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Guyana

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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

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.

Location on a map: [5°0′N, -59°0′W]

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Environment

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
Access to electricity: 93.00 % of population
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

Cities in Guyana

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Guyana

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Evolution of historical forest area in Guyana

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Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Guyana

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

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Guyana

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Guyana

Evolution of historical land area in Guyana

Evolution of historical median age in Guyana

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Guyana

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Guyana

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Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Guyana

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Guyana

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Guyana

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Guyana

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Guyana

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Guyana

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Guyana

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Guyana

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Guyana

Evolution of historical population in Guyana

Relationship between urban land area and population in Guyana

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 rural land area in Guyana

Evolution of historical rural population in Guyana

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Guyana

Evolution of historical urban land area in Guyana

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Guyana

Evolution of historical urban population in Guyana

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

Relationship between population and date in Guyana

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Guyana

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Guyana

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Guyana

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Guyana

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Guyana

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Guyana

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Guyana

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Guyana

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Guyana

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Guyana

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Guyana

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Guyana

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Guyana

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Guyana

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Guyana

Distribution of sites in Guyana by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Guyana

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Guyana

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Guyana

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

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

Geographical distribution of sites in Guyana by area

Sites in Guyana

Proportion of transboundary sites in Guyana

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Guyana by mean width

Wildfires in Guyana

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Guyana

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 3,000 people
Democracy score: 6.67
Democracy type: Flawed democracy
Individuals using the internet: 85.32 % of population
Military expenditure: 0.57 % of GDP
Net migration: -3,900 people
Press freedom: 2.94
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 36.62 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Guyana

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Guyana

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Guyana

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Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Guyana

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Guyana

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Guyana

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Guyana

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Guyana

Evolution of historical net migration in Guyana

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

Political parties in Guyana

Distribution of politicians from Guyana by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Guyana

Politicians from Guyana

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Health

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

Evolution of historical death rate in Guyana

Evolution of historical birth rate in Guyana

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Guyana

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Guyana

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Guyana

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Guyana

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Guyana

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Guyana

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 at birth in Guyana

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Guyana

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Guyana

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Guyana

Diseases in Guyana

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Guyana

Proportion of diseases in Guyana by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Guyana by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Guyana

Evolution of historical deaths in Guyana

Relationship between cases and deaths in Guyana

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Business

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

Proportion of revenue types by company in Guyana

Distribution of companies founded in Guyana by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Guyana

Companies from Guyana

Proportion of employee types in companies from Guyana

Evolution of historical central government debt in Guyana

Evolution of historical expense in Guyana

Evolution of historical GDP in Guyana

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Guyana

Evolution of historical inflation in Guyana

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Guyana

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Guyana

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Guyana

Evolution of historical unemployment in Guyana

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Guyana

Exchanges in Guyana

Proportion of shops per country in Guyana

Shops in Guyana

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Guyana by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Guyana

Athletes from Guyana

Proportion of competitions per city in Guyana

Competitions in Guyana

Proportion of competitions per country in Guyana

Distribution of competitions in Guyana by start date

Proportion of medals won by Guyana in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Guyana

Distribution of artists from Guyana by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Guyana

Geographical distribution of museums in Guyana by visitors

Museums in Guyana

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Guyana by total students

Distribution of universities in Guyana per foundation year

Universities in Guyana

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In literature

There are 173 books written about Guyana in the database

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

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