Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Suriname
Suriname: Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage was 80 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Suriname, 1980–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Suriname stood at 80.
That represents a change of up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Suriname peaked at 94 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 25, in 1980.
That places Suriname 153rd out of 195 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 25 | — |
| 1981 | 27 | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 61 | +125.9% |
| 1983 | 85 | +39.3% |
| 1984 | 80 | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 84 | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 80 | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 71 | -11.2% |
| 1988 | 64 | -9.9% |
| 1989 | 72 | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 83 | +15.3% |
| 1991 | 75 | -9.6% |
| 1992 | 74 | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 76 | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 74 | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 84 | +13.5% |
| 1996 | 85 | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 81 | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 90 | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 85 | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 71 | -16.5% |
| 2001 | 68 | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 73 | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 75 | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 85 | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 83 | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 84 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 85 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 87 | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 94 | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 80 | -14.9% |
| 2012 | 76 | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 77 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 71 | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 73 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 77 | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 67 | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 81 | +20.9% |
| 2019 | 77 | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 51 | -33.8% |
| 2021 | 72 | +41.2% |
| 2022 | 77 | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 72 | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 80 | +11.1% |
| 2025 | 80 | +0.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 80 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91, 88% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 80 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 87, 92% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Suriname changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +125.9% | 27 | 61 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 64.9 | 25 | 85 | 10 |
| 1990s | 80.7 | 74 | 90 | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.5 | 68 | 87 | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.3 | 67 | 94 | 10 |
| 2020s | 72 | 51 | 80 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
More health data for Suriname
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6063 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 22 (2100)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.0344 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0409 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.0221 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0425 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, annual growth rate -1.05 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Suriname?
- Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Suriname was 80 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 94 in 2010.
- What is the lowest perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 in 1980.
- How does Suriname rank for perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage?
- Suriname ranks 153rd out of 195 countries with data for 2025.
- Is perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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