Social Development in Guyana

150 indicators covering social development for Guyana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 53,000 2030 down 25.4% 150th
Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 32.5% 2020 down 5.9% 114th
Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 52.3% 2020 down 0.9% 105th
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 34.7% 2020 down 5.0% 128th
Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 47.7% 2020 up 1.0% 82nd
Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 19.8% 2020 up 8.7% 29th
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 16.2% 2020 down 2.7% 101st
Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 22.94 2020 down 13.3% 97th
Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 10.56 2020 down 13.3% 97th
Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 10.95 2020 down 12.6% 85th
Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 4th
Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 8.8% 2030 down 29.6% 121st
Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence (%) 9.4% 2030 down 30.4% 119th
Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 5 2024 up 150.0% 1st
Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 560 2024 up 48.6% 46th
Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 0 2024 down 100.0% 104th
Age of democracy 27 years 2018 up 58.8% 58th
Homicides, by sex of the victim 49 homicides 2023 up 63.3% 55th
Homicide rate by sex of the victim 27.08 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 19.7% 22nd
Press Freedom Index 25.61 2021 down 5.4% 128th
Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees 27.0% 2024 down 24.2% 83rd
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption 2.57 2016 up 73.6% 73rd
Tobacco MPOWER: National tobacco control programmes 2 2024 unchanged 79th
Other people in need of international protection by country or 23,401 2025 down 35.7% 10th
Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 0 2014 131st
Annual budget for tobacco control in currency reported 2.00 million 2022 unchanged 55th
Homicide rate from firearms 3.03 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 48.4% 27th
Homicides by firearm 25 homicides 2023 down 43.2% 41st
Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner 0.7454 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 81.6% 8th
Total number of indoor cinemas 5 2011 73rd