Electricity generation from gas in Suriname
Suriname: Electricity generation from gas was 0.02 terawatt-hours in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.02 terawatt-hours
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
115th
of 207 countries
All-time high
0.02 terawatt-hours
in 2007
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024
Electricity generation from gas in Suriname, 2000–2024
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 0.02 terawatt-hours for electricity generation from gas in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from gas in Suriname peaked at 0.02 terawatt-hours in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 2000.
That places Suriname 115th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Electricity generation from gas in Suriname, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2002 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +100.0% |
| 2008 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | -50.0% |
| 2015 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +100.0% |
| 2019 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 0.02 terawatt-hours is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.75 terawatt-hours, 1% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.012 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.02 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.016 terawatt-hours | 0.01 terawatt-hours | 0.02 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.02 terawatt-hours | 0.02 terawatt-hours | 0.02 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 113 Niger 0.05 terawatt-hours compare
- 114 Barbados 0.03 terawatt-hours compare
- 115 Senegal 0.02 terawatt-hours compare
- 117 Guyana 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 118 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Albania 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Belize 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 118 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 118 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 118 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Ethiopia 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Guatemala 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 118 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Honduras 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Laos 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 118 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 South Africa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 118 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 118 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 118 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours
More energy & mining data for Suriname
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.3856 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 12.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from gas in Suriname?
- Electricity generation from gas in Suriname was 0.02 terawatt-hours in 2024, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation from gas recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 0.02 terawatt-hours in 2007.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from gas recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 2000.
- How does Suriname rank for electricity generation from gas?
- Suriname ranks 115th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity generation from gas rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from gas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.