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Comparison of Niger and Suriname [S]ave

Attribute
Niger
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Suriname
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Geography
Area (km²)1,267,000163,820
ContinentAfricaSouth America
Land area (km²)1,266,700156,000
Water area (km²)3007,820
Land boundaries (km)5,8341,907
Border countries
  • Algeria
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Chad
  • Libya
  • Mali
  • Nigeria
  • Brazil
  • French Guiana
  • Guyana
Coastline (km)0386
Mean elevation (m)474246
Lowest point (m)200-2
Highest point (m)2,0221,230
People
Population22,772,361609,569
Official languages
  • French
  • Dutch
ReligionMuslimProtestant
Government
Long country nameRepublic of NigerRepublic of Suriname
Short country nameNigerSuriname
Long local nameRepublique du NigerRepubliek Suriname
Short local nameNigerSuriname
Former name-
  • Dutch Guiana
  • Netherlands Guiana
Government typeSemi-presidential republicPresidential republic
CapitalNiameyParamaribo
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)21,860,000,0008,688,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)8,224,000,0003,419,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)4.91.9
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)1,20014,900
Gross national saving (% of GDP)22.446.6
Labor force6,500,000144,000
Unemployment rate (%)0.38.9
Population below poverty line (%)45.470
Budget revenues (USD)1,757,000,000560,700,000
Budget expenditures (USD)2,171,000,000827,800,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)2.45-
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)21.416.4
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-5-7.8
Public debt (% of GDP)45.369.3
Inflation rate (%)2.422
Central bank discount rate (%)4.2510
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)5.414.43
Stock of narrow money (USD)1,804,000,0001,158,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)1,804,000,0001,158,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)1,506,000,0001,608,000,000
Current account balance (USD)-1,160,000,000-2,000,000
Exports (USD)4,143,000,0002,028,000,000
Imports (USD)1,829,000,0001,293,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)1,314,000,000424,400,000
External debt (USD)3,728,000,0001,700,000,000
National currencyCommunaute Financiere Africaine francsSurinamese dollars
National currency (code)XOFSRD
National currency (symbol)-$
National currency rate to USD605.37.53



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