Country scorecard
Suriname
South America · 600K people
ALPS
1.39
languages per person
#151 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
9%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.4 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Suriname is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇧🇪 Belgium99%
- 🇦🇼 Aruba62%
- 🇨🇼 Curaçao60%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Dutch99%
- English40%
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