Guyana's total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) was 2.89% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.45 percentage points from 4.33% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.89% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 7.44% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.33% | 2014 |
| Highest | 31.87% | 1979 |
| Lowest | 1.22% | 2022 |
| Average since 2015 | 4.56% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 13.03% | 1977 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Guyana's total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) rose 0.24 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.65% to 2.89%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.45 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 14.88 percentage points in 1979 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.71 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 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.49 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 40% 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
In 2024, Guyana had the 105th highest value of the 109 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.
Closest to Guyana in the 2024 ranking
- São Tomé and Principe — 101st of 109: 3.47%
- Timor-Leste — 102nd of 109: 3.05%
- Iraq — 103rd of 109: 2.96%
- Djibouti — 105th of 109: 2.53%
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 106th of 109: 1.32%
- Algeria — 107th of 109: 0.8%
What this measures
Total debt service to exports of goods, services and primary income. Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 42 values
| Year | Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.89 |
| 2023 | 2.65 |
| 2022 | 1.22 |
| 2021 | 2.36 |
| 2020 | 4.67 |
| 2019 | 7.44 |
| 2018 | 8.65 |
| 2017 | 5.71 |
| 2016 | 4.74 |
| 2015 | 5.3 |
| 2014 |
Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 38.25% (2024)
- Belize — 7.67% (2024)
- Bolivia — 17.79% (2024)
- Brazil — 26.74% (2024)
- Colombia — 43% (2024)
- Dominica — 29.42% (2024)
- Dominican Republic — 22.04% (2024)
- Ecuador — 21.86% (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 total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?
- 2.89% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is down 10.14 percentage points from 13.03% in 1977. The highest value was 31.87% in 1979 and the lowest 1.22% in 2022.
- How does Guyana rank?
- 105th highest of 109 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for Guyana?
- In 2024, Guyana's total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) rose 0.24 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.65% to 2.89%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.45 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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.DECT.EX.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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