Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Suriname
Suriname: Fuelwood — Energy consumption was 741.27 TJ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Suriname, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 741.27 TJ for fuelwood — energy consumption in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fuelwood — energy consumption in Suriname peaked at 1,525 TJ in 2001 and was at its lowest, 741.27 TJ, in 2023.
That places Suriname 138th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Suriname, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,159 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 1,172 TJ | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 1,184 TJ | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 1,210 TJ | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,235 TJ | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 1,273 TJ | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 1,323 TJ | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 1,399 TJ | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 1,449 TJ | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 1,474 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 1,499 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 1,525 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 914.51 TJ | -40.0% |
| 2003 | 876.83 TJ | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 886.79 TJ | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 857.68 TJ | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 877.09 TJ | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 898.51 TJ | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 942.84 TJ | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 961.89 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 962.64 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 962.77 TJ | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,028 TJ | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 1,065 TJ | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 1,028 TJ | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 1,052 TJ | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 914 TJ | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 914.76 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 915.52 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 916.4 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 783.97 TJ | -14.5% |
| 2021 | 782.87 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 792.04 TJ | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 741.27 TJ | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 741.27 TJ | +0.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 741.27 TJ is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,849 TJ, 13% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 741.27 TJ is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 741.27 TJ, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Suriname changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -40.0% | 1,525 TJ | 914.51 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,288 TJ | 1,159 TJ | 1,474 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,024 TJ | 857.68 TJ | 1,525 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 975.84 TJ | 914 TJ | 1,065 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 768.28 TJ | 741.27 TJ | 792.04 TJ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
More environment data for Suriname
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.222 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.86 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.158 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fuelwood — energy consumption in Suriname?
- Fuelwood — energy consumption in Suriname was 741.27 TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fuelwood — energy consumption recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1,525 TJ in 2001.
- What is the lowest fuelwood — energy consumption recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 741.27 TJ in 2023.
- How does Suriname rank for fuelwood — energy consumption?
- Suriname ranks 138th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fuelwood — energy consumption rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fuelwood — Energy consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Bioenergy contains data on bioenergy use and bioenergy production, covering the following items: i) animal waste, ii) bagasse, iii) bio jet kerosene, iv) biodiesel, v) biogases, vi) biogasoline, vii) black liquor, viii) charcoal, ix) fuelwood, x) other liquid biofuels, xi) other vegetal material and residues.