Guyana's Development and Industry
Population: 743,000
GNI, PPP per Capita: $6,930 Women as % of Nonagricultural Wage Earners: N/A Women as % of Parliament: 31% CO2 Emission in 1990 & 2012: 470,000 tons Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 66% Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel: 83% CPIA Gender Equity Rating: 3.5 Big Mac Index: N/A Cash Surplus/Deficit: N/A Human Development Index: 0.638 Technology Index: N/A Average Years of Schooling for Adults: 8.5 Education Spending: 8.4% of GDP Pupil-Teacher Ratio: 24.59 Teachers as % of Labor Force: N/A Health Expenditure: 5.86% of GDP Hospital Beds Per 1,000: 2.9 Physicians Per 1,000: 0.48 Total Number of Televisions: 46,000 Televisions Per Capita: 62.44 per 1,000 people % of GDP as Industry: 25.3% Total Labor Force: 313,800 % of Labor Force in Industry: N/A Unemployment Rate: 11.1% Public Debt as % of GDP: 67.4% Inflation Rate: 1.5% Industries: bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining |
Value of Exports: $1.096 billion
Export Commodities: sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber Export Partners: US - 31.9%, Canada - 21.3%, Venezuela - 10.9%, UK - 6.4% Value of Imports: $1.708 billion Import Commodities: manufacturers, machinery, petroleum, food Import Partners: US - 21.9%, Trinidad and Tobago - 19.9%, Venezuela - 12%, China - 9.9%, Suriname - 8% Currency Exchange Rate: 206.5 Guyanese Dollars per 1 USD Electricity Production: 800 million kWh Electricity Consumption: 558 million kWh Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 96.1% Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 0% Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 0.3% Electricity from Renewable Sources: 3.6% Refined Oil Production: 0 bbl/day Refined Oil Consumption: 10,800 bbl/day Natural Gas Production: 0 cu m Natural Gas Consumption: 0 cu m # of Land/Mainland Telephones: 160,000 # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 566,900 # of Internet Hosts: 24,936 # of Internet Users: 270,200 Total # of Airports: 117 # of Airports with Paved Runways: 11 Total km of Roadways: 7,970 km km of Paved Roadways: 590 km km of Waterways: 330 km Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Georgetown |