Country information

Guyana

Area

214.970 km²

Capital

Georgetown

Government

Mark Phillips

Population

0,78 million

Contact

Mélissa Bigdely

Coordinator LAV-Young Professionals / Regional Manager Argentina, Chile, Haiti, Paraguay and Uruguay

m.bigdely@lateinamerikaverein.de

+49 (0) 40 413 43 150

Economic data

Basic data 2022 2023 2024
GDP growth in % 63,3 33,8 43,6
Export in billion US$ 4,3 (Sept) 6,04 (Jun) -
Import in billion US$ 3,61 3,72 (Jun) 7,21
Key interest rate in % 5,0 5,0 5,0
Exchange rate US$/GYD 199,95 209,31 215,89
Inflation rate in % 7,24 1,03 (Sept) 3,4 (Sep)
HDI (Human Development Index) 0,763 0,776 -

Foreign Trade

Import products: Ships, Machinery, Refined Petroleum
Importpartner: Trinidad &Tobago, USA, China

Export products: Oil, gold, rice
Export partner: Netherlands, USA, UK 

Notes

P=Prediction
Update: 21.05.2025
Sources: CEPAL, OANDA, UNDP, IMF, OEC, worlddata, Statistisches Bundesamt, Bureau of Statistics Guyana, Bank of Guyana, Trading Economics, World Bank, International Monetary Fund