Guyana: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Guyana's public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.01 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.72% to 0.71%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.31 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.28 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.7 percentage points in 1980. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.28 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 39% 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.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Guyana in the 2023 ranking

• Benin — 2nd of 5: 15.65%
• Comoros — 3rd of 5: 6.38%
• Lebanon — 4th of 5: 1.58%

What this measures

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service to exports of goods, services, and income. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 38 values

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 13.79% (2024)
• Belize — 7.39% (2024)
• Bolivia — 13.64% (2024)
• Brazil — 9.75% (2024)
• Colombia — 18.92% (2024)
• Dominica — 22.58% (2024)
• Dominican Republic — 14.16% (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)

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Questions people ask

What is Guyana's public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?

0.71% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1979?

It is down 29.37 percentage points from 30.08% in 1979. The highest value was 30.08% in 1979 and the lowest 0.71% in 2023.

Is the latest change in public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for Guyana?

In 2023, Guyana's public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.01 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.72% to 0.71%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.31 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.TDS.DPPG.XP.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/debt-statistics 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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