Polity · 1967 CE – present
Guyana
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Also recorded as Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- Peak recorded area
- 212,448 km²
- 1967 CE
- Rulers on record
- 5
- from 2011 CE
- Data series
- 347
- 1967 CE–2025 CE
Overview
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America. Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city. Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east. It is part of The Guianas.
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Territory
2 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. CShapes 2.0 holds 2 further extents, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 59 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Life Expectancy165 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 70.45years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population142 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 836Kpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -5,092persons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 0.585% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 74.22years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 66.73years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 135 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP220 obs · 1800 CE–2019 CE | 7,961int'l $ (inflation adj.)2019 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP Current Usd112 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 27.1Bcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Real Wage84 obs · 1850 CE–2006 CE | 31.15index (1500=1)2006 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Agriculture % GDP66 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 7.73% of GDP2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Industry % GDP66 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 75.09% of GDP2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Services % GDP66 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 14.85% of GDP2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Military
6 of 19 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score51 obs · 1966 CE–2016 CE | 0.0001CINC (share of world capability)2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption51 obs · 1966 CE–2016 CE | 360Kcoal-ton equivalents2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production51 obs · 1966 CE–2016 CE | 0tons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel51 obs · 1966 CE–2016 CE | 3,000persons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure % GDP49 obs · 1973 CE–2024 CE | 0.8682% of GDP2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Military Expenditure Usd49 obs · 1973 CE–2024 CE | 201.8Mcurrent US$2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Territory & resources
6 of 52 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %126 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.4594% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 87.09% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 3.41%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Arable Land per capita Ha63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.1174hectares per person2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Agricultural Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 720Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Arable Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 97Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
Governance
6 of 27 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.491index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.315index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.291index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 1RoW index (0-3)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.586index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Checks And Balances49 obs · 1975 CE–2023 CE | 3count2023 CE · Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023 |
Development
6 of 55 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Tech Railway Line Km149 obs · 1845 CE–1993 CE | 0km1993 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Freedom Of Expression Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.78index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Telegraph70 obs · 1884 CE–1957 CE | 0.2count1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Mail Items64 obs · 1900 CE–1975 CE | 251items1975 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Telephones60 obs · 1913 CE–1986 CE | 33Kcount1986 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Mobile Subscriptions Per 10050 obs · 1960 CE–2022 CE | 112.57per_1002022 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Rulers
5 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Donald RamotarHead of State2011 CE – 2015 CE
- David A. GrangerHead of State2015 CE – 2020 CE
- Moses NagamootooHead of Government2015 CE – 2020 CE
- Irfaan AliHead of State2020 CE –
- Mark PhillipsHead of Government2020 CE –
Country profile
From the CIA World Factbook 2024. Long entries are trimmed at a sentence boundary.
- Location
- Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela
- Government type
- parliamentary republic
- Executive branch
- chief of state: President Mohammed Irfaan ALI (since 2 August 2020); head of government: President Mohammed Irfaan ALI (since 2 August 2020); cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president, responsible to the National Assembly;
- Ethnic groups
- East Indian 39.8%, African descent 29.3%, mixed 19.9%, Indigenous 10.5%, other 0.5% (includes Portuguese, Chinese, White) (2012 est.)
- Natural resources
- bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish
- Economy
- small, hydrocarbon-driven South American export economy; major forest coverage being leveraged in carbon credit offsets to encourage preservation; strengthening financial sector; large bauxite and gold resources
Language & currency
- Currency
- Guyanese dollars (GYD)
Memberships
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · member1966 CE –
- Commonwealth of NationsCWInternational organisation · member1966 CE –
- CARICOMCARICOMEconomic bloc · founding member1973 CE –
- 35-member Defense Pact (1947)Military alliance · member1991 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
CIA World Factbook 2024
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023DPI 2023
Cruz, C., Keefer, P. & Scartascini, C. (2023). Database of Political Institutions 2023. Inter-American Development Bank.
IDB open data, attribution
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0