Side by side

Guyana and Venezuela compared

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 1966Guyana becomes independent of Britain

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🇻🇪Venezuela

1811Venezuela declares independence from Spain

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Shared indicators
39
Domains
9
Crossed events
2
Data through
2026-08-10

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.

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 · 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 · Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela)