GuyanaandVenezuela

26 May 1966 · 1811

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Guyana

26 May 1966 — Guyana becomes independent of Britain

Dossier →Chronicle →

Venezuela

1811 — Venezuela declares independence from Spain

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
39
Domains
9
Crossed events
2
Data through
2026-08-14

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

GUYVEN
  • GDP
    $27 B2025$100 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $32,4142025$3,4952025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    19.3%20251.6%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    3.3%2025254.9%2016
    Observed 2025 / 2016 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    194.4%200525.0%2025
    Observed 2005 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

GUYVEN
  • Population
    836,000202529 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    70.3 yrs202472.7 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    26.5%202589.3%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    2.420242.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

GUYVEN

Health

GUYVEN
  • Health spending
    2.5%20233.8%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    1.3920201.662017
    Observed 2020 / 2017 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    25.2202424.22024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    99.0%202471.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    67.2%2024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded

Education

GUYVEN
  • Adult literacy
    85.6%202097.2%2017
    Observed 2020 / 2017 · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    4.5%20186.9%2009
    Observed 2018 / 2009 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    97.6%2024113.7%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    91.4%202497.8%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    26.4%202478.3%2009
    Observed 2024 / 2009 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

GUYVEN
  • Internet users
    83.0%202476.7%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    1132022712024
    Observed 2022 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    13.3%2024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • R&D spending
    —0.3%2014
    Observed — / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    —1802023
    Observed — / 2023 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

GUYVEN
  • Land area
    211,140 km²2023882,050 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    87.1%202352.2%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    3.4%202324.4%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    4.620243.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    12.1%202233.7%2021
    Observed 2022 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

GUYVEN
  • Resource rents
    33.7%202111.8%2014
    Observed 2021 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    22.1%202111.3%2014
    Observed 2021 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    9.4%20210.1%2014
    Observed 2021 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    2.2%20210.1%2014
    Observed 2021 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    93.0%2024100.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Military

GUYVEN
  • Military burden
    0.9%20240.5%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $202 M2024$02024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    3,0002020343,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 2018

    Guyana takes Essequibo case to the ICJ

    Guyana files proceedings at the International Court of Justice seeking to confirm the 1899 arbitral award fixing its boundary with Venezuela.

    Politics & Power · from the Guyana chronicle · Oil, the Essequibo Controversy and the Present · REFS 1 — Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela)

  2. May 2026

    ICJ hearings on the merits

    Public hearings on the merits of Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela) are held at the International Court of Justice, a decisive stage in the long-running Essequibo controversy.

    Politics & Power · from the Guyana chronicle · Oil, the Essequibo Controversy and the Present · REFS 1 — Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela)