Guyana: Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Guyana's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.03 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.47% to 0.44%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 13.45 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 116.64 percentage points in 1983 and the biggest yearly fall was 42.73 percentage points in 2015. 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 5 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 57% 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

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Closest to Guyana in the 2023 ranking

• Lebanon — 1st of 5: 135.85%
• Senegal — 2nd of 5: 63.08%
• Benin — 3rd of 5: 26.66%
• Comoros — 5th of 5: 0.28%

What this measures

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. 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

Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 47.04% (2024)
• Belize — 0.78% (2024)
• Bolivia — 5.64% (2024)
• Brazil — 19.7% (2024)
• Colombia — 24.24% (2024)
• Dominica — 75.05% (2024)
• Dominican Republic — 13.8% (2024)
• Ecuador — 1.61% (2024)
• El Salvador

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 short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?

0.44% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1979?

It is down 22.88 percentage points from 23.32% in 1979. The highest value was 200.3% in 1984 and the lowest 0.44% in 2023.

Is the latest change in short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for Guyana?

In 2023, Guyana's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.03 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.47% to 0.44%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 13.45 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.DOD.DSTC.XP.ZS, 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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