Country information

Guiana

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 2023 2024 2025
GDP growth in % 33,8 43,6 19,34
Export in billion US$ 10,8 22,4 24,4
Import in billion US$ 5,23 7,21 10,23
Key interest rate in % 5,0 5,0 4,45 (Aug)
Exchange rate US$/GYD 209,31 215,89 200,86
Inflation rate in % 1,03 (Sept) 3,4 (Sep) 3,33
HDI (Human Development Index) 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: 17.08.2026
Sources: CEPAL, OANDA, UNDP, IMF, OEC, worlddata, Statistisches Bundesamt, Bureau of Statistics Guyana, Bank of Guyana, Trading Economics, World Bank, International Monetary Fund