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Suriname

Upper-middle income Capital: Paramaribo 10 regions
28%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 67K people.
MODEL65th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
67K
of 237K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.1%
12.2K people
People in workILO
237K
41% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
7.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
25.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$7,070
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
87%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.42
104th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
640K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
3%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
18%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
66%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 39%
Men: any exposure 21%
Women: highest exposure 8.3%
Men: highest exposure 2.9%

Women are +17.9 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Suriname 28%
Upper-middle income 21%
Latin America & Caribbean 26%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
SurinameUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.09
Human capital & labour policy 0.12
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.10

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.42 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Suriname is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Suriname