Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Suriname
Suriname: Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) was 0.6367 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Export unit values, US dollar in Suriname, 1970–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2014, export unit values, us dollar in Suriname stood at 0.6367.
The figure is down 9.6% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export unit values, us dollar in Suriname peaked at 1.13 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.5643, in 1985.
That places Suriname 122nd out of 166 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7862 | — |
| 1971 | 1.01 | +28.3% |
| 1972 | 1 | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 1.05 | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 0.9549 | -9.0% |
| 1975 | 0.859 | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 0.9492 | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 1.08 | +13.7% |
| 1978 | 0.9462 | -12.3% |
| 1979 | 0.9278 | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.9664 | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 0.9711 | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.9146 | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 0.74 | -19.1% |
| 1984 | 0.6775 | -8.4% |
| 1985 | 0.5643 | -16.7% |
| 1986 | 0.9828 | +74.2% |
| 1987 | 1 | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.941 | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 1.05 | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8999 | -14.5% |
| 1991 | 0.886 | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.937 | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 1.09 | +16.6% |
| 1994 | 1.06 | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 1.13 | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 1.13 | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 1.07 | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 0.953 | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9374 | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8944 | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8742 | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.777 | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7129 | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 0.6846 | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 0.6976 | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.61 | -12.6% |
| 2007 | 0.6364 | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 0.6216 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.6817 | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 0.6328 | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6447 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6436 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7041 | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6367 | -9.6% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 0.6367 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6886, 92% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 0.6367 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.771, 83% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +74.2% | 0.5643 | 0.9828 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9566 | 0.7862 | 1.08 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.881 | 0.5643 | 1.05 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.01 | 0.886 | 1.13 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.719 | 0.61 | 0.8944 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6524 | 0.6328 | 0.7041 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export unit values, us dollar in Suriname?
- Export unit values, us dollar in Suriname was 0.6367 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 in 1996.
- What is the lowest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5643 in 1985.
- How does Suriname rank for export unit values, us dollar?
- Suriname ranks 122nd out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is export unit values, us dollar rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.