Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Indonesia instead of Suriname, you would:
Health
be 63.6% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Suriname, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Indonesia, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2020.
be 73.9% less likely to be obese
In Suriname, 26.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Indonesia, that number is 6.9% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 55.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Suriname, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Indonesia, that number is 3.4% as of 2023.
be 86.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Suriname, 70.0% live below the poverty line as of 2002. In Indonesia, however, that number is 9.4% as of 2023.
pay a 21.1% lower top tax rate
Suriname has a top tax rate of 38.0% as of 2016. In Indonesia, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2016.
make 25.8% less money
Suriname has a GDP per capita of $19,000 as of 2023, while in Indonesia, the GDP per capita is $14,100 as of 2023.
Life
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 Indonesia, on the other hand, 19.7 children do as of 2022.
be 80.2% more likely to die during childbirth
In Suriname, approximately 96.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Indonesia, 173.0 women do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 30.0% less on education
Suriname spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Indonesia spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 50.0% less on healthcare
Suriname spends 6.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Indonesia, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 141.8 times more coastline
Suriname has a total of 386 km of coastline. In Indonesia, that number is 54,716 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Direktorat Jenderal Pajak.
Indonesia: At a glance
How big is Indonesia compared to Suriname? See an in-depth size comparison.