Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Algeria instead of Suriname, you would:
Health
be 90.9% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Suriname, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Algeria, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.
live 5.6 years longer
In Suriname, the average life expectancy is 72 years (69 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022. In Algeria, that number is 78 years (77 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 92.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Suriname, 70.0% live below the poverty line as of 2002. In Algeria, however, that number is 5.5% as of 2011.
make 19.5% less money
Suriname has a GDP per capita of $19,000 as of 2023, while in Algeria, the GDP per capita is $15,300 as of 2023.
be 53.4% more likely to be unemployed
In Suriname, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Algeria, that number is 11.8% as of 2023.
Life
be 18.8% less likely to die during childbirth
In Suriname, approximately 96.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Algeria, 78.0 women do as of 2020.
be 34.8% less likely to die during infancy
In Suriname, approximately 30.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Algeria, on the other hand, 19.7 children do as of 2022.
have 35.6% more children
In Suriname, there are approximately 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Algeria, there are 20.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 14.3% less likely to be literate
In Suriname, the literacy rate is 95.0% as of 2021. In Algeria, it is 81.4% as of 2018.
Expenditures
spend 40.0% more on education
Suriname spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Algeria spends 7.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 2.6 times more coastline
Suriname has a total of 386 km of coastline. In Algeria, that number is 998 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Algeria: At a glance
How big is Algeria compared to Suriname? See an in-depth size comparison.