Country information

Guyana

Area

214.970 km²

Capital

Georgetown

Government

Mark Phillips

Population

0,78 million

Contact

Betina Sachsse

Regional Manager for Brazil, Guyana and Jamaica / LAV-Young Professionals Coordinator

b.sachsse@lateinamerikaverein.de

+49 (0) 40 413 43 151

Economic data

Basic data 2020 2021 2022
GDP growth in % 43,48 18,5 57,8 (P)
Export in bn. US$ 2,99 2,8 September 2022: 4,3
Import in bn. US$ 2,61 3,69 3,61
Interest rate in % 5,0 5,0 August 2022: 5,0
Exchange rate US$-GYD 204,51 200,865 199,95
Inflation rate in % 0,99 5,0 7,24
HDI (Human Development Index) 0,721 0,714 -

Foreign Trade

Import products: Ships, Machinery, Refined Petroleum

Importpartner: USA, Singapore, Trinidad &Tobago, Portugal, China

 

Export products: Ships, Gold, Shipping/Railway containers, Crude petroleum, Rice

Export partner: Trinidad & Tobago, Canada, USA, Jamaica, Barbados

Notes

P=Prediction

Update: 09.03.2023

Sources: CEPAL, OANDA, UNDP, IMF, OEC, worlddata, Statistisches Bundesamt, Bureau of Statistics Guyana, Bank of Guyana, Trading Economics