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
03 Oct 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
27 September 2012: During a meeting on the sidelines of the opening of the UN General Assembly session, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon assured leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) of improved cooperation between the UN and CARICOM regarding trade, debt, climate change and transnational organized crime, among other issues. He also pledged to continue to raise the issue of the vulnerability of Caribbean island nations to the international financial crisis with the Group of Eight (G8)...
14 Sep 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
September 2012: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released a special edition of the “IRENA Renewable Energy Country Profiles for the Caribbean,” as well as the “IRENA Renewable Energy Country Profiles Special Edition on Islands,” which summarize the state of renewable energy in these areas. This overview includes information on the individual countries’ energy supplies, electrical generation, grid capacity and energy access, and highlights the countries’ energy...
07 Sep 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
3 September 2012: The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has announced the list of members as of 1 September 2012. IPBES has currently 92 members, including eight small island developing States (SIDS). SIDS members of IPBES are: from Africa, Guinea-Bissau; from Asia and the Pacific, Fiji; and from the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. IPBES also has members from Eastern Europe, Latin...
External Resources: 

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National focal point for sustainable development: 
Minister of Foreign Affairs