Guyana — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Guyana, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Guyana was 19.34% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 63.33% in 2022. The lowest was -13.19% in 1982 (about -1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.24% per year.
Guyana ranks 1 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 1%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.38%, so Guyana sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 69% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2713%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 1 of 40 economies; Aruba (6.81%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 1211% in 1963. That is 12% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1964; grown tenfold by 2022. Doubling roughly every 31 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 58th of 107 in 1961 → 79th of 119 in 1970 → 86th of 152 in 1980 → 154th of 176 in 1990 → 185th of 199 in 2000 → 101st of 209 in 2010 → 1st of 209 in 2020 → 1st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.34% | -24.5 pp |
| 2024 | 43.82% | +10.0 pp |
| 2023 | 33.8% | -29.5 pp |
| 2022 | 63.33% | +43.3 pp |
| 2021 | 20.06% | -23.4 pp |
| 2020 | 43.48% | +38.1 pp |
| 2019 | 5.35% | +0.9 pp |
| 2018 | 4.44% | +0.7 pp |
| 2017 | 3.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 3.81% | +3.1 pp |
| 2015 | 0.69% | -1.0 pp |
| 2014 | 1.69% | -2.0 pp |
| 2013 | 3.65% | -1.6 pp |
| 2012 | 5.28% | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 5.2% | +1.1 pp |
| 2010 | 4.14% | +0.5 pp |
| 2009 | 3.61% | +1.9 pp |
| 2008 | 1.76% | -5.4 pp |
| 2007 | 7.19% | +2.1 pp |
| 2006 | 5.13% | +7.1 pp |
| 2005 | -1.95% | -3.5 pp |
| 2004 | 1.56% | +2.2 pp |
| 2003 | -0.63% | -1.8 pp |
| 2002 | 1.13% | -1.1 pp |
| 2001 | 2.28% | +3.6 pp |
| 2000 | -1.36% | -4.3 pp |
| 1999 | 2.96% | +4.6 pp |
| 1998 | -1.68% | -7.9 pp |
| 1997 | 6.18% | -1.8 pp |
| 1996 | 7.96% | +2.9 pp |
| 1995 | 5.03% | -3.5 pp |
| 1994 | 8.53% | +0.4 pp |
| 1993 | 8.18% | +0.4 pp |
| 1992 | 7.76% | +1.7 pp |
| 1991 | 6.06% | +9.1 pp |
| 1990 | -3.07% | +1.8 pp |
| 1989 | -4.92% | -1.2 pp |
| 1988 | -3.69% | -4.6 pp |
| 1987 | 0.9% | +1.8 pp |
| 1986 | -0.9% | -3.3 pp |
| 1985 | 2.4% | +7.4 pp |
| 1984 | -5.03% | +1.8 pp |
| 1983 | -6.79% | +6.4 pp |
| 1982 | -13.19% | -14.7 pp |
| 1981 | 1.5% | -0.2 pp |
| 1980 | 1.73% | +3.6 pp |
| 1979 | -1.84% | -0.0 pp |
| 1978 | -1.81% | +0.8 pp |
| 1977 | -2.64% | -4.2 pp |
| 1976 | 1.54% | -6.9 pp |
| 1975 | 8.48% | +0.8 pp |
| 1974 | 7.7% | +6.5 pp |
| 1973 | 1.24% | +4.6 pp |
| 1972 | -3.32% | -6.4 pp |
| 1971 | 3.11% | -1.1 pp |
| 1970 | 4.26% | -2.7 pp |
| 1969 | 6.99% | +6.0 pp |
| 1968 | 1.02% | -3.3 pp |
| 1967 | 4.31% | -0.9 pp |
| 1966 | 5.23% | -5.3 pp |
| 1965 | 10.54% | -0.8 pp |
| 1964 | 11.36% | +23.6 pp |
| 1963 | -12.28% | -13.4 pp |
| 1962 | 1.1% | -3.6 pp |
| 1961 | 4.69% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Guyana’s GDP growth in 1962?
1.1% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Guyana’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +312.3% in total — about 2.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 19.34%; 2024: 43.82%; 2023: 33.8%; 2022: 63.33%; 2021: 20.06%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.