Guyana

High

Ranked #89 of 195 in 2023 · Latin America and the Caribbean

Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.

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Human Development Index, 1990–2023

0.776 in 2023, compared against the world and Latin America and the Caribbean average.

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Components

70.2 yrs

Life expectancy

13 yrs

Expected schooling

8.7 yrs

Mean schooling

46,959

GNI per capita

Related indices

Gender Development Index

0.992

Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.

Gender Inequality Index

0.427

Reflects gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment, and labour markets — 0 is parity, 1 is total inequality.