Guyana's adjusted net national income per capita (current US$) was US$6,274 in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 51.43% from US$4,143 in 2011 (4.24% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$6,274 | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | US$4,940 | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | US$4,143 | 2011 |
| Highest | US$6,274 | 2021 |
| Lowest | US$192.66 | 1991 |
| Average since 2012 | US$5,287 | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | US$576.59 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Guyana's adjusted net national income per capita (current US$) rose US$633.39 on 2020 (from US$5,641 to US$6,274).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +US$178.06 and a typical year strayed about US$362.3 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$1,874 in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was US$191.65 in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$164.99 a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about US$6,642 for 2024. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2019 to 2021 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$177.35, against US$439.59 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2021, Guyana had the 65th highest value of the 167 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Guyana | US$6,274 | 2021 |
| World | US$9,709 | 2021 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$6,415 | 2021 |
| High income | US$36,140 | 2021 |
Closest to Guyana in the 2021 ranking
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 61st of 167: US$7,286
- Dominica — 62nd of 167: US$7,024
- Kazakhstan — 63rd of 167: US$6,363
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 65th of 167: US$6,019
- North Macedonia — 66th of 167: US$5,996
- Albania — 67th of 167: US$5,943
What this measures
Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 42 values
| Year | Adjusted net national income per capita (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6,274 |
| 2020 | 5,641 |
| 2019 | 5,832 |
| 2018 | 5,476 |
| 2017 | 5,339 |
| 2016 | 4,940 |
| 2015 | 5,104 |
| 2014 | 4,852 |
| 2013 | 4,796 |
| 2012 | 4,619 |
| 2011 |
Adjusted net national income per capita (current US$) in nearby economies
- Argentina — US$9,092 (2021)
- Aruba — US$24,725 (2021)
- Bahamas, The — US$24,896 (2021)
- Barbados — US$14,760 (2021)
- Belize — US$4,881 (2021)
- Bolivia — US$2,657 (2021)
- Brazil — US$5,776 (2021)
- Chile — US$11,117 (2021)
- Colombia — US$5,127 (2021)
- Costa Rica
More economic policy & debt data for Guyana
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$1.36 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$1.36 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$2.1 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 436.98 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$1.62 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 363.35 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 7.73% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$514.49 million (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Guyana's adjusted net national income per capita (current US$)?
- US$6,274 in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 988.13% from US$576.59 in 1980 (5.99% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$6,274 in 2021 and the lowest US$192.66 in 1991.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.NNTY.PC.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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