Guyana
Country
Key facts
- Currency: Guyana dollar
- Capital city: Georgetown
- Region: South America
- Continent: Americas
- Land area: 196,850 km²
- Population: 808,726
- Political Leader: David A. Granger (President)
Latest news (see all)
US, Brazil, Guyana, Canada could cover all oil demand growth in 2024-2025 -- IEA
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-12
Guyana condemns Venezuela for signing into law a referendum approving annexation of disputed region
Read: Fox News
2024-04-04
Guyana condemns Venezuela for signing into law a referendum approving annexation of disputed region
Read: ABC News
2024-04-04
Guyana condemns Venezuela for signing into law a referendum approving annexation of disputed region
Read: The Star
2024-04-04
Guyana condemns Venezuela for signing into law a referendum approving annexation of disputed region
Read: Independent
2024-04-04
Venezuela enacts law to protect border territory disputed by Guyana
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-04
Metrics
General information
Business
GDP | 14,718,400,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 6.12 annual % |
Self-employed | 34.41 % of total employment |
Unemployment | 10.33 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 28.75 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 10,430.00 km² |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 2,768.50 kt |
Fertility rate | 2.40 births per woman |
Forest area | 184,061 km² |
Fossil fuel energy consumption | 0.00 % of total |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -873.06 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 21.80 years |
Methane emissions | 1,846.60 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 567.14 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 412,743 |
Male Population | 395,982 |
Renewable energy consumption | 11.97 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 209,904.00 km² |
Rural population | 590,192 |
Urban land area | 165.73 km² |
Urban population | 218,534 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 51.99 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 20.30 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 9.99 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 378.06 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 5.51 % of GDP |
Incidence of HIV | 0.62 per 1,000 uninfected population |
Hospital beds | 1.71 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 66 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 40.30 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 92.90 % of population |
Individuals using the Internet | 84.79 % of population |
Net migration | -3,900 |
Press freedom | 2.94 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 3,000 |
Democracy score | 6.67 |
Democracy type | Flawed democracy |
Military expenditure | 0.57 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 35.38 % |
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 6 days ago