Paramaribo
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AQI 32
30.5%
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Suriname air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Airleaf measures 1 city in Suriname. Paramaribo reads AQI 32 right now.
- cities measured
- 1
- national forest cover
- 91.5%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Suriname
Air quality in Paramaribo right now
Good
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Suriname lost?
Since 2001, Suriname has lost about 297,000 hectares of forest (about 3,000 km²): 2.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (55%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 297,000 haabout 3,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 2.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 164,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,820 ha | 1,770 ha | 3,590 ha |
| 2002 | 1,680 ha | 1,970 ha | 3,660 ha |
| 2003 | 2,330 ha | 2,130 ha | 4,460 ha |
| 2004 | 2,790 ha | 2,530 ha | 5,330 ha |
| 2005 | 2,150 ha | 1,310 ha | 3,460 ha |
| 2006 | 2,170 ha | 1,200 ha | 3,370 ha |
| 2007 | 2,230 ha | 1,330 ha | 3,560 ha |
| 2008 | 4,810 ha | 2,560 ha | 7,360 ha |
| 2009 | 4,080 ha | 3,210 ha | 7,290 ha |
| 2010 | 4,900 ha | 2,050 ha | 6,950 ha |
| 2011 | 4,410 ha | 1,260 ha | 5,670 ha |
| 2012 | 12,400 ha | 6,890 ha | 19,300 ha |
| 2013 | 5,800 ha | 4,310 ha | 10,100 ha |
| 2014 | 9,850 ha | 4,800 ha | 14,700 ha |
| 2015 | 7,060 ha | 4,730 ha | 11,800 ha |
| 2016 | 10,800 ha | 5,830 ha | 16,600 ha |
| 2017 | 9,520 ha | 8,340 ha | 17,900 ha |
| 2018 | 9,230 ha | 9,740 ha | 19,000 ha |
| 2019 | 9,720 ha | 8,470 ha | 18,200 ha |
| 2020 | 8,310 ha | 6,610 ha | 14,900 ha |
| 2021 | 6,870 ha | 5,320 ha | 12,200 ha |
| 2022 | 8,860 ha | 5,470 ha | 14,300 ha |
| 2023 | 14,600 ha | 11,100 ha | 25,700 ha |
| 2024 | 10,700 ha | 23,000 ha | 33,800 ha |
| 2025 | 6,900 ha | 7,440 ha | 14,300 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 20,100 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 17,300 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2024, when about 33,800 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Suriname?
- Mining and energycleared for good36% · 108,000 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good17% · 51,800 ha
- Loggingcan grow back17% · 49,200 ha
Also: shifting farming, wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
Suriname as a whole
91.5% of Suriname was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Air quality in Suriname: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Suriname today?
Airleaf measures 1 city in Suriname. Paramaribo reads AQI 32 right now.
How much forest has Suriname lost since 2001?
About 297,000 ha from 2001 to 2025, 2% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 164,000 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Suriname?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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