Distillers Suriname
A one-page guide to Suriname for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Official languages
- Dutch
- Currency
- Surinamese dollar (SRD)
- Time zone
- UTC-3 (SRT)
- Area
- 165,940 km²
People
- Population
- 657,000 (2025)
- Population growth
- 0.9% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 65.8%
- Aged under 15
- 25.3%
- Aged 65 and over
- 8.2%
- Life expectancy
- 73.8 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$4.7 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$7,212 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 4% (2025)
- Inflation
- 9.2% (2025)
Climate
Hot and wet tropical, with little change through the year: averages of about 29-34 C and humidity of 80-90%. Two wet seasons (April-August and November-February) alternate with two dry seasons.
Alcohol
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 6.0 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Suriname (basics, climate); IMF DataMapper WEO (GDP, population, growth, inflation; retrieved 26 Oct 2026); UN Comtrade (HS 2208); WHO Global Health Observatory; Wikipedia - Legal drinking age; SAB on RumX; Rhum Attitude: Borgoe; Rum.cz label gallery: SAB. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.