🇬🇾 Guyana Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇬🇾 Guyana GY / GUY #83

Nomad Score 47.0

Cities 4

Region Union of South American Nations, Caribbean Community, Amazon Basin, South America, Americas, South America, Developing Countries

Currency GYD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republics with an executive presidency

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 40/100

Press Freedom (2025) 60.1/100 #73

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.515

HDI 0.776

Regional Blocs CARICOM, USAN

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 44th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 41th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 41th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 40th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 32th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 53th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 19.1/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 22.3/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.9% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republics with an executive presidency

Title	Name
President of Guyana	Irfaan Ali
First Vice President	Mark Phillips
Prime Minister of Guyana	Mark Phillips

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 40 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 60.1 / 100

Global Rank #73 / 180

Rank Change +4 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #111 40.3

Economic #62 48.2

Legal #90 61.8

Social #67 66.0

Safety #73 84.3

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.515

Liberal 0.328

Participatory 0.283

Deliberative 0.245

Egalitarian 0.380

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	60.1	73	40.3	48.2	61.8	66.0	84.3
2024	60.1	77	44.9	46.6	60.5	65.2	83.3
2023	67.5	60	54.7	58.8	59.4	79.8	84.7
2022	76.4	34	70.1	67.8	75.6	81.4	87.2
2021	74.4	51	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	73.4	49	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	73.4	51	-	-	-	-	83.9
2018	73.8	55	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	73.2	60	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	72.9	57	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	72.8	62	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	72.9	67	-	-	-	-	-
2013	72.9	69	-	-	-	-	-
2012	19.5	60	-	-	-	-	-
2010	16.6	59	-	-	-	-	-
2009	10.5	39	-	-	-	-	-
2008	19.8	88	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index