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Guyana

Headline economic indicators for Guyana, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Guyana
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 3.3% +0.43 (+14.7%)
Consumer price index · 142.2 +4.58 (+3.3%)
GDP deflator inflation · -7.9% -9.29 (-683.6%)

GDP

GDP — Guyana
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 19.3% -24.48 (-55.9%)
GDP per capita · 32,413.79 +2,739 (+9.2%)
GDP · 27,097,477,218.23 +2,434,762,590 (+9.9%)
GDP, PPP · 81,842,203,127 +15,129,664,978 (+22.7%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 97,899 +17,628 (+22.0%)
GDP per capita growth · 18.6% -24.36 (-56.7%)
GNI per capita · 28,470 +2,070 (+7.8%)
Agriculture to GDP · 7.7% +0.11 (+1.5%)
Industry to GDP · 75.1% -0.95 (-1.2%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 1.9% +0.20 (+11.9%)
Services to GDP · 14.8% +0.39 (+2.7%)
Household consumption to GDP · 73.4% +14.53 (+24.7%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 32.3% +8.79 (+37.3%)
Gross savings to GDP · 17.5% -1.81 (-9.4%)

Labour

Labour — Guyana
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 12.0% +0.09 (+0.7%)
Labour force participation rate · 55.0% -0.15 (-0.3%)
Female labour force participation rate · 47.4% -0.03 (-0.1%)
Youth unemployment rate · 24.9% +0.15 (+0.6%)
Employment to population ratio · 48.4% -0.18 (-0.4%)
Employment in agriculture · 12.2% -0.35 (-2.8%)
Employment in industry · 31.1% +0.65 (+2.1%)
Employment in services · 56.7% -0.30 (-0.5%)

Money

Money — Guyana
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 17.6% +10.63 (+153.6%)
Broad money to GDP · 28.8% +4.14 (+16.8%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 15.6% +0.66 (+4.4%)
Lending rate · 8.2% -0.14 (-1.7%)
Bank deposit rate · 0.8% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Official exchange rate · 208.5 +0.00 (+0.0%)

Trade

Trade — Guyana
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · 13.9% -14.92 (-51.8%)
Exports to GDP · 84.6% -10.94 (-11.4%)
Imports to GDP · 109.7% +4.57 (+4.3%)
Trade to GDP · 194.4% -6.37 (-3.2%)
Exports of goods and services · 698,037,583.99 -54,818,896 (-7.3%)
Imports of goods and services · 905,124,012.51 +76,637,820 (+9.3%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · 2,782,729,270.79 -1,702,103,780 (-38.0%)
Current account balance (annual) · 2,352,049,079.19 -1,889,904,849 (-44.6%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 33.1% -1.89 (-5.4%)
Remittances received to GDP · 3.2% -0.44 (-12.0%)
Total reserves, including gold · 1,356,212,379.06 +346,440,215 (+34.3%)
Reserves in months of imports · 0.8 -0.45 (-34.7%)
External debt to GNI · 22.6% +0.76 (+3.5%)

Government

Government — Guyana
Indicator Value Change
Government consumption to GDP · 26.9% -0.27 (-1.0%)
Education spending to GDP · 4.5% -0.21 (-4.6%)
Health spending to GDP · 2.5% -0.06 (-2.3%)

Demography

Demography — Guyana
Indicator Value Change
Population · 835,986 +4,899 (+0.6%)
Population growth · 0.6% +0.02 (+2.9%)
Life expectancy · 70.3 +0.14 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 2.40 -0.02 (-0.7%)
Birth rate · 19.9 -0.40 (-2.0%)
Death rate · 7.5 +0.16 (+2.1%)
Urban population share · 26.5% +0.01 (+0.1%)
Population aged 65 and over · 7.0% +0.25 (+3.6%)
Under-five mortality rate · 25.2 -0.80 (-3.1%)
Population density · 3.9 +0.02 (+0.6%)
Net migration · -5,092 +315.00 (+5.8%)
Gini index · 45.1 +5.60 (+14.2%)

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