# Guyana — national dossier Guyana — economy, society, governance, health, education, technology, geography, resources and military in one sourced dossier: 42 indicators, each with… Canonical: https://terralore.co/country/GUY Updated: 2026-08-14 (latest domain refresh; each figure carries its own observation year) ## Overview - Official name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana - Capital: Georgetown - Region: South America, South America - Population: 738,000 - Area: 214,969 km² - Languages: English - Currency: Guyanese dollar (GYD) A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Each figure shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Economy | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | GDP | $27 B | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | GDP per capita | $32,414 | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | GDP growth | 19.3% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Inflation | 3.3% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Trade openness | 194.4% | 2005 | World Development Indicators | ## Society | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Population | 836,000 | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Life expectancy | 70.3 yrs | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Urban population | 26.5% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Fertility rate | 2.4 | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Literacy rate | 85.6% | 2020 | World Development Indicators | ## Governance | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 55.0 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Political stability | 69.6 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Government effectiveness | 49.4 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Regulatory quality | 47.8 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Rule of law | 51.2 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Control of corruption | 40.8 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | ## Health | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 2.5% | 2023 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | | Physicians | 1.39 | 2020 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | | Under-5 mortality | 25.2 | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) | | Measles immunisation | 99.0% | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) | | Safe drinking water | 67.2% | 2024 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | ## Education | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 85.6% | 2020 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Education spending | 4.5% | 2018 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Primary enrolment | 97.6% | 2024 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Secondary enrolment | 91.4% | 2024 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Tertiary enrolment | 26.4% | 2024 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | ## Technology | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Internet users | 83.0% | 2024 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) | | Mobile subscriptions | 113 | 2022 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) | | High-tech exports | 13.3% | 2024 | World Development Indicators | ## Geography | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Land area | 211,140 km² | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | Forest area | 87.1% | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | Agricultural land | 3.4% | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 4.6 | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Renewable energy | 12.1% | 2022 | World Development Indicators | ## Resources | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 33.7% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Oil rents | 22.1% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Mineral rents | 9.4% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Forest rents | 2.2% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Electricity access | 93.0% | 2024 | World Development Indicators | ## Military | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 0.9% | 2024 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | | Defense spending | $202 M | 2024 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | | Armed forces | 3,000 | 2020 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | Every metric above is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Machine-readable claims — every figure above as an addressable claim ID (TL:GUY::) with value, source, license and a ready citation string: https://terralore.co/country/GUY.claims.json History: "From the Amerindian peoples of the Guiana highlands and three Dutch plantation colonies to British Guiana, a society forged by slavery and indenture, and an independent nation now transformed by offshore oil." — the sourced chronicle is at https://terralore.co/country/GUY/chronicle.md (6 eras, 22 events). ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://childmortality.org - Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Citation template: Terralore, "Guyana — national dossier", terralore.co/country/GUY, retrieved .