Suriname's electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) was 52.41% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 19.48 percentage points from 71.9% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 52.41% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 52.09% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 71.9% | 2014 |
| Highest | 76.35% | 2015 |
| Lowest | 11.6% | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 53.38% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 11.6% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Suriname's electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) rose 14.18 percentage points on 2023 (from 38.23% to 52.41%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +1.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.39 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.83 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.14 percentage points in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.99 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 37% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Suriname had the 72nd highest value of the 107 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 52.41% | 2024 |
| World | 48.67% | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 28.03% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 55.48% | 2023 |
Closest to Suriname in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
The share of electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average using total electricity production as weights.
All 25 values
| Year | Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 52.41 |
| 2023 | 38.23 |
| 2022 | 55.37 |
| 2021 | 51.38 |
| 2020 | 51.38 |
| 2019 | 52.09 |
| 2018 | 46.28 |
| 2017 | 50.27 |
| 2016 | 60.02 |
| 2015 | 76.35 |
| 2014 |
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 94.34% (2021)
- Argentina — 55.25% (2025)
- Aruba — 85.2% (2021)
- Bahamas, The — 99.52% (2021)
- Barbados — 92.67% (2021)
- Belize — 7.14% (2021)
- Bolivia — 66.66% (2024)
- Brazil — 11.06% (2025)
- British Virgin Islands
More environment data for Suriname
- Rural population — 218,901 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 34.21% (2025)
- Urban population — 420,949 (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 65.79% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 50 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 32,147 (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 32,197 (2024)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — 0.78% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %) — 0.89% (2025)
- Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Suriname's electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total)?
- 52.41% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 40.81 percentage points from 11.6% in 2000. The highest value was 76.35% in 2015 and the lowest 11.6% in 2000.
- How does Suriname rank?
- 72nd highest of 107 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) unusual for Suriname?
- In 2024, Suriname's electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) rose 14.18 percentage points on 2023 (from 38.23% to 52.41%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +1.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.39 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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