Country information

Guyana

Area

214.970 km²

Capital

Georgetown

Government

Mark Phillips

Population

0,78 million

Contact

Melissa Bigdely

Regional Manager Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Haiti, Guyana and Jamaica / Coordination LAV-Young Professionals

m.bigdely@lateinamerikaverein.de

+49 (0) 40 413 43 150

Economic data

Basic data 2021 2022 2023
GDP growth in % 18,5 62,3 38 (P)
Export in billion US$ 2,8 Sept 2022: 4,3 Jun 2023: 6,04
Import in billion US$ 3,69 3,61 Jun 2023: 3,72
Key interest rate in % 5,0 5,0 5,0
Exchange course GYD-US$ 200,865 199,95 209,31
Inflation rate in % 5,0 7,24 Sept 2023: 1,03
HDI (Human Development Index) 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