Suriname
Last updated July 15, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Limited relative strength in Infrastructure, with deep gaps in Access & Parity
Suriname shows severely limited readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (33rd percentile worldwide). Key structural conditions limit capacity to plan, implement, and sustain forward-looking reforms.
- Global percentile
- 33rd
- Global rank
- #119
- Regional rank
- #21
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Country profile
Suriname faces substantial readiness constraints across core dimensions. Its weakest results are in Human Capital (39, 27th percentile) and Innovation (29, 8th percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned. High internet adoption enables broad participation in digital learning and innovation. Limited tertiary enrollment narrows future talent pipelines and innovation capacity.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Policy execution and regulatory capacity remain weak, leaving reforms fragmented and hard to sustain. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.
Governance presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, School Access and Gender Parity lags peers the most, signalling where investment could have the highest impact.
Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.
Key insights
Falls below many peers at the 33rd percentile.
Places 119th worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 21st within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Infrastructure (65.0) to Access & Parity (10.0), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Trails regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score