Suriname vs Libya

Suriname
Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income
Capital: Paramaribo
Population
634.4K
GDP
$4.4B
Libya
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Upper middle income
Capital: Tripoli
Population
7.4M
GDP
$48.5B

POP 11.6x GDP 11.0x LE 2.6 yrs same-band UMC

Widest indicator spreads · Suriname vs Libya

Net Migration133.8%Freshwater Withdrawal99.9%Forest Area99.9%School Enrollment (Terti…95.6%Population91.4%GDP (Current USD)90.9%Inflation (Consumer Pric…86.9%Renewable Energy Consump…78.6%
WIDE pair: the board is the Net Migration gap first (Suriname UMC vs Libya UMC).

Demographics: Population (Libya, 91% spread)

Indicator Suriname Libya Year
Population 634.4K 7.4M 2024
Population Ages 65+ 7.9% 5.0% 2024
Urban Population 65.8% 87.9% 2024

2 closer demographics rows sit on the Suriname and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: GDP (Current USD) (Libya, 91% spread)

Indicator Suriname Libya Year
GDP (Current USD) $4.4B $48.5B 2024
Inflation (Consumer Prices) 16.2% 2.1% 2024
Unemployment Rate 7.6% 19.1% 2024
Trade (% of GDP) 91.0% 137.5% 2010

3 closer economy rows sit on the Suriname and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Infant Mortality Rate (Libya, 47% spread)

Indicator Suriname Libya Year
Infant Mortality Rate 14.8 7.9 2024
Under-5 Mortality Rate 15.8 9.8 2024
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 1.4 2.0 2023
Health Expenditure (% of GDP) 5.4% 7.8% 2023

3 closer health rows sit on the Suriname and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: School Enrollment (Tertiary) (Libya, 96% spread)

Indicator Suriname Libya Year
School Enrollment (Tertiary) 2.6% 58.5% 2024
School Enrollment (Secondary) 76.1% 97.6% 2023

4 closer education rows sit on the Suriname and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Freshwater Withdrawal (Libya, 100% spread)

Indicator Suriname Libya Year
Freshwater Withdrawal 0.6% 817.1% 2022
Forest Area 94.4% 0.1% 2023
Renewable Energy Consumption 14.5% 3.1% 2021
CO2 Emissions Per Capita 4.1 8.7 2024

1 closer environment rows sit on the Suriname and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Access to Electricity (Suriname, 27% spread)

Indicator Suriname Libya Year
Access to Electricity 99.6% 73.2% 2023
Mobile Subscriptions 142.1 193.0 2024

3 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Suriname and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Net Migration (Libya, 134% spread)

Indicator Suriname Libya Year
Net Migration -1,166 3.4K 2024
Female Labor Participation 44.9% 33.3% 2024

4 closer social rows sit on the Suriname and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Suriname vs Libya comparison

Suriname (UMC, Latin America & Caribbean) vs Libya (UMC, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) is a WIDE WDI pair: population is 11.6x smaller (634.4K vs 7.4M) and total GDP is 11.0x smaller ($4.4B vs $48.5B). The gap board leads on Net Migration (~134% relative spread) across 41 indicators in 7 topics. Same income tier; rate and stock gaps are the sharper policy read. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

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Suriname vs Libya figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band UMC · WIDE scale band.