Guyana

GDP (PPP) per capita (2022): 40,337.60 Int. Dollar Population (2022): 808,726 HDI (2022): 0.74
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 112
Score: 45.2
Vulnerability 0.437
Readiness 0.341

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Guyana places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Guyana is the 83rd most vulnerable country and the 131st most ready country.

ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995

Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Ranking
103
103
100
101
106
108
109
110
113
113
131
132
137
133
140
136
136
140
138
128
129
130
130
129
125
114
112
112
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2003 to 2022 Score
Vulnerability
0.437
Food
0.519
Projected change of cereal yields
0.956
Projected population change
0.135
Food import dependency
0.201
Rural population
0.786
Agriculture capacity
0.771
Child malnutrition
0.266
Water
0.314
Projected change of annual runoff
0.303
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.164
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.005
Water dependency ratio
0.111
Dam capacity
0.990
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.409
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.303
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.592
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.041
Slum population
0.123
Medical staff
0.831
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.564
Ecosystem Services
0.509
Projected change of biome distribution
0.576
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.338
Natural capital dependency
1.000
Ecological footprint
0
Protected biome
0.388
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.749
Human Habitat
0.541
Projected change of warm periods
0.370
Projected change of flood hazard
0.530
Urban concentration
0.214
Age dependency ratio
0.528
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.667
Paved roads
0.938
Infrastructure
0.329
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.176
Dependency on imported energy
0
Population living under 5m above sea level
1.000
Electricity access
0.071
Disaster preparedness
0.400