▲Suriname SKETCH SCORE: 76/100▲Suriname moved +5 this week▪Suriname's risk score rose to 76 today, though US, UK, and Canadian governments maintain their lowest advisory levels. Pack repellent for Chikungunya and ensure your measles vaccinations are current.▲Suriname SKETCH SCORE: 76/100▲Suriname moved +5 this week▪Suriname's risk score rose to 76 today, though US, UK, and Canadian governments maintain their lowest advisory levels. Pack repellent for Chikungunya and ensure your measles vaccinations are current.
Suriname

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Suriname's risk score rose to 76 today, though US, UK, and Canadian governments maintain their lowest advisory levels. Pack repellent for Chikungunya and ensure your measles vaccinations are current.

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence high▲ +5 this week
76Sketch Score
90-day trend

Governments, one trip

What they're telling their own citizens about Suriname

United States

Lv 1

Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions

United Kingdom

Lv 1

See FCDO advice.

Canada

Lv 1

Exercise normal security precautions

The real score

The breakdown

100advisoryConsensus
72Political Stability
46Police Trust
48Health
87Crime
90LGBTQ+

See it from your perspective

76

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The general Sketch Score, unweighted for any specific traveler.

Staying healthy

What to watch out for, health-wise

Active notices

  • • Chikungunya in Suriname
  • • Global Measles

Vaccines

Recommended:

From people who've been there

Local know-how

Staying safe

  • •If you are concerned about safety try to avoid venturing at night alone.

Staying healthy

  • •To enter Suriname there's no need for any special kind of vaccination, though some are recommended (see below).
  • •If you plan a jungle-trip, which is highly recommended, it is possible that you may want to take precautions against malaria, depending on the area you are planning to visit (although since…
  • •Be sure to check with BOG, or your local pharmacist or health clinic what prophylactic you should take.
  • •Tap water is drinkable in Paramaribo but not elsewhere.
  • •Yellow fever vaccination is recommended (and is required to get into Brazil afterwards!) Tetanus-diphtheria vaccination is recommended. Hepatitis A vaccination is recommended.
  • •The adult HIV/AIDS prevalence is reaching 2% or 1 in 50 adults, which is 3 times higher than the US and 9 times higher than the Netherlands. Be sure to practice safe sex.

Adapted from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA — edited by travelers, not us.

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The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

C / F · 127V

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Driving side

left

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Emergency

police: 115 / ambulance: 115 / fire: 115

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