Quality of life comparison
If you lived in North Dakota instead of Suriname, you would:
Health
be 20.5% more likely to be obese
In Suriname, 30.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In North Dakota, that number is 37.1% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 68.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Suriname, 7.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In North Dakota, that number is 2.5% as of 2025.
be 43.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Suriname, 17.6% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In North Dakota, however, that number is 10.0% as of 2023.
make 11.2 times more money
Suriname has a GDP per capita of $7,070 as of 2025, while in North Dakota, the GDP per capita is $79,272 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
