Guyana

Geography

Guyana is a country in the northeast of South America. The land has a total area of 214,970 km² (83,000 mi²) and a total coastline of 459 km (285.2 mi). This land area is approximately 104% of the area of Minnesota. Guyana is thus one of the largest countries in the Americas and the 85th biggest in the world. With 3.7 inhabitants per km² it is one of the most sparsely populated countries on earth. Most of the population (73%) resides within rural regions.

Guyana is comparatively low at an average elevation of 207 meters above sea level. The highest mountain peak (Sub-peak of the Roraima-Tepui) is at 2,718 meters. The country has about 20 islands. There are direct national borders with the three neighboring countries Brazil, Suriname and Venezuela. The distance between New York City and the Capital Georgetown is about 4,090 km (2,541 mi).

The climate in Guyana

In Guyana, as in all equatorial countries, there is a tropical climate. Unlike in Europe or the USA, there is almost no difference between the seasons. The daylight hours vary little, and the temperature differences between summer and winter are also lower. Depending on the season, the average daytime temperatures range between 31 and 33 degrees. In some parts of the country, the temperature rises to 36 °C. In the colder months, and depending in the region, the temperature drops to 23 °C in a month's average.

• Detailed climate data for Guyana and 6 individual regions
• Hurricanes

Languages

Mother tongue	Distribution
Creole-English	96.4 %
Caribbean	2.2 %
Arawakan	1.4 %

Religions

Religion	Distribution
Adventists	5.0%
Methodists	1.7%
Pentecostals	16.9%
Roman Catholics	8.1%
Anglicans	6.9%
other Christs	17.7%
Jehovah's Witnesses	1.1%
Hinduists	28.4%
Muslims	7.2%
nondenominational	4.3%
other	2.7%

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Economy

GDP:	8.04 bn $
Exportations:	2,796.1 M $
Importations:	3,688.5 M $
› Tourism receipts:	28.00 M $
› Debt rate:	42.90 %
› Unemployment rate:	12.4 %
› Inflation rate:	5.03 %
› Corruption index:	40 (bad)
› Energy consumption:	905.4 M kWh

Due to the critical financial situation, Guyana is one of the heavily indebted poor countries.

In terms of revenues, it ranks only 64th in the world and, with an average annual income of 9,410 USD is one of the upper middle-income countries.

Land use

0% Urban areas:	627 km²
9% Agricultural areas:	18,337 km²
94% Forest:	201,104 km²
8% Water areas:	18,120 km²

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Transport

Roadways:	3,995 km
Waterways:	330 km
Commercial harbors:	89
› Airports:	2