Environment in Guyana

2,031 indicators covering environment for Guyana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
China — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 3,441 1000 USD 2018 down 75.7% 85th
Others (adjustment) — Sawnwood, coniferous — Export Quantity 0 m3 2018 down 100.0% 66th
Others (adjustment) — Sawnwood, coniferous — Export Value 0 1000 USD 2018 down 100.0% 45th
Exposure to outdoor air pollution in urban areas 10.35 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 16.2% 143rd
Others (adjustment) — Plywood — Export Value -130 1000 USD 2018 down 102.2% 90th
Others (adjustment) — Plywood — Export Quantity 721 m3 2018 down 96.3% 54th
Per capita plastic waste exports and imports by income group 0.0001 kilograms 2024 down 3.4% 144th
Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS 7.54 1000 ha 2019 — 148th
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 18.9 1000 ha 2019 — 141st
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS 52.04 1000 ha 2019 — 110th
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 344.71 1000 ha 2019 — 40th
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS 2.24 1000 ha 2019 — 103rd
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS 111.4 1000 ha 2019 — 83rd
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS 60.3 1000 ha 2019 — 76th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Export quantity 5,366 m3 2024 down 9.1% 32nd
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Export value 298 1000 USD 2024 up 11.2% 44th
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical 33,623 m3 2018 — 42nd
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical 3,703 1000 USD 2018 — 54th
Thailand — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 107 t 2016 up 44.6% 97th
Thailand — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 90 1000 USD 2016 up 42.9% 104th
India — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 17 t 2016 up 750.0% 129th
India — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 19 1000 USD 2016 up 1,800.0% 130th
Belgium — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 25 t 2018 up 2,400.0% 123rd
Belgium — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 17 1000 USD 2018 up 325.0% 128th
Share of plastic waste exports 0.0% 2024 up 78.2% 123rd
Russian Federation — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 558 1000 USD 2018 up 830.0% 105th
Brazil — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 272 t 2018 up 159.0% 87th
Brazil — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 471 1000 USD 2018 up 47.2% 78th
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous 0 m3 2018 — 43rd
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous 0 1000 USD 2018 — 50th
Insecticides — Export quantity 89.43 t 2006 down 60.1% 76th
Antimalarial insecticides — Import quantity 31.48 t 2024 up 727.4% 67th
Antimalarial insecticides — Import value 106.89 1000 USD 2024 up 278.7% 84th
Watermelons — Producer Price 206,300 SLC 2021 up 101.1% 13th
Disinfectants, etc — Export value 8.43 1000 USD 2006 up 321.5% 107th
Watermelons — Producer Price 989.4 USD 2021 up 96.7% 12th
France — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 224 1000 USD 2018 down 43.0% 78th
Unspecified Area — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 19 1000 USD 2018 up 280.0% 104th
Freshwater Fish — Stock Variation 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st
Total FAO — Veneer sheets — Export Value 16 1000 USD 2018 down 93.5% 104th
Total FAO — Veneer sheets — Export Quantity 31 m3 2018 down 93.7% 93rd
Above-ground forest biomass 498.96 tonnes per hectare 2025 unchanged 1st
Poland — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 707 1000 USD 2018 up 1,760.5% 83rd
Others (adjustment) — Veneer sheets — Export Value 0 1000 USD 2018 down 100.0% 38th
Others (adjustment) — Veneer sheets — Export Quantity 0 m3 2018 down 100.0% 61st
Above-ground biomass in forest 498.96 2025 unchanged 1st
Forest area 18,377 2025 down 0.5% 40th
Forest area as a proportion of total land area 93.4% 2025 down 0.4% 2nd
Share of forest area within protected areas 5.9% 2025 up 0.2% 157th
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas 5.9% 2025 up 0.2% 158th
Italy — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 253 1000 USD 2018 down 37.5% 73rd
United States of America — Forest products (export/import) — Export 2,317 1000 USD 2018 down 56.0% 59th
Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 555 t 2018 up 52.5% 52nd
Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 457 1000 USD 2018 up 51.3% 49th
Legislation, Regulation, Act related to the prevention of 1 2025 — 1st
Hazardous pesticides — Export quantity 0.0328 t 2024 up 42.6% 82nd
Hazardous pesticides — Export value 0.281 1000 USD 2024 down 82.6% 83rd
Germany — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 38 1000 USD 2018 up 81.0% 90th
Disinfectants, etc — Export quantity 4.23 t 2006 up 207.4% 100th
Ammonium sulphate — Agricultural Use 7,135 t 2011 down 9.2% 51st