Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Suriname

Suriname: Voice and Accountability - Number of sources was 8 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
8
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
146th
of 208 countries
All-time high
12
in 2015
All-time low
5
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Suriname, 1996–2025

02.557.51012.51996201020251996: 51998: 52000: 52002: 52003: 52004: 62005: 62006: 82007: 82008: 92009: 92010: 102011: 102012: 112013: 112014: 112015: 122016: 112017: 102018: 82019: 62020: 62021: 62022: 62023: 72024: 82025: 8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Suriname recorded 8 for voice and accountability - number of sources in 2025.

The figure is down 33.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - number of sources in Suriname peaked at 12 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5, in 1996.

That places Suriname 146th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Suriname, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Suriname, 1996 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1996 5 —
1998 5 +0.0%
2000 5 +0.0%
2002 5 +0.0%
2003 5 +0.0%
2004 6 +20.0%
2005 6 +0.0%
2006 8 +33.3%
2007 8 +0.0%
2008 9 +12.5%
2009 9 +0.0%
2010 10 +11.1%
2011 10 +0.0%
2012 11 +10.0%
2013 11 +0.0%
2014 11 +0.0%
2015 12 +9.1%
2016 11 -8.3%
2017 10 -9.1%
2018 8 -20.0%
2019 6 -25.0%
2020 6 +0.0%
2021 6 +0.0%
2022 6 +0.0%
2023 7 +16.7%
2024 8 +14.3%
2025 8 +0.0%

Suriname compared with similar countries

  • Suriname's 8 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10, 80% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Suriname's 8 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10, 80% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 5 5 5 2
2000s 6.78 5 9 9
2010s 10 6 12 10
2020s 6.83 6 8 6

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 146 Armenia 8 compare
  2. 146 Azerbaijan 8 compare
  3. 146 Cape Verde 8 compare
  4. 146 Equatorial Guinea 8 compare
  5. 146 Fiji 8 compare
  6. 146 Haiti 8 compare
  7. 146 Iceland 8 compare
  8. 146 Iran 8 compare
  9. 146 Kuwait 8 compare
  10. 146 Switzerland 8 compare
  11. 146 Tajikistan 8 compare
  12. 146 East Timor 8 compare
  13. 146 United Arab Emirates 8 compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

More reference data data for Suriname

All data for Suriname →

Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - number of sources in Suriname?
Voice and accountability - number of sources in Suriname was 8 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest voice and accountability - number of sources recorded in Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 12 in 2015.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - number of sources recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 5 in 1996.
How does Suriname rank for voice and accountability - number of sources?
Suriname ranks 146th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is voice and accountability - number of sources rising or falling in Suriname?
Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Suriname data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Voice and Accountability - Number of sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Suriname. Statizoid. Retrieved 15 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/voice-and-accountability-number-of-sources/suriname/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/voice-and-accountability-number-of-sources/suriname/">Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Suriname</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Voice and Accountability - Number of sources
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,514 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed