Is Suriname a good place to live for remote workers?

Suriname scores 73/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 167 Mbps, safety 61, healthcare 74, air quality 89; English not scored) — rank 54 of 167.

How fast is the internet in Suriname?

Median fixed broadband is around 167 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in Suriname?

Single-person essentials run about $605/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (5.0× essentials).

Livability · rank 54/167

Is 🇸🇷 Suriname (Paramaribo) a good place to live?

Quality score 73/100 against essentials of $605/month.

The five metrics

Internet 67 167 Mbps median broadband, 87.4% online

Safety 61 6.5 homicides/100k (2023)

Healthcare 74 UHC service coverage 74/100 (2023)

Air quality 89 PM2.5 9.8 µg/m³ (2023)

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: middling; World Bank WGI estimate -0.21 · corruption control -0.38 · stability 0.48 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $14.66 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $18.01/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($605)	Verdict
$2,000	3.3×	like royalty
$3,000	5.0×	like royalty
$5,000	8.3×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

Similar value-for-money

🇻🇳 Vietnam — quality 64.4, essentials $539/mo
🇱🇦 Laos — quality 44.9, essentials $377/mo
🇮🇩 Indonesia — quality 64, essentials $528/mo
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka — quality 57.5, essentials $474/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Suriname a good place to live for remote workers?: Suriname scores 73/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 167 Mbps, safety 61, healthcare 74, air quality 89; English not scored) — rank 54 of 167.
How fast is the internet in Suriname?: Median fixed broadband is around 167 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in Suriname?: Single-person essentials run about $605/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (5.0× essentials).