Guyana
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- Region
- Americas · South America
- Capital
- Georgetown
- Population
- 835,986 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Currency
- Guyanese dollar (GYD)
- Official languages
- English
- Spoken languages
- English (official), Guyanese Creole, Amerindian languages (including Caribbean and Arawak languages), Indian languages (including Caribbean Hindustani, a dialect of Hindi), Chinese (2014 est.)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 214,969 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- CARICOM, IMF, OIC, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Brazil , Suriname , Venezuela
Political stability
70 / 100
Economic stability
53 / 100
Population stability
48 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- crude petroleum, railway cargo containers, gold, ships, rice (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, ships, construction vehicles, excavation machinery, cars (2023)
- Natural resources
- bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish
- Primary route
- Atlantic services to Europe and North America
- Secondary route
- Asia services via the Panama Canal or Cape of Good Hope
The xin.bz view
- Guyana is an Atlantic-basin rice alternative for Caribbean buyers displaced from Asian or U.S. sourcing.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño's Caribbean Chain Reaction: How Water Stress Could Become a Food, Freight and Stability Shock
El Niño connects Caribbean water stress, falling U.S. rice stocks, a weak Indian monsoon, and Panama Canal limits into one food, freight, and stability risk through mid-2027.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.