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Guyana

GY · GUY · #83 · 4 cities

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2031)
$175,600
GDP (2031)
$53.2B
GDP growth (2031)
1.1% ↓
Inflation (2031)
5.5% →
Unemployment (2025)
12.0% ↑
Population (2031)
1.1M
Population growth (2031)
1.0% ↓
Government debt (2031)
28.9% of GDP
Current account (2031)
19.3% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$8.6B
Life expectancy (2024)
70.3 yrs
Health spending (2023)
2.5% of GDP
Internet users (2024)
83.0%
Mobile subscriptions (2022)
112.6/100
Trade openness (2005)
194.4% of GDP
Exchange rate (2025)
208.50/USD
Foreign reserves (2025)
$1.4B
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2031)
28.9% of GDP
Current account (2031)
19.3% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$8.6B

Income inequality (Gini)

Gini index (1998)
0.45
Assessment
High inequality
Source: World Bank PIP via OWID. 0 = perfect equality, 1 = maximum inequality.

Business environment

New business density (2024)
2.90/1k
Services sector (2025)
14.9% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2024)
23.3
Bank branches per 100k (2024)
8.0
ICT service exports (2023)
0.9%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $53.2B $175,600 1.1% 5.5% - 1.1M - 28.9% 19.3% - - - - -
2030 * $50.4B $128,494 11.5% 5.5% - 1.1M - 29.5% 17.9% - - - - -
2029 * $48.5B $123,633 12.8% 5.4% - 1.1M - 28.6% 17.4% - - - - -
2028 * $43.7B $111,831 22.1% 5.2% - 1.1M - 28.3% 25.8% - - - - -
2027 * $39.2B $101,125 19.7% 5.1% - 1.0M - 28.0% 13.9% - - - - -
2026 * $34.0B $88,787 16.2% 4.1% - 1.0M - 29.2% 21.5% - - - - -
2025 $27.1B $97,899 19.3% 3.3% 12.0% 1.0M - 28.6% 12.9% - - - - 208.50
2024 $24.7B $80,271 43.8% 2.9% 11.9% 956.0K - 24.3% 16.5% $8.6B 70.3 - 83.0% 208.50
2023 $16.9B $54,774 33.8% 2.8% 11.9% 918.0K - 26.7% 9.9% -$1.1B 70.2 2.5% 79.4% 208.50
2022 $14.7B $39,705 63.3% 6.9% 11.9% 896.0K - 24.8% 25.9% -$3.0B 69.9 2.5% 76.6% 208.50
2021 $8.0B $22,866 20.1% 4.5% 14.6% 874.0K - 38.9% -24.7% $2.2B 64.3 4.6% 71.7% 208.50
2020 $5.5B $16,819 43.5% 0.7% 15.3% 860.0K - 47.4% -17.3% $1.3B 67.8 5.4% 63.0% 208.50
2019 $5.2B $13,241 5.4% 2.1% 13.2% 838.0K - 34.2% -68.8% $2.7B 69.1 4.9% 55.3% 208.50
2018 $4.8B $12,443 4.4% 1.3% 13.6% 791.0K - 37.4% -29.0% $1.2B 68.8 4.9% 48.6% 207.72
2017 $4.7B $12,243 3.7% 1.9% 13.5% 759.0K - 35.2% -4.9% $212.2M 68.5 4.3% 42.7% 206.50
2016 $4.5B $11,516 3.8% 0.8% 13.3% 746.0K - 35.7% 1.5% $58.0M 68.1 4.0% 35.7% 206.50
2015 $4.3B $11,408 0.7% -0.9% 13.0% 739.0K - 42.2% -3.4% $137.7M 67.7 4.0% 34.0% 206.50
2014 $4.1B $11,145 1.7% 0.7% 12.6% 737.0K - 38.7% -6.7% $237.8M 67.3 4.0% 32.0% 206.45
2013 $4.2B $11,200 3.7% 1.9% 12.3% 742.0K - 41.4% -9.9% $200.6M 66.7 3.8% 31.0% 205.39
2012 $4.1B $10,627 5.0% 2.4% 12.0% 747.0K - 44.7% -7.4% $277.9M 66.4 3.7% 30.5% 204.36
2011 $3.3B $10,066 5.4% 4.4% 11.8% 749.0K - 51.7% -9.4% $246.8M 66.5 4.2% 30.0% 204.02
2010 $2.9B $9,337 4.4% 4.3% 11.6% 753.0K - 53.1% -6.5% $198.0M 66.2 4.2% 29.9% 203.64
2009 $2.6B $8,824 3.3% 3.0% 11.3% 751.0K - 52.3% -5.6% $164.0M 66.0 4.4% 23.9% 203.95
2008 $2.5B $8,437 2.0% 8.1% 11.0% 748.0K - 48.2% -9.3% $178.0M 65.7 4.2% 18.2% 203.63
2007 $2.2B $8,110 7.0% 12.2% 10.8% 746.0K - 47.7% -5.9% $152.4M 65.5 4.3% 13.8% 202.35
2006 $1.9B $7,346 5.1% 6.7% 10.7% 744.0K - 74.5% -8.6% $102.4M 64.9 3.9% 8.9% 200.19
2005 $1.7B $6,761 -1.9% 6.9% 11.1% 742.0K - 90.7% -5.7% $76.8M 64.4 3.8% 5.7% 199.88
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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