{"id":125546,"date":"2023-06-28T21:01:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T02:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125546"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:35:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:35:52","slug":"guyana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/guyana\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official name:<\/strong> Co-operative Republic of Guyana <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short name:<\/strong> Guyana <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 17 January 1976 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> Georgetown <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area:<\/strong> 214,970 sq km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries:<\/strong> 2,462 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries:<\/strong> Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastline:<\/strong> 459 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> Bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements:<\/strong> Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic indicators<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices (2013)<\/td>5471<\/td>Millions USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita at current prices<\/td>6956<\/td>USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita at constant prices<\/td>-2.8<\/td>%<\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP at current prices) <\/td>NA<\/td>%<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP at current prices) <\/td>NA<\/td>NA<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Guyana: National Economic Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 23, 2022.
NA= Data not avilable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population  <\/td>786.6<\/td>(000)<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>70<\/td>NA<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>74<\/td>NA<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>67<\/td>NA<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP<\/td>5.9<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>96.7<\/td>%<\/td>2014<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in primary education<\/td>98.2<\/td>%<\/td>2012<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in secondary education<\/td>70.3<\/td>%<\/td>2012<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP<\/td>4.5<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>NA<\/td>%<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr>
Unemployment<\/td>NA<\/td>%<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr>
Migration<\/td>-6.3<\/td>%<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Guyana: National Socio-Demographic Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. 
ECLAC. On line. Inquiry: February 23, 2022. NA= Data not avilable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages:<\/strong> English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative divisions:<\/strong> 10 regions: Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Demerara-Mahaica, East Berbice-Corentyne, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Mahaica-Berbice, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence:<\/strong> 26 May 1966 (from UK) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution:<\/strong> 6 October 1980 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 16 years of age; universal <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> Chief of state: President Irfaan Ali<\/a> (since 02 Agust 2020). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head of government:<\/strong> Prime Minister Samuel Hinds (since October 1992, except for a period as chief of state after the death of President Cheddi Jagan on 6 March 1997. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cabinet:<\/strong> Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president, responsible to the legislature. Prime minister appointed by the president. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> Unicameral National Assembly (68 seats, 65 elected by popular vote, 1 elected Speaker of the National Assembly, and 2 nonvoting members appointed by the president; members serve five-year terms). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch:<\/strong> Supreme Court of Judicature; Judicial Court of Appeal; High Court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet country code:<\/strong> .gy <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Portal Web:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.op.gov.gy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana  Short name: Guyana  Date of membership: 17 January 1976  Capital: Georgetown  Geography  Location: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela.  Area: 214,970 sq km  Land boundaries: 2,462 km  Border countries: Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km  Coastline: 459 km  Natural resources: Bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish  Environment – international […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125546","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125546\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}