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Foreign reserves. $647.3 million (2019) [10] Main data source: CIA World Fact Book. All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. The economy of Suriname was largely dependent upon the exports of aluminium oxide and small amounts of aluminium produced from bauxite mined in the country.
Ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Suriname. 20 November: Ten people are killed during a gold mine collapse in Suriname. [1] 20 December: Dési Bouterse, former president of Suriname, is sentenced to 20 years in prison for the December murders of 1982. [2]
Suriname continues to maintain close diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties with the Netherlands. Suriname's culture and society strongly reflect the legacy of Dutch colonial rule. It is the only sovereign nation outside Europe where Dutch is the official and prevailing language of government, business, media, and education.
Location of Suriname. The economy of Suriname largely depends on agriculture, petroleum, and mining. In 2018, the three biggest main export partners of Suriname were Switzerland, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates, and in 2021, the three biggest main import partners of Suriname were the United States, China and the Netherlands.
62.1% (Feb 2022) [1] The Surinamese dollar ( ISO 4217 code SRD) has been the currency of Suriname since 2004. It is divided into 100 cent. The Surinamese dollar is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively Sr$ to distinguish it from other dollar -denominated currencies. In spoken Surinamese Dutch, it is widely referred to by ...
The early history of Suriname dates from 3000 BCE when Native Americans first inhabited the area. The Dutch acquired Suriname from the English, and European settlement in any numbers dates from the 17th century, when it was a plantation colony utilizing slavery for sugar cultivation. With abolition in the late 19th century, planters sought ...
The Suriname Stock Exchange (SSX) is the stock exchange of Suriname. It is being organized by an association called the Vereniging voor de Effectenhandel in Suriname (VvES), and it was founded on 1 January 1994. The trade in stocks does not happen on a daily base, but twice a month on the first and third Thursday.
Demographics of Suriname, Data of FAO, year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands. According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [2] [3] the total population was 612,985 in 2021, compared to only 215,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 28.6%, 65% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while ...