Social Development in Guyana

150 indicators covering social development for Guyana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 7 2018 up 16.7% 69th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 1,092 2025 up 389.7% 108th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0013 units per person 2025 up 344.5% 50th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 22.7% 103rd
Political Rights Score 29 2025 down 9.4% 86th
Freedom Score 74 2025 unchanged 76th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 29 2025 147th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0 units per person 2025 124th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 144th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -31.36 % change on previous year 2025 down 161.9% 118th
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 17 2018 up 6.2% 70th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -44.23 % change on previous year 2025 down 111.8% 140th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.664 2025 down 6.7% 84th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.896 2025 up 6.4% 54th
Political Corruption Index 0.507 2025 up 21.9% 88th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.507 2025 up 21.9% 88th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.99 2024 up 55.3% 23rd
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.006 units per square kilometre 2023 up 767.2% 134th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0003 units per square kilometre 2023 146th
LGBT+ Rights Index -0.3944 2019 unchanged 149th
Forcibly displaced people 23,465 2025 up 195,442.0% 111th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 1 2016 down 50.0% 61st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 116th
Age of electoral democracy 34 years 2025 up 41.7% 80th
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 39 2024 up 30.0% 91st
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.5 2024 up 2.5% 82nd
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.56 2024 up 5.5% 60th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.1489 2024 down 32.3% 148th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.2142 2024 down 106.3% 172nd
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 52.9% 2024 up 28.7% 53rd
Homicide rate 19.12 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 7.5% 22nd
Homicides 158 homicides 2023 up 1.9% 83rd
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 19.12 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 7.5% 22nd
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 19.12 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 7.5% 22nd
Age of electoral democracy 1 years 2025 down 94.4% 107th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy -0.9881 2020 down 143.2% 114th
Homicides 137 deaths 2020 up 22.3% 46th
Child homicide rate 5.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 up 95.1% 11th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.1074 2020 up 126.4% 58th
Homicide rate 17.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 up 16.5% 12th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 17.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 up 16.5% 12th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 113.22 deaths 2021 down 10.9% 124th
Homicide rate 14.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 17.6% 26th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 13.89 2021 down 18.7% 28th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 53,000 2030 down 25.4% 148th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 5.27 2030 up 3.3% 92nd
Age of full democracy 13 years 2025 up 333.3% 79th
Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 9.4% 2030 down 30.4% 128th