Facts about Guyana

The rainforest in Guyana is to be saved through economic compensation. Norway finances nine per cent of the state budget in this small country – but everything depends on good results.
Estimated population (2010)
0,76 millions

Economy

Gross national income per capita (2010)
2918 USD
Economic growth, GDP (2010)
4,4 %
Economic structure, percentage of GDP(2009)
Agriculture
21 %
Industry
34 %
Services
45 %
Defence spending, percentage of GDP ()
Not available
Especially fragile state, (OECD/DAC) ()
No
Development assistance per capita (2009)
228 USD
Development assistance, percentage of GDP (2009)
8,5 %

Health

Malnutrition, children under 5 (2007)
18,2 %
Child mortality per 1000(2009)
35,3 %
Change 2000 - 2009
-10
Maternal mortality per 1000 births (2007)
1,1
HIV infection rate, age group 15-49 (2009)
1,2 %
Access to safe drinking water (2008)
94 %
Percentage of urban population living in slums (2005)
34 %
Human Development Index (HDI level ) (2010)
0,61

Scale from zero to one, one is the highest level of welfare.

Education

Children in school (2009)
99 %
Illiteracy rate, age group 15-24 ()
Not available
Ratio of girls to 100 boys attending school(2009)
Primary
99
Secondary
101
Tertiary
96

Women

Percentage of women in Parliament (2010)
30 %
Women's pay as proportion of men's pay, formal sector ()
Not available

Environment

Area protected for biological diversity ()
Not available

Corruption

Level of corruption according to the TI Corruption Perception Index (2010)
2,7

Scale from zero to ten, zero is the highest level of corruption.