Country
Guyana
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Georgetown
- ISO code
- GY · GUY
72 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 836K
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 83,659 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 70.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 4.6 t CO₂
Population
- Population 836K 2025 164th of 214
- Population density 4 people/km² 2024 207th of 212
- Population growth 0.59 % per year 2025 130th of 214
- Natural increase 13.0 per 1,000 people 2023 84th of 228
- Net migration -6.1 per 1,000 people 2025 194th of 214
- Fertility rate 2.40 births per woman 2024 81st of 214
- Urban population 26.5 % 2025 199th of 214
- Median age 25.6 years 2023 154th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 7.0 % 2025 122nd of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 10.9 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 120th of 214
- Children under 15 28.9 % 2025 75th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 70.3 years 2024 149th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 74.1 years 2024 142nd of 214
- Life expectancy, men 66.6 years 2024 159th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 7.5 years 2024 25th of 214
- Infant mortality 23.2 per 1,000 births 2024 62nd of 195
- Under-5 mortality 25.2 per 1,000 births 2024 65th of 195
- Maternal mortality 75 per 100,000 births 2023 75th of 193
- Health spending per person 505 USD 2023 89th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,331 $ (PPP) 2023 83rd of 191
- Physicians 1.39 per 1,000 people 2020 97th of 179
- Hospital beds 3.2 per 1,000 people 2023 54th of 150
- Measles immunization 99 % 2024 1st of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 11.7 % 2024 119th of 165
- Calorie supply 3,318 kcal per day 2023 50th of 175
- Meat supply 88.7 kg per person per year 2023 31st of 175
Economy
- GDP 27.1B USD 2025 119th of 185
- GDP per capita 32,414 USD 2025 38th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 83,659 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 8th of 184
- GDP growth 19.3 % 2025 1st of 185
- GDP per capita growth 18.6 % 2025 1st of 185
- Inflation 3.3 % 2025 76th of 169
- Unemployment 12.0 % 2025 24th of 181
- Youth unemployment 24.9 % 2025 29th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 31.3 % 2024 21st of 150
- Trade 194 % of GDP 2005 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Income inequality (Gini) 45.1 1998 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Extreme poverty 13.0 % 1998 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Agriculture in the economy 7.6 % of GDP 2024 83rd of 187
- Women in the labour force 47.4 % 2025 128th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.776 2023 89th of 192
- Literacy rate 85.6 % 2020 78th of 122
- Education spending 4.5 % of GDP 2018 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 84 % 2023 104th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 25 % 2023 97th of 127
- Primary completion rate 104 % 2012 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 36.1 % 2025 42nd of 183
- Homicide rate 19.4 per 100,000 people 2020 16th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 83 % 2024 88th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 113 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Fixed broadband 12.9 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Access to electricity 93.0 % 2024 154th of 212
- Safe drinking water 67 % 2024 90th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 43 % 2024 92nd of 140
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 3.8 Mt CO₂ 2024 142nd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 4.6 t CO₂ 2024 58th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 5.43 t CO₂ 2024 59th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 143rd of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 10.5 t CO₂e 2024 29th of 201
- Forest area 87.1 % of land 2024 6th of 208
- Water stress 3 % 2022 139th of 176
- Arable land 0.4 % of land 2024 195th of 205
- Renewable energy 13.2 % of final energy 2021 128th of 210
- Renewable electricity 2.9 % of electricity 2024 174th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 1.4 % of electricity 2024 125th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 642 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 34th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 1,660 kWh 2024 117th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 16.9 µg/m³ 2023 101st of 199
Guyana on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldGuyanese dollar (GYD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−4Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B, D, G · 240 V · 60 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Castles map1 castleSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)