Brazil or Suriname: which is better?

Country: head-to-head comparison

Winner
Brazil
8
indicators ahead
Suriname
3
indicators ahead

Brazil wins on more indicators: 8 of 12 against 3.

  • Safety and trust: Suriname 0:2
  • Costs and work: Brazil 1:0
  • Climate and health: Brazil 7:0
  • Law and institutions: Suriname 0:1

All indicators weigh the same. This is a score based on data, not advice on where to live: different people have different circumstances.

Brazil
Suriname

Safety and trust

Better: Suriname (0 : 2)
Organized violence
lower is better
✗2.73 deaths per 100,000 residents, 2022–2024
2022–2024
✓0.00 deaths per 100,000 residents, 2022–2024
2022–2024
Homicides
lower is better
✗19.3 per 100,000 residents
2023196% higher
✓6.5 per 100,000 residents
202366% lower
Trust between people
no data for one of the places
7%
2022
no data

Costs and work

Better: Brazil (1 : 0)
GDP per capita
higher is better
✓$23,433
20253% higher
✗$22,652
20253% lower

Climate and health

Better: Brazil (7 : 0)
Life expectancy
higher is better
✓76.0 years
20243% higher
✗73.8 years
20243% lower
Life expectancy: men
higher is better
✓73.0 years
20243% higher
✗70.6 years
20243% lower
Life expectancy: women
higher is better
✓79.1 years
20243% higher
✗77.0 years
20243% lower
Median age at death
higher is better
✓80.6 years
20234% higher
✗77.5 years
20234% lower
Infant survival
higher is better
✓98.77%
2024almost equal
98.52%
2024almost equal
Survival of children under 5
higher is better
✓98.58%
2024almost equal
98.42%
2024almost equal
Air (PM2.5)
lower is better
✓13.4 µg/m³ per year
202315% lower
✗15.7 µg/m³ per year
202317% higher

Law and institutions

Better: Suriname (0 : 1)
Rule of law
higher is better
✗-0.49 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
✓-0.22 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
Control of corruption
tie
-0.38 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
-0.38 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025

A winner is named only for indicators with a known “better / worse” direction. Population and other neutral indicators are shown without a winner. Outdated and missing values are not counted. Details for each place: Brazil, Suriname.

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