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

CCCCC Publishes March-April 2011 Issue of Climate Change News Update

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

4 April 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published its fourth Climate Change News Update. The March-April 2011 issue of News Update compiles major international and regional climate change news, including climate change-related events, studies, reports and resource materials. The 4th issue of News Update includes news stories about the ongoing UNFCCC Ad hoc Working Group meetings in Bangkok, Thailand. It also includes regional news about climate change-related...

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CARICOM Leaders Commit to Job Creation, Improving Quality of Life

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

22 May 2011: Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held a retreat to continue their discussions on “Prioritising the Focus and Direction of the Community,” which they initiated at the 22nd Inter Sessional Meeting, held in Grenada in February 2011. The retreat ended in, inter alia, a renewed commitment to the achievement of tangible results from the integration process, with emphasis on job creation and improving the lives of the people of the Community. The leaders, meeting ...

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UNCSD Subregional Preparatory Meeting for the Caribbean Generates Input to Rio+20

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

20 June 2011: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Meeting for the Caribbean, which convened at Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, discussed creating a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, the need for a blue economy addressing oceans and related issues, the institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD), and emerging issues and partnerships. Participants noted...

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