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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2025)		836^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		4.2^a
Capital city		Georgetown
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		109.9^c
UN membership date		20 September 1966
Surface area (km2)		214 969^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		94.8^a
National currency		Guyana Dollar (GYD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		208.5^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	4 280	5 474	16 683^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	0.7	43.5	33^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 640.0	6 779.0	20 189.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	27	17.8	9.9^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	26.2	41	70.5^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	46.8	41.2	19.5^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	18.9	12.1	11.3^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	22.6	23.6	25.8^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	58.5	64.4	62.9^b
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	13	15.3	10.7
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	41.5 / 69.6	40.0 / 62.2	40.2 / 59.5
CPI: Consumer Price Index^i,j (2010=100)	109	117	138^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	111	112	116^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 169	5 197	22 415^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	1 484	2 326	7 211^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-315	2 870	15 204^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-39	-635	2 352^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.6	1.1	0.6^a
Urban population (% of total population)	26.4	26.7^k	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.4^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.7	2.5	2.4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	71.5 / 64.2	71.9 / 64.0	74.2 / 66.7^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	30.3 / 8.3	29.5 / 9.5	28.9 / 10.8^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	8.7 / 1.1	31.2 / 3.9	54.2 / 6.5^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	23.4	21.8^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	33	28.3	21.8^a
Health: Current expenditure^i,o (% of GDP)	4	5.4	3^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.7^q	1.4	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	92.8 / 92.2	96.1 / 96.6	94.0 / 94.8^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	110.7 / 110.7^r	98.7 / 94.8	84.0 / 87.5^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	93.7 / 87.3^r	77.5 / 66.6	84.6 / 80.3^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	19.6	19.4	19.1^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	31.3	34.8^s	39.4^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	34	63	81.7^b
Threatened species (number)	87	122	317^d
Forested area (% of land area)	93.8	93.6	93.5^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.0 / 2.6	2.6 / 3.3	4.2 / 5.1^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	7	164ⁱ	587^p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	46	50	73^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	207	86	288^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	100	100	100^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	37.0 / 51.9	35.0 / 49.1	34.1 / 48.0^p
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.75	1	0.92^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2018
d		2024
e		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Georgetown
k		2019
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
p		2022
q		2010
r		2012
s		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.