Life expectancy for both sexes rose 0.172% to 73.8 years in Suriname in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, life expectancy for both sexes in Suriname reached an all time high of 73.8 years in 2024 and an all time low of 50.7 years in 1950. When compared to Suriname's main peers, life expectancy for both sexes in Brazil amounted to 76.0 years, 70.3 years in Guyana, 73.6 years in Trinidad and Tobago and 72.7 years in Venezuela in 2024.
Suriname has been ranked 135th within the group of 237 countries we follow in terms of life expectancy for both sexes, 20 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Life Expectancy at Birth (Both Sexes) | Unit | 2080 | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | 2091 | 2092 | 2093 | 2094 | 2095 | 2096 | 2097 | 2098 | 2099 | 2100 |
| Bolivia | years | 78.8 | 79.0 | 79.1 | 79.2 | 79.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | years | 86.1 | 86.2 | 86.4 | 86.5 | 86.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | years | 88.2 | 88.3 | 88.4 | 88.5 | 88.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | years | 79.6 | 79.8 | 79.9 | 80.0 | 80.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | years | 87.7 | 87.8 | 87.9 | 88.0 | 88.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | years | 90.4 | 90.5 | 90.6 | 90.7 | 90.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Suriname | years | 83.8 | 83.9 | 84.0 | 84.1 | 84.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | years | 83.4 | 83.5 | 83.6 | 83.8 | 83.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | years | 83.4 | 83.5 | 83.7 | 83.8 | 83.9 |
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