Foreign reserves
$1.36Bcurrent US$
#137 of 1772025
1% of world average
SERIAL · 328South America
Guyana
CapitalGeorgetown
CurrencyGYD · Guyanese dollar
LanguageEnglish
Since1966
ISOGUY · GY
Population
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Watermark portrait: Letitia Wright
— THE COUNTRY —
Country in South America
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Suriname to the east, Brazil to the south and southwest, and Venezuela to the west. It is part of The Guianas. The capital and largest city is Georgetown.
Text: Wikipedia — GuyanaCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-23
— FACTS —
- Capital
- Georgetown
- Currency
- Guyanese dollar (GYD)
- Official language
- English
- Drives on the
- Left
- Calling code
- +592
- Licence plate code
- GUY
- Top-level domain
- .gy
- Independence / founding
- 1966
- Highest point
- Mount Roraima (2,810 m)
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean (0 m)
- Anthem
- National anthem of Guyana
— LAND —
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— PEOPLE —
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— MONEY —
External debt
$3.68Bcurrent US$
#31 of 1212024
5% of world average
Income inequality (Gini)
450-100
not enough data to rank1998
127% of world average
People below the poverty line
13.0%% of population
not enough data to rank1998
102% of world average
Income share held by richest 10%
34.4%%
not enough data to rank1998
124% of world average
Income share held by poorest 10%
1.1%%
not enough data to rank1998
39% of world average
Money sent home by workers abroad
$545.6Mcurrent US$
#115 of 1862023
11% of world average
Foreign aid received
1.0%% of GNI
#93 of 1372023
17% of world average
Exchange rate
209local currency per US$
#52 of 2112025
14% of world average
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Agriculture's share of the economy
7.7%% of GDP
#87 of 1992025
78% of world average
Industry's share of the economy
75.1%% of GDP
#1 of 2022025
307% of world average
Manufacturing's share of the economy
1.9%% of GDP
#181 of 1952025
17% of world average
Services' share of the economy
14.8%% of GDP
#202 of 2022025
26% of world average
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— TRADE —
Exports
84.6%% of GDP
not enough data to rank2005
195% of world average
Imports
109.7%% of GDP
not enough data to rank2005
221% of world average
Trade balance
-25.1%% of GDP
not enough data to rank2005
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Total trade (openness)
106.7%% of GDP
#23 of 2052025
165% of world average
Goods exported
$18.69Bcurrent US$
#82 of 2072025
15% of world average
Goods imported
$10.22Bcurrent US$
#115 of 2072025
8% of world average
Services exported
$528.9Mcurrent US$
#151 of 1912023
1% of world average
Services imported
$4.95Bcurrent US$
#93 of 1912023
11% of world average
Goods and services exported
$13.74Bcurrent US$
#100 of 1912023
8% of world average
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Goods and services imported
$10.96Bcurrent US$
#116 of 1912023
6% of world average
High-tech share of exports
13.3%% of manufactured exports
#56 of 1792024
110% of world average
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— HEALTH —
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— LEARNING —
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— WORK —
Men in the labour force
63.3%% of men aged 15+
#141 of 1862025
91% of world average
Labour force
326,682people
#164 of 1862025
2% of world average
Working in agriculture
12.2%% of employment
#101 of 1862025
55% of world average
Working in industry
31.1%% of employment
#15 of 1862025
159% of world average
Working in services
56.7%% of employment
#102 of 1862025
97% of world average
Self-employed
31.1%% of employment
#96 of 1862025
80% of world average
Labour force with advanced education
79.3%% of labour force
#70 of 1712019
104% of world average
Employed
48.4%% aged 15+
#149 of 1862025
86% of world average
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— CONNECTED —
People online
83.0%% of population
#96 of 2072024
116% of world average
Mobile phone subscriptions
113per 100 people
#114 of 2102022
97% of world average
Fixed broadband subscriptions
13per 100 people
#107 of 2082022
71% of world average
Fixed telephone lines
15per 100 people
#79 of 2132022
101% of world average
Access to electricity
93.0%% of population
#156 of 2142024
105% of world average
Access to clean cooking fuel
100.0%% of population
#21 of 1892023
144% of world average
Energy used per person
661kg oil equivalent per person
not enough data to rank2007
29% of world average
Air passengers carried
7,512passengers
#156 of 1652021
0% of world average
Air freight
0million tonne-km
#143 of 1632021
0% of world average
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Container port traffic
58,377TEU
#136 of 1672021
1% of world average
Patent applications by residents
40count
#86 of 1422021
0% of world average
Scientific journal articles published
50count
#155 of 1972023
0% of world average
Tourists arriving
86,400count
#169 of 1942020
2% of world average
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— NATURE —
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— STATE —
7 of 7 figures unavailable for Guyana.
— TRADE PARTNERS —
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— TRADE —
No trade data available for Guyana.
— EXTRAS —
Anthem
National anthem of GuyanaAudio: Wikimedia Commons
Capital time
--:--:--Georgetown · approx. UTC-4
Landmarks
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People
Letitia WrightGuyanese actress (born 1993)
Irfaan AliPresident of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Bharrat JagdeoPresident and Prime Minister of Guyana
Sam Hinds5th Prime Minister of Guyana
Janet Jaganpresident of Guyana, prime minister of Guyana, nurse (1920-2009)
David A. GrangerGuyanese politician
David LammyBritish politician (born 1972)
Cheddi JaganPresident of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana, dentist (1918-1997)
Arthur ChungFirst President of Guyana, Senior Magistrate, Sworn Land Surveyor (1918–2008)
Donald RamotarPresident of Guyana, economist
Eddy GrantBritish singer
History
1966Guyana — founding / independence (Wikidata)
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1960 → now
2026
Population835,9862025
GDP$27.10B2025
GDP per person$32,4142025