0.17

Homicide Rate

19.12 per 100k

6.5 per 100k

Milk Consumption per Person

141.68 kg/person/yr

48.97 kg/person/yr

Solar Electricity Share

1.4%

0.57%

Irrigated Land

1.4K km²

600 km²

Water Withdrawal

1.4 B m³

0.62 B m³

Highest Elevation

2.8K m

1.2K m

Scientific Publications

28.87

13.33

Electricity Carbon Intensity

644.93 gCO2/kWh

321.84 gCO2/kWh

Air Passengers

7.5K

149.7K

Vehicles per 1,000 People

20.93 per 1k people

392.67 per 1k people

Inflation Rate

2.9%

16.2%

Urban Population (%)

26.48%

65.76%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

GDP Growth Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

GDP (Nominal)

University Enrollment Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

GNI Per Capita

Political Corruption Index

Homicide Rate

Milk Consumption per Person

Solar Electricity Share

Irrigated Land

Water Withdrawal

Highest Elevation

Scientific Publications

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Air Passengers

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Inflation Rate

Urban Population (%)

Child Mortality

Infant Mortality

Seafood Consumption per Person

Health Spending Per Capita

Land Border Length

Electric Generating Capacity

Armed Forces Personnel

All-Time Olympic Medals

Health Spending (% GDP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Total CO2 Emissions

Teen Birth Rate

Shipping Traffic

Protected Land (%)

Unemployment Rate

Electricity Generation

Electoral Democracy Index

Government Debt (% GDP)

Land Area

High-Tech Exports (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Women in Parliament (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Population

Forest Area

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Coastline Length

Nurses & Midwives

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Renewable Energy (%)

Alcohol Consumption

CO2 Per Capita

Elderly Population (%)

Birth Rate

Youth Population (%)

Freedom of Expression Index

Dependency Ratio

Suicide Rate

Beer Consumption

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Median Age

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Fertility Rate

Women in Senior Management

Women's Political Empowerment

Forest Coverage (%)

Food Waste per Person

Human Development Index

Meat Consumption per Person

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Hypertension Prevalence