Municipal waste collected in Suriname
Suriname: Municipal waste collected was 316,760 tonnes in 2023. β² Rising
Municipal waste collected in Suriname, 2007β2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 316,760 tonnes for municipal waste collected in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.9% on the previous year and up 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, municipal waste collected in Suriname peaked at 316,760 tonnes in 2023 and was at its lowest, 75,930 tonnes, in 2008.
Suriname ranks 80th of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 112,017 tonnes | 75,930 tonnes | 183,482 tonnes | 3 |
| 2010s | 164,634 tonnes | 77,210 tonnes | 213,375 tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 262,400 tonnes | 228,230 tonnes | 316,760 tonnes | 4 |
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More environment data for Suriname
- Standard Deviation 0.222 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.86 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 700 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 700 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 212 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 20 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 2 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 0 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 2,859 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import quantity 2,233 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is municipal waste collected in Suriname?
- Municipal waste collected in Suriname was 316,760 tonnes in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest municipal waste collected recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 316,760 tonnes in 2023.
- What is the lowest municipal waste collected recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,930 tonnes in 2008.
- How does Suriname rank for municipal waste collected?
- Suriname ranks 80th out of 103 countries with data for 2023.
- Is municipal waste collected rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Municipal waste collected (Tonnes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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