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General profile: Guyana

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2022
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
0.809 Millions
208.500 GYD/US$
-
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 196 850 km²
6.47 %
50.89 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+159.4 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2022
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Merchandise exports
553
880
1 151
11 299
Merchandise imports
788
1 397
1 492
3 617
Merchandise trade balance
-235
-517
-340
7 682
Export structure by product group in 2022
(as % of total exports)
32 %32 %12 %12 %26 %26 %6 %6 %5 %5 %18 %18 %
Top 5 partners in 2022
(exports, millions of US$)
2 0291 9381 2587436712 0291 9381 258743671
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Services exports
148
248
145
(e) 219
Services imports
201
344
423
(e) 3 869
Services trade balance
-53
-96
-278
(e) -3 650
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Transport
5.1
5.6
13.9
-
Travel
23.7
32.4
44.6
-
Other services
71.1
62.0
41.5
-
TRADE INDICES
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3262181291081251321008610010180746964646162787678757612412910910310811210095101111109109101888190798083858485
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+50.9 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2022
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2022
GDP, current
1 978
3 433
4 280
-
GDP per capita, current US$
2 604
4 590
5 668
-
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
6.38
4.14
0.69
50.89
Current account balance, % of GDP
-4.87
-7.18
-0.91
(e) 39.57
Exchange rate (/US$)
199.875
203.636
206.500
208.500
GDP by expenditure in 2021
(as % of total GDP)
62.917.420.582.576.462.917.420.582.576.4
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+0.1 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2022
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2022
FDI inflows
76.80
198.00
121.71
4 408.44
FDI outflows
..
..
..
4.68
Personal remittances, % of GDP
10.18
10.71
7.08
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
392.6438.4380.4333.7322.3269.2302.8329.7328.2469.3412.2367.8262.1273.9278.5218.1201.3153.04 4084 4682 0861 6951 23121258122255214294247198164178152102773026445667FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Balance, % of GDP
-11.35
-18.35
-22.93
-
Balance, % of imports
-24.45
-35.73
-55.24
70.55
Normalized balance
-0.139
-0.218
-0.382
(e) 0.261
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
12910211584646260869410498847688777581
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2022
(% of population)
Urban 27%Urban 27%Rural 73%Rural 73%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.044 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2022
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2022
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
33
42
43
975
Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum 2006 = 100 for China)
..
12.15
8.94
6.94
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
-
-
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
0.03
0.06
0.06
0.01
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
1.94
2.91
3.56
0.96
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
Not available or not separately reported
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 21 September 2023