Economic Structure

As a resource rich country the economy is dominated by the mining sector. The mining sector is the leading sector in terms of export and fiscal revenues, providing for more than 90% of all exports in 2005, and about 30% of fiscal revenues. The agriculture sector is of increasing importance, after some years of declining significance. In recent years the tourism sector has shown significant growth. There is also a large central government sector and many state-owned enterprises in several sectors. The central government employs over one third of the formal Surinamese workforce.