Suriname
Capital: Paramaribo · Upper middle income · Pop. 634,431
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Suriname, 55.85% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 280,101 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 25.13% use safely managed sanitation services and 90% have at least a basic service (2024).
Suriname has about 158,867 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 1% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 70% of Suriname's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Suriname have safe drinking water?
55.85% of Suriname's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 280,101 people do not.
Does Suriname have enough freshwater?
Suriname has roughly 158,867 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 1% of it annually (low stress).