Suriname at a glance for the Zakat payer: Americas region, Surinamese dollar (SRD) as the money of the calculation, and a Muslim community whose main languages include Dutch. It brings together the Nisab in your currency — SRD 21,304 on the silver standard and SRD 237,325 on the gold standard, indicatively — the gold and silver Nisab expressed in Surinamese dollar, how giving is usually organised in Suriname, what Ramadan 2027 will look like, and the calculators that do the arithmetic for you. Suriname is one of 195 countries covered by ZakatSuite, in the Americas region, and every figure on this page is given in the currency a payer in Suriname actually faces.
The two thresholds a payer in Suriname is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are SRD 237,325 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at SRD 2,713 per gram — and SRD 21,304, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at SRD 35 per gram, with the conversion running at 35.5 SRD per US dollar. Treat both figures as indicative: metal prices and exchange rates move every day, and the live calculator on this site fetches current prices before it tests your wealth. On the silver standard most scholars recommend for cash, a payer in Suriname whose net savings pass SRD 21,304 for a full lunar year owes 2.5% of the total.
In daily practice, most payers hand their Zakat over through a small number of well-worn channels: mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan, charity platforms and mobile giving apps and payroll deduction schemes offered by some employers. Whichever route you choose, the money has to arrive with recipients inside Quran 9:60's eight categories, and it must transfer into their ownership (tamlik). Plenty of households here settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Ask any intermediary how they distribute, file the confirmation with your PDF report, and check whether administration costs come out of the Zakat itself where an organisation deducts them. In Suriname, community life runs in Dutch, so instructions left with family should be in the language they actually use.
Ramadan 1448 AH is expected to open on Monday 8 February 2027 across Suriname, subject to the sighting of the new moon and the announcement followed locally. The last ten nights begin with the Maghrib of 27 February 2027, Laylat al-Qadr being sought on the odd nights that open on 27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March the likeliest, the 27th, opening on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. Expect the last fast on 8 or 9 March 2027, with Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. Daily fasting times for Suriname are gathered through the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, and remember Fitrana falls due before the Eid prayer.
Take a saver in Suriname with SRD 44,738 held as cash and savings — some 2.1 times the silver Nisab — with nothing owed. It clears the Nisab and completes a hawl, so the Zakat due is 2.5% × SRD 44,738 = SRD 1,118. Gold, business stock or foreign currency would be added in SRD first, with the 2.5% applied to the combined net total.
Indicatively, the gold Nisab is SRD 237,325 (87.48 grams of gold) and silver's is SRD 21,304 for 612.36 grams of silver. Behind those figures sit per-gram values of SRD 2,713 for gold and a silver gram at SRD 35 in Suriname, at 35.5 SRD per US dollar. Prices move daily, so check the live calculator for the exact threshold on your Zakat date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
For Suriname, the money of the calculation is SRD — the Surinamese dollar. Money held abroad is brought into SRD using the rate on your Zakat date then judged with everything else . Method is portable; money is local: 2.5% of net zakatable wealth above the Nisab, after one full lunar year.
Start with the gross in SRD — balances, metals at today's price, stock bought for resale, investments and money owed to you. Take off the debts due now, and test what remains against the Nisab — SRD 21,304 on the silver standard, or SRD 237,325 on the gold standard. A net figure over the threshold, held a full hawl, is charged at 2.5% of the whole amount — the worked example on this page turns SRD 44,738 of net savings into SRD 1,118 of Zakat.
No fixed figure exists for Suriname: it is the local cash value of one sa' of staple food — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — for each person. Scholars and councils in Suriname set the rate in SRD each year, with announcements commonly made in Dutch. It is paid for every member of the household, including children, and deliver it before the Eid prayer. The Fitrana calculator on this site multiplies the announced local rate by your household size.
Regionally, Suriname is grouped with the rest of Americas; the languages of its Muslim community here are Dutch. The country code is SR, and the short version of this page is at zakatsuite.com/sr. All 209 tools work for Suriname with SRD selected, so nothing on the platform is closed to a payer here.