Guyana

Location

Georgetown
United States
6° 47' 60" N, 58° 8' 60" W
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 2009 2010 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 2010 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 2009 2010 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
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
29 July 2011: The sixth general meeting between the UN System and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its Associated Institutions identified regional priorities across seven broad thematic areas for collaboration, including climate change, sustainable development and disaster management, and energy. The meeting, which was held from 28-29 July 2011 in Georgetown, Guyana, provided a forum for reviewing and enhancing UN-CARICOM cooperation. The other priority thematic areas identified were: the...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
Recent discussions on biofuels have taken place in Venezuela and Italy. Twelve South American countries recognized the potential of biofuel for diversifying energy sources in the Margarita Declaration, which was finalized on 17 April 2007 at the South American Energy Summit on the island of Margarita, in Venezuela. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Surinam and Venezuela also agreed that energy integration should be used to promote social and...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
7 April 2009: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released an addendum (FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/MISC.1/Add.4) to document FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/MISC.1 and Add.1.3, comprising two further submissions on ideas and proposals on the elements contained in paragraphs 1 of the Bali Action Plan. The first proposal concerns Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests, and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks and was jointly...
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National focal point for sustainable development: 
Minister of Foreign Affairs