Guyana is a country located in South America. According to AbbreviationFinder, GY is the two-letter ISO code of Guyana, and GUY is the three-letter country abbreviation for Guyana.
Yearbook 1997
Guyana. According to Countryaah, the national day of Guyana is May 26. 78-year-old President Cheddi Jagan died in March and was succeeded by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds. Jagan’s wife Janet Jagan (Guyana’s first female prime minister) was appointed new Prime Minister. At the December presidential election, Janet Jagan won by a clear majority over Hinds’ main competitor. The election victory made the 77-year-old Jagan the country’s first female president. She appointed Hinds as prime minister.
Indians from three countries in the Amazon – Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana. – gathered during the year for a meeting in the state of Roraima in Brazil. It was the first meeting ever between representatives of the Indians in the area. The reason for the meeting was the fear that future cross-border projects in the area could destroy their land areas.
- Shopareview: Offers climate information of Guyana in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, covering maximum and minimum temperature for each of 12 months. Also includes when is best time to visit this country.
Economy
| Inflation rate | 2.00% |
| Unemployment rate | 11.1% |
| Gross domestic product (GDP) | 6,301,000,000 USD |
| GDP growth rate | 2.10% |
| GDP per capita | $ 8,100 |
| GDP by sector | |
| Agriculture | 15.40% |
| Industry | 15.30% |
| Service | 69.30% |
| State budget | |
| Revenue | 399 million |
| Expenditure | 506.5 million |
| Proportion of the population below the national poverty line | 35% |
| Distribution of household income | |
| Top 10% | 33.8 |
| Lower 10% | 1.3 |
| Industrial production growth rate | 12.00% |
| Investment volume | 30.6% of GDP |
| National debt | 52.20% of GDP |
| Foreign exchange reserves | $ 607,700,000 |
| Tourism | 2014 |
| Visitors | 206,000 |
| Revenue | $ 79,000,000 |