Guyana's net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) was US$19.12 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 773.9% from US$2.19 million in 2014 (24.21% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$19.12 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$7.95 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$2.19 million | 2014 |
| Highest | US$53.85 million | 2023 |
| Lowest | −US$634,000 | 2006 |
| Average since 2015 | US$18.1 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$299,000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Guyana's net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) fell US$34.73 million on 2023 (from US$53.85 million to US$19.12 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +US$822,967 and a typical year strayed about US$12.07 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$54 million in 1990 and the biggest yearly fall was US$35.75 million in 1992. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 21% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Guyana had the 41st highest value of the 94 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$19.12 million | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$355.03 million | 2024 |
Closest to Guyana in the 2024 ranking
- Papua New Guinea — 38th of 94: US$31.68 million
- Djibouti — 39th of 94: US$30.11 million
- Grenada — 40th of 94: US$26.48 million
- Kosovo — 42nd of 94: US$18.51 million
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 43rd of 94: US$16.96 million
- Moldova — 44th of 94: US$16.8 million
What this measures
Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. IDA is the International Development Association, the concessional loan window of the World Bank Group. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 55 values
| Year | Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 19,121,000 |
| 2023 | 53,853,000 |
| 2022 | 29,378,000 |
| 2021 | 4,790,000 |
| 2020 | 3,659,000 |
| 2019 | 7,948,000 |
| 2018 | 41,146,000 |
| 2017 | 8,749,000 |
| 2016 | 5,372,000 |
| 2015 | 6,947,000 |
| 2014 |
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies
- Bolivia — −US$6.38 million (2024)
- Chile — US$0 (2015)
- Dominica — US$11.46 million (2024)
- Dominican Republic — −US$390,000 (2022)
- Ecuador — −US$66,000 (2023)
- El Salvador — −US$360,000 (2024)
- Grenada — US$26.48 million (2024)
- Honduras — US$157.71 million (2024)
- Nicaragua — US$71.03 million (2024)
- Paraguay — −US$568,000 (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Guyana
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — 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$514.49 million (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Guyana's net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$)?
- US$19.12 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 6,295% from US$299,000 in 1970 (8% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$53.85 million in 2023 and the lowest −US$634,000 in 2006.
- How does Guyana rank?
- 41st highest of 94 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) unusual for Guyana?
- In 2024, Guyana's net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) fell US$34.73 million on 2023 (from US$53.85 million to US$19.12 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +US$822,967 and a typical year strayed about US$12.07 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.MIDA.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, 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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