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Guyana
5.0N 59.0W · 22 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM · 26 MAY 1966
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1992 - present · Oil, the Essequibo Controversy and the Present
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2015 · First offshore oil discovery 2 REFS
2018 · Guyana takes Essequibo case to the ICJ 1 REF
1970 - 1992 · The Burnham Era and the Shadow of Jonestown
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1971-1976 · Nationalisation of the economy 2 REFS
1985 · Death of Burnham; Hoyte succeeds 2 REFS
1928 - 1970 · Jagan, Burnham and the Road to Independence
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1953 · PPP victory and suspended constitution 2 REFS
1955-1957 · The PPP splits along ethnic lines 2 REFS
1814 - 1928 · British Guiana: Emancipation and Indenture
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Aug 1823 · The Demerara rising 2 REFS
1831 · Creation of British Guiana 2 REFS
c. 1580 - 1814 · The Dutch Colonies and the Engineered Coast
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c. 1616 · Founding of Essequibo 2 REFS
17th-18th c. · The engineered sugar coast 2 REFS
Pre-1600 · The First Peoples and the Land of Many Waters
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1st millennium BCE · Amerindian settlement of the Guianas 2 REFS
16th century · The Wild Coast and El Dorado 1 REF
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Georgetown
- Population
- 738,000
- Area
- 214,969 km²
- Region
- South America
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Guyanese dollar ($)
- Demonym
- Guyanese
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$27 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$32,414’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
19.3%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.3%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
194.4%’05 WB-WDI
Society
Population
836,000’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
70.3 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
26.5%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.4’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
85.6%’20 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
55.0’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
69.6’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
49.4’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
47.8’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
51.2’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
40.8’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
2.5%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.39’20 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
25.2’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
99.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
67.2%’24 WB-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
85.6%’20 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.5%’18 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
97.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
91.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
26.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
Internet users
83.0%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
113’22 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
13.3%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
211,140 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
87.1%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
3.4%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
4.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
12.1%’22 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
33.7%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
22.1%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
9.4%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
2.2%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
93.0%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
0.9%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$202 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
3,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($27 B), superseding 2024 ($25 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($32,414), superseding 2024 ($29,675) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (19.3%), superseding 2024 (43.8%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (3.3%), superseding 2024 (2.9%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (93.0%), superseding 2023 (98.9%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (836,000), superseding 2024 (831,000) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (26.5%), superseding 2024 (26.5%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14