Suriname's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) was US$18.2 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 80.78% from US$10.07 million in 2015 (6.1% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$18.2 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$9.07 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$10.07 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$22.36 million | 2024 |
| Lowest | US$6.77 million | 2011 |
| Average since 2016 | US$13.56 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$6.77 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Suriname's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) fell 18.6% on 2024 (from US$22.36 million to US$18.2 million).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2024), the average change was +14.7% and a typical year strayed about 37.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 107.4% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 31% in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$1.53 million a year. A straight line explains 79% 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 2025, Suriname had the 111th highest value of the 130 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 | US$18.2 million | 2025 |
| World | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$19.95 billion | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | US$139.94 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Suriname in the 2025 ranking
- Samoa — 107th of 130: US$26.86 million
- Seychelles — 108th of 130: US$22.3 million
- Angola — 109th of 130: US$20.57 million
- Mozambique — 111th of 130: US$17.11 million
- Botswana — 112th of 130: US$16.46 million
- Macao SAR, China — 113th of 130: US$16.21 million
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 15 values
| Year | ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18,200,862 |
| 2024 | 22,355,497 |
| 2023 | 19,317,371 |
| 2022 | 16,584,083 |
| 2021 | 13,262,943 |
| 2020 | 9,066,991 |
| 2019 | 8,457,785 |
| 2018 | 10,110,739 |
| 2017 | 11,030,333 |
| 2016 | 7,249,562 |
| 2015 |
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — US$6.62 million (2025)
- Argentina — US$2.92 billion (2025)
- Aruba — US$19.77 million (2023)
- Barbados — US$3.44 million (2017)
- Belize — US$123.3 million (2025)
- Bolivia — US$41.65 million (2025)
- Brazil — US$7.44 billion (2025)
- Chile — US$764.07 million (2025)
- Colombia — US$2.29 billion (2025)
- Costa Rica — US$2.67 billion (2025)
- Curaçao
More infrastructure data for Suriname
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 901,670 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 142.12 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 124,064 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 19.56 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1,867 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 23.62 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 149,672 (2023)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 30.65% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 26.34 (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Suriname's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?
- US$18.2 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is up 168.97% from US$6.77 million in 2011 (7.32% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$22.36 million in 2024 and the lowest US$6.77 million in 2011.
- How does Suriname rank?
- 111th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) unusual for Suriname?
- In 2025, Suriname's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) fell 18.6% on 2024 (from US$22.36 million to US$18.2 million). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2024), the average change was +14.7% and a typical year strayed about 37.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.CCIS.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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