Healthcare_in_Suriname
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[1] finds that Suriname is fulfilling 78.4% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[2] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Suriname achieves 94.0% of what is expected based on its current income.[3] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 83.2% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.[4] Suriname falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 57.9% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[5]
In 2018 life expectancy in Suriname was 68.7 for men and 75.1 for women ranking the country 107th in the world.[6]
The fertility rate in Suriname was at 2.6 births per woman in 2009.[7] Public expenditure was at 3.6% of the GDP in 2004, whereas private expenditure was at 4.2%.[7] There were 45 physicians per 100,000 in the early 2000s.[7] Infant mortality was at 30 per 1,000 live births.[7] Male life expectancy at birth was at 66.4 years, whereas female life expectancy at birth was at 73 years.[7]