Life expectancy for both sexes rose 0.127% to 71.9 years in Suriname in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, life expectancy for both sexes in Suriname reached an all time high of 72.6 years in 2020 and an all time low of 56.0 years in 1955. When compared to Suriname's main peers, life expectancy for both sexes in Brazil amounted to 75.0 years, 66.9 years in Guyana, 70.3 years in Trinidad and Tobago and 75.3 years in Venezuela in 2022.
Suriname has been ranked 97th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of life expectancy for both sexes, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Life Expectancy at Birth (Both Sexes) | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Bolivia | years | 72.3 | 72.4 | 72.6 | 72.7 | 72.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | years | 80.0 | 80.2 | 80.4 | 80.6 | 80.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | years | 79.0 | 79.2 | 79.4 | 79.6 | 79.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | years | 69.7 | 69.8 | 69.9 | 70.0 | 70.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | years | 81.1 | 81.3 | 81.5 | 81.7 | 81.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | years | 82.3 | 82.4 | 82.6 | 82.7 | 82.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Suriname | years | 75.1 | 75.3 | 75.4 | 75.6 | 75.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | years | 72.6 | 72.7 | 72.8 | 72.9 | 73.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | years | 78.7 | 78.9 | 79.0 | 79.2 | 79.3 |
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