Guyana

Capital City:

Georgetown

Languages:

English

Category: Social
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education												MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage	18.5	18.5	20	20	20	30.8	30.8	29	29	30	30	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)												World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	1,708	1,708	1,708	1,708	1,708	1,678	1,675	1,675	1,675	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	151,035	151,035	151,035	151,035	151,035	151,035	151,035	151,035		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	76.73	76.73	76.73	76.73	76.73	76.73	76.73	76.73		World Bank

Category: Tourism
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	80	65	53	28	29	37	40					Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	756,259	757,175	758,834	760,850	762,654	763,834	764,273	764,100	763,437	762,498	World Bank
Population annual growth	0.0136187	0.121049	0.218864	0.265318	0.236823	0.154603	0.0574567	0.0226385	0.0868064	0.123072	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	120					190			270		World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index	0.552					0.585	0.582	0.593	0.599	0.605	0.611	UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	1,980	2,050	2,120	2,150	2,110	2,420	2,400	2,830	3,050	World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	17.54	17.6	10.77	13.9	21.48	20.11	19.79	12.26	14.48	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$)	27,000,000	22,000,000	51,000,000	99,000,000	153,000,000	201,300,000	218,080,000	278,496,000	278,496,000	UN Data

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)												World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)												World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)												World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)	1,580	1,518	1,547	1,500	1,445	1,492	1,507	1,507				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	89		83		83	92			94			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	4.92	4.92	4.92	4.92	4.93	4.94	4.94	4.94	4.94	4.94		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
PRSP - Guyana	The Guyana Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper	Strategy Description	2002
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Guyana	Initial national communication in response to its commitments to the UNFCCC	Strategy Description	2002
NBSAP - Guyana	Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity	Strategy Description	2010
NSDS - Guyana		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

Australia and CARICOM Discuss Fast-start Climate Finance

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

18 December 2010: Representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and Australia met in Turkeyen, Guyana, on 17 December 2010, for the inaugural CARICOM-Australia High-level Meeting on the Development Assistance Partnership. The meeting served to discuss areas and modalities through which the two sides could partner to improve CARICOM’s economic resilience, including climate change and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Australia committed to providing A$17.5 million to...

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CARICOM 27th Council Meeting Urged to Find Solutions as an Integrated Whole

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

17 January 2011: The 27th Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council was held on 17 January 2011, at CARICOM headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana. At the opening, Amb. Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Acting Secretary-General, urged the Council of Ministers to seek to “find solutions as an integrated whole” to the challenges faced by the region, pointing to the volatility of tourism and the “troubling inability” of the international community to fulfil their financial pledges to...

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CCCCC Assists Guyana with Automatic Weather Stations

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

1 February 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) is providing assistance to the Government of Guyana to establish a network of automatic weather stations. The stations are expected to provide real-time data, focusing on areas of hydro-power potential, and monitor rainfall in the Intermediate Savannas as part of efforts to inform prospective investors. [CCCCC Press Release]

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