live In the news:
Guyana citizens to receive PS370 each in payouts from 'mind-boggling' oil wealth - PM Modi to visit Nigeria, Guyana next month in bid to bolster ties - PM to visit Nigeria, Guyana next month in bid to bolster ties - Lahore Qalandars set to compete in inaugural Global Super League T20 in Guyana - Awash in oil money, Guyana promises cash, free tuition and other perks ahead of election - As Exxon Pumps Guyana's Oil, China Is Winning Battle for Influence - Imran Tahir shines for Guyana Amazon Warriors - Authorities in Guyana seize a record $200 million worth of cocaine hidden in a lush jungle - Authorities in Guyana seize a record $200 million worth of cocaine hidden in a lush jungle - Exxon earnings beat as production in Guyana and Permian sets a record

Guyana

3 days ago
bookmarkSave

Key facts

  • currency: Guyana dollar
  • capital city: Georgetown
  • region: South America
  • continent: Americas
  • land area: 196,850 km²
  • population: 813,834 people
  • political leader: David A. Granger (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [5°0′N, -59°0′W]

Make this Notebook Trusted to load map: File -> Trust Notebook
flag

Summary

Guyana is a country. The capital city is Georgetown, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 196,850 km², a population of 813,834 people and uses the currency Guyana dollar. The President is David A. Granger.

Environment see more

Guyana is one of the countries in Americas, countries in South America and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 10,430.00 km²
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 3.80 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Fertility rate: 2.37 births per woman
  • Forest area: 184,061 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 7.79 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 22.00
  • Methane emissions: 2.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.44 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 415,010 people
  • Male population: 398,825 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 12.10 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 209,904.14 km²
  • Rural population: 592,780 people
  • Urban land area: 165.73 km²
  • Urban population: 221,054 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 51.99 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Guyana by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Guyana

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Guyana

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Guyana

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Guyana

Guyana relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Guyana relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Guyana

Guyana relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Guyana

Guyana relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Guyana

Guyana relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Guyana relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Guyana relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Guyana

Evolution of historical internet access in Guyana

Evolution of historical land area in Guyana

Evolution of historical median age in Guyana

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Guyana

Guyana relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Guyana relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Guyana relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Guyana relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Guyana relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Guyana relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Guyana

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Guyana

Guyana relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Guyana relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Guyana relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Guyana

Guyana relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Guyana

Evolution of historical male population in Guyana

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Guyana

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Guyana

Evolution of historical rural population in Guyana

Guyana relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Guyana

Guyana relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Guyana

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Guyana

Guyana relationship between date and population over time

Guyana relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Guyana

Guyana relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Guyana relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Guyana

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Guyana

Guyana relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Guyana relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Guyana relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Guyana relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Guyana relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Guyana

Guyana relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Guyana relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Guyana relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Guyana relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Guyana relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Guyana relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Guyana

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Guyana

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Guyana

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Guyana

Distribution of sites in Guyana by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Guyana by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Guyana

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Guyana by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Guyana

Cities in Guyana

Sites in Guyana

Wildfires in Guyana

Health see more

  • Birth rate: 19.90 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 9.76 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 470.57 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.94 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.62 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 2.59 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 66
  • Suicide mortality rate: 40.30 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Guyana by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Guyana by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Guyana

Guyana relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Guyana relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Guyana relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Guyana relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Guyana relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Guyana

Guyana relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Guyana

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Guyana

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Guyana

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Guyana

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Guyana

Guyana relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Guyana relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Guyana

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Guyana

Evolution of historical covid cases in Guyana

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Guyana

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Guyana

Diseases in Guyana

Politics see more

  • Armed forces personnel: 3,000 people
  • Democracy score: 6.67
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Military expenditure: 0.57 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 36.62 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Guyana

Guyana relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Guyana relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Guyana relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Guyana relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Guyana relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Guyana relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Guyana relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Guyana

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Guyana

Distribution of politicians from Guyana by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Guyana by gender

Political parties in Guyana

Politicians from Guyana

Business see more

  • Gdp: 16,786,302,158.27 current US$
  • Inflation: 2.82 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 34.41 % of total employment
  • Unemployment: 12.43 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 28.75 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Guyana by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Guyana

Evolution of historical expense in Guyana

Evolution of historical GDP in Guyana

Guyana relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Guyana

Evolution of historical self employed in Guyana

Guyana relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Guyana

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Guyana

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Guyana

Distribution of shops in Guyana by country

Companies in Guyana

Exchanges in Guyana

Shops from Guyana

Sports see more

Distribution of athletes from Guyana by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Guyana

Distribution of competitions by city in Guyana

Distribution of competitions by country in Guyana

Distribution of competitions in Guyana by start date

Distribution of medals won by Guyana at the Olympics

Athletes from Guyana

Competitions in Guyana

Culture see more

Distribution of artists from Guyana by birth date

Distribution of artists from Guyana by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Guyana by visitors

Artists from Guyana

Museums in Guyana

Research see more

Geographical distribution of universities in Guyana by total students

Distribution of universities in Guyana by foundation year

Universities in Guyana

In literature

There are 173 books written about Guyana in the database

Related

Connected or similar:

Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

This content can be used under the CC BY 4.0 license