International Rankings of Guyana 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Guyana, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Guyana, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	42	12	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	129	95000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	23	85 %	2021
Internet users - total	159	680000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	16	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	126	130000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	110	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	163	860000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	163	1.467 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	157	1.333 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	72	4.5 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	155	2.087 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	159	1.690 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	135	4.640 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	173	3.561 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	65	47.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	62	18.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	63	71.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	141	63 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	44	25.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	58	15.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	142	15.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	63	69.3 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	25	44.6 %	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	37	33.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	1999
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	38	1.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	129	6.611 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	2	33.52 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	65	5.03 %	2021
Labor force	167	299300 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	0
Population below poverty line	51	35 %	2006
Public debt	91	52.2 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	157	17.640 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	5	20.06 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	81	21900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	154	790.785 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	32	28.1 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	27	16.42 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	32	39.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	48	23.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	36	29.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	145	2.743 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	163	905.400 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	155	380000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	141	247.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	49	0.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	14	97.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	53	1.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	102	48.608 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	143	18100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	42	110200 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	141	13720 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	140	2.38 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	151	1.81 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	93	20.46 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	175	8.4	2018
Land use - arable land	142	2.1	2018
Land use - forest	7	77.4	2018
Land use - other	147	14.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	125	6.2	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	13	4.56 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	37	271.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	78	1.360 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	94	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	107	60.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	109	1.01	2025
Urbanization - urban population	162	27.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	105	179252 tons	2010
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	120	968 tons	2010
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	85	0.5 %	2010
Geography
Area - land	87	196849 sq km	0
Area - total	87	214969 sq km	0
Area - water	41	1.812 million sq km	0
Coastline	111	459 km	0
Elevation - highest point	72	2775 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	123	207 meters	0
Irrigated land	84	1430 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	66	2933 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	175	8.4	2018
Land use - arable land	142	2.1	2018
Land use - forest	7	77.4	2018
Land use - other	147	14.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	125	6.2	2018
Military
Military expenditures	48	0.6 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	61	2.75 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	61	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	43	2.3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	76	5.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	92	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	92	16.74 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	56	8.2 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	96	29.9 %	1920
Current health expenditure	62	5.5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	47	62.6 %	2023
Death rate	107	6.95 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	109	9.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	66	10.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	98	53.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	79	44.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	86	4.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	73	3.2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	41	4.5 % of GDP	2018
Gross reproduction rate	69	1 %	2023
Hospital bed density	54	1.7 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	75	18.67 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	75	24.45 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	75	21.63 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	144	74.07 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	138	70.32 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	144	72.15 years	0
Literacy - female	63	88.4 %	2021
Literacy - male	50	89.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	55	88.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	63	112 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	108	27.9 years	2020
Median age - male	101	27.2 years	0
Median age - total	103	27.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	68	20.8	2009
Net migration rate	182	6.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	79	20.2 %	2016
Physicians density	94	1.42 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	167	791739	2023
Population growth rate	127	0.28 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	18	97.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	94	4.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	94	4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	77	2.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	12 years	2012
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	15	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	90	2.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	95	21.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	93	12.1 %	2020
Total fertility rate	80	2.06 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	109	1.01	2025
Urbanization - urban population	162	27.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	32	39.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	48	23.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	36	29.9	0
Transportation
Airports	47	117	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	32	1.061 million	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	95	89	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	130	799 km	2019
Roadways - total	137	3995 km	2019
Waterways	91	330 km	2012

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Guyana on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guyana 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guyana 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.