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Human development index — Guyana

Human development index in Guyana in 2023 — 0.776 index. Ranked 89 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 57.1%.

2023 0.776 index +1.7% vs 2022
World rank 89of 193
Period maximum 0.776 index2023
Period minimum 0.491 index1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Guyana, 1990–20230.40.50.60.70.81990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.494 index1991: 0.491 index1992: 0.507 index1993: 0.521 index1994: 0.531 index1995: 0.536 index1996: 0.546 index1997: 0.552 index1998: 0.557 index1999: 0.562 index2000: 0.567 index2001: 0.575 index2002: 0.58 index2003: 0.587 index2004: 0.6 index2005: 0.61 index2006: 0.619 index2007: 0.626 index2008: 0.632 index2009: 0.637 index2010: 0.647 index2011: 0.659 index2012: 0.664 index2013: 0.669 index2014: 0.678 index2015: 0.683 index2016: 0.69 index2017: 0.696 index2018: 0.702 index2019: 0.709 index2020: 0.722 index2021: 0.713 index2022: 0.763 index2023: 0.776 index
Change over the period: +0.282 (+57.09%) Average annual rate: 1.38 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guyana

Guyana 0.776 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
South America computed 0.792 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.776 +0.013 +1.7%
2022 0.763 +0.05 +7.01%
2021 0.713 −0.009 −1.25%
2020 0.722 +0.013 +1.83%
2019 0.709 +0.007 +1%
2018 0.702 +0.006 +0.86%
2017 0.696 +0.006 +0.87%
2016 0.69 +0.007 +1.02%
2015 0.683 +0.005 +0.74%
2014 0.678 +0.009 +1.35%
2013 0.669 +0.005 +0.75%
2012 0.664 +0.005 +0.76%
2011 0.659 +0.012 +1.85%
2010 0.647 +0.01 +1.57%
2009 0.637 +0.005 +0.79%
2008 0.632 +0.006 +0.96%
2007 0.626 +0.007 +1.13%
2006 0.619 +0.009 +1.48%
2005 0.61 +0.01 +1.67%
2004 0.6 +0.013 +2.21%
2003 0.587 +0.007 +1.21%
2002 0.58 +0.005 +0.87%
2001 0.575 +0.008 +1.41%
2000 0.567 +0.005 +0.89%
1999 0.562 +0.005 +0.9%
1998 0.557 +0.005 +0.91%
1997 0.552 +0.006 +1.1%
1996 0.546 +0.01 +1.87%
1995 0.536 +0.005 +0.94%
1994 0.531 +0.01 +1.92%
1993 0.521 +0.014 +2.76%
1992 0.507 +0.016 +3.26%
1991 0.491 −0.003 −0.61%
1990 0.494 — —

South America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CL Chile 0.878 AR Argentina 0.865 UY Uruguay 0.862 PE Peru 0.794 CO Colombia 0.788 BR Brazil 0.786 EC Ecuador 0.777 GY Guyana 0.776 PY Paraguay 0.756 BO Bolivia 0.733 SR Suriname 0.722 VE Venezuela 0.709
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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