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

Caribbean Water Insight Reports on Rainwater Harvesting, Gender and Sanitation

Date: 28 Aug 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

August 2012: The August issue of the Global Water Partnership Caribbean (GWP-C) newsletter includes stories on smallholder agricultural water management (AWM), rainwater harvesting (RWH), gender and sanitation, water supply improvement projects, youth involvement in water management, and integrated water resources management (IWRM) and disaster resilience. The “Caribbean Water Insight” newsletter features articles on: innovative agriculture as a profitable and sustainable business...

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IDB Announces Winners of Civil Society Competition

Date: 31 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

20 July 2012: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced the winners of the Call for Proposals for Civil Society, a competition for planning projects for poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Seven civil society organizations were selected to receive a total of US$7 million to implement projects in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru. The projects will support sustainable development in low-income communities in these countries...

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Caribbean Ministers Adopt Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Agenda

Date: 13 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

21 June 2012: The Ministerial Council overseeing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) agreed to sharpen the focus of CRFM to improve the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the region. The Council held its sixth meeting on 15 June 2012, in Nassau, The Bahamas, to discuss the development of a regional strategy and action plan regarding disaster management and the impact of climate change on Caribbean fishing communities, along with steps to better mitigate impacts on...

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