Suriname: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Suriname shows historical data for the Surinam Dollars per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Surinam Dollars per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Suriname become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Suriname.

The series for Suriname are available from September 2004 to August 2024. For that period, the average exchange rate for Suriname was 8.6364 Surinam Dollars per USD with a minimum of 2.7148 Surinam Dollars per USD in February 2005 and a maximum of 38.2891 Surinam Dollars per USD in September 2023. The most recent available data point is 28.7897 Surinam Dollars per USD, a change of -2.99% from the previous data point of 29.6768 Surinam Dollars per USD and a change of -24.76% from a year ago when the level was 38.2657 Surinam Dollars per USD.

Currency values in Suriname and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.