Unemployment Benefits in Suriname

Suriname has no unemployment benefit. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Public Housing (SoZaVo) pays financial assistance to socially weak households, among other social programmes, and the Labour Ministry's Labour Market sub-directorate passes on private-sector vacancies to job seekers.

✓ From official pages ✓ Each part says when we checked

At a glance

No unemployment insurance found on official sites.

8815616

Onderdirectoraat Arbeidsmarkt (private-sector vacancies)

The job market in Suriname

7.8%

unemployed, 2025

25.4%

of 15 to 24-year-olds

7.6%

a year earlier: it has risen

The International Labour Organization's estimates put Suriname 131st lowest of 183 countries for unemployment in 2025; the world's rate was 4.9%.

Suriname's unemployment rate over the years · every country, ranked

What to do first

Register with the public employment service, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Affairs, Onderdirectoraat Arbeidsmarkt. Official page
Questions: call 8815616 (Onderdirectoraat Arbeidsmarkt (private-sector vacancies)).

Help finding work

The public employment service: Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Affairs, Onderdirectoraat Arbeidsmarkt

Who to call

Onderdirectoraat Arbeidsmarkt (private-sector vacancies): 8815616.

From an official page, read October 25, 2026.

Questions

Is there unemployment benefit in Suriname?

No unemployment insurance was found on official sites.

Who do I call about unemployment in Suriname?

Onderdirectoraat Arbeidsmarkt (private-sector vacancies): 8815616.

Where can I get help finding a job in Suriname?

The public employment service is Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Affairs, Onderdirectoraat Arbeidsmarkt.

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Where this comes from

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