|
Geographics
| Location |
Northern
South America |
| Capital |
Georgetown |
| Type
of Government |
Republic |
| Total
Area |
214,970
sq. km |
| Coastline |
459
km |
Economy
| GDP |
$1.4
billion (1994 est.) |
| GDP
Growth |
n/a
% |
| GDP
per Capita |
$567 |
| Economy
by Sectors: |
| -
Agriculture (sugar, rice,fishing,
forestry ) |
25% |
| -
Industry (bauxite mining,
sugar, rice milling, timber, shrimp fishing, textiles, gold
mining ) |
n/a
% |
| -
Services (n/a) |
n/a
%
|
Contact
Information
| AOSIS
(Alliance of Small Island States): |
Permanent
Representative of the Republic of Guyana to the United Nations
866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 555
New York, N.Y. 10017
Telephone: 527-3232, 3233, Telefax: 935-7548
Email: guyun@undp.org |
| Contact
in Guyana: |
| n/a |
|
Demographics
| Population |
723,774 |
| Population
Growth |
0.81% |
| Labor
Force |
268,000 |
| Life
Expectancy at Birth |
65.1
years |
| Literacy |
96% |
Foreign
Trade
| Exports
(f.o.b.) |
$475
million (1994) |
| Commodities: |
| sugar,
bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses |
| Partners: |
| UK
(33%), US (31%), Canada (9%), France (5%), Japan (3%) - 1992 |
| Imports
(f.o.b.) |
$456
(c.i.f., 1994 est.) |
| Commodities: |
| manufactures,
machinery, petroleum, food, especially wheat, vegetable oils,
animal products |
| Partners: |
| US
(37%), Trinidad and Tobago (13%), UK (11%), Italy (8%), Japan
(5%) - 1992 |
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