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2024
global knowledge index
Suriname
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):11.824
- Population:628,886
- HDI:0.69
89/141
Gki
Score
44.2
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Suriname is a modest performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 89th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 3rd out of the 24 countries with medium human development.
Areas of Strength
- Share of students enrolled in secondary vocational programmes
- Pupil-teacher ratio in tertiary education
- Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per hundred inhabitants
- Teachers in tertiary education, gender parity
- Firms that spend on R&D (%)
Areas of Improvement
- Net enrolment rate in primary education
- Pupil-trained teacher ratio in pre-primary education
- Inbound mobility rate
- Research institutions prominence
- Insolvency recovery rate
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
109
47.64
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
50
54.08
Higher
Education
51
50.35
Research, Development
and Innovation
57
31.59
Information and
Communications Technology
84
44.13
Economy
128
37.51
Enabling
Environment
88
50.44
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GKI Pillars
