Guyana, year by year

Every index this site holds for Guyana, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.494 in 1990 to 0.776 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 70.3 years2024at birthUp 5.9 years from 64.4 years in 2005
Internet users: 83%2024of people onlineUp 74 points from 9% in 2006
Urban population: 26%2025of people in towns and citiesDown 1 point from 27% in 2006
Births per woman: 2.402024births per womanDown 0.25 from 2.65 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 12%2022of energy usedDown 23 points from 36% in 2004
Access to electricity: 93%2024of people with electricityUp 16 points from 78% in 2005
Infant mortality: 232024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 14 from 37 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 4.6 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 2.6 t from 1.9 t in 2005
Forest area: 87%2023of land under forestDown 7 points from 94% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 15 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.494	62.3	—	—	3.18	55.1	—	53	1.6	94.5	—	—
1991	0.491	62.5	—	29.6	3.18	41.6	—	52	1.5	94.5	—	—
1992	0.507	62.8	—	29.6	3.19	43.2	—	51	1.4	94.5	—	—
1993	0.521	63.0	—	29.5	3.20	43.1	72	49	1.4	94.4	—	—
1994	0.531	63.0	—	29.4	3.23	32.3	71	48	1.9	94.4	—	—
1995	0.536	62.7	—	29.4	3.24	31.0	71	47	2.0	94.4	—	—
1996	0.546	62.7	0.1	29.3	3.23	29.0	72	46	2.1	94.4	—	—
1997	0.552	62.9	0.1	29.2	3.22	27.4	73	45	2.3	94.4	—	—
1998	0.557	63.4	0.3	29.0	3.18	27.6	73	44	2.3	94.3	—	—
1999	0.562	63.8	0.4	28.9	3.13	26.6	74	43	2.3	94.3	—	—
2000	0.567	64.1	0.6	28.8	3.06	30.4	75	42	2.2	94.3	—	—
2001	0.575	64.4	1.0	28.6	2.96	31.0	75	41	2.1	94.3	—	—
2002	0.580	64.2	1.5	28.5	2.84	34.2	76	40	2.1	94.3	—	—
2003	0.587	64.1	2.4	28.3	2.75	34.6	76	39	2.1	94.2	—	—
2004	0.600	64.2	3.7	28.1	2.68	35.5	77	38	2.2	94.2	—	—
2005	0.610	64.4	5.7	27.8	2.65	34.7	78	37	1.9	94.2	—	—
2006	0.619	64.8	8.9	27.5	2.66	36.8	73	37	1.8	94.2	3136	7346
2007	0.626	65.5	13.8	27.1	2.68	33.1	79	36	2.1	94.2	3608	8110
2008	0.632	65.7	18.2	26.9	2.70	32.6	79	35	2.1	94.1	4009	8437
2009	0.637	66.0	23.9	26.6	2.69	31.3	78	35	2.2	94.1	4209	8824
2010	0.647	66.2	29.9	26.5	2.68	30.6	83	34	2.4	94.1	4582	9337
2011	0.659	66.5	30.0	26.4	2.69	32.8	84	33	2.5	94.0	4947	10066
2012	0.664	66.4	30.5	26.4	2.70	28.7	85	33	2.7	94.0	5444	10627
2013	0.669	66.7	31.0	26.4	2.71	26.9	86	32	2.6	93.9	5557	11200
2014	0.678	67.3	32.0	26.4	2.70	24.0	87	31	2.7	93.8	5473	11145
2015	0.683	67.7	34.0	26.4	2.67	25.0	88	30	2.7	93.8	5640	11408
2016	0.690	68.1	35.7	26.4	2.63	21.3	89	30	3.2	93.7	5871	11516
2017	0.696	68.5	42.7	26.4	2.59	22.1	90	29	3.2	93.7	6179	12243
2018	0.702	68.8	48.6	26.4	2.55	16.8	91	28	3.3	93.6	6048	12443
2019	0.709	69.1	55.3	26.4	2.52	11.3	92	27	3.5	93.6	6406	13241
2020	0.722	67.8	63.0	26.4	2.49	12.0	92	26	4.1	87.2	6776	16819
2021	0.713	64.3	71.7	26.4	2.46	13.2	93	26	4.1	87.2	9861	22866
2022	0.763	69.9	76.6	26.4	2.44	12.1	93	25	4.5	87.1	17913	39705
2023	0.776	70.2	79.4	26.5	2.41	—	99	24	4.5	87.1	20474	54774
2024	—	70.3	83.0	26.5	2.40	—	93	23	4.6	—	29675	80271
2025	—	—	—	26.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	32414	97899
On the profile	0.776	70.3	83.0	26.5	2.40	12.1	—	—	4.6	87.1	32414	97899

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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