Country profile · GUY
Guyana
Region · Latin America & Caribbean Population · 829K people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 2.4%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 75 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 2.41
- Expected years of schooling
- 11.4 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 12%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 22% / 2%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.47
- Urban population
- 26%
- Employment in agriculture
- 14%
- Internet use
- 79%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 1.50%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 16.1 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 22.3 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 28%
- Women married before age 18
- 30%
Religion
- Christianity64%
- Hinduism25%
- Islam7%
- No religion3%
- Other religions1%
Major cities
- Georgetown
- Linden
- New Amsterdam
Common hazards
- Floods
Common migration destinations
- the United States
- Canada
- the United Kingdom