Guyana vs Venezuela
Guyana vs Venezuela: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2025: 19.3% a year in Guyana and 9% a year in Venezuela, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guyana, by 10.3 percentage points, or 2.14 times that in Venezuela.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Guyana has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Venezuela.
- In 2025, Guyana ranked 2 and Venezuela ranked 5 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Guyana at 1.5% a year in 2031.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Venezuela at 7% a year in 2027.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Guyana | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.3 | 9 |
| 2024 | 43.8 | 8.9 |
| 2023 | 33.8 | 5.7 |
| 2022 | 63.3 | 15.1 |
| 2021 | 20.1 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 43.5 | -33.2 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | -29 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | -21.4 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | -14.4 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | -17 |
| 2015 | 0.7 | -3.9 |
| 2014 | 1.7 | -2.3 |
| 2013 | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 5.4 | 2.7 |
| 2010 | 4.4 | -0.7 |
| 2009 | 3.3 | -4.1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3.3 |
| 2007 | 7 | 8.8 |
| 2006 | 5.1 | 9.9 |
| 2005 | -1.9 | 10.3 |
| 2004 | 1.6 | 18.3 |
| 2003 | -0.7 | -7.8 |
| 2002 | 1.1 | -8.9 |
| 2001 | 2.3 | 3.4 |
| 2000 | -1.3 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | 3 | -6 |
| 1998 | -1.7 | 0.3 |
| 1997 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 1996 | 8 | -0.2 |
| 1995 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 1994 | 8.5 | -2.3 |
| 1993 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| 1992 | 7.8 | 6.1 |
| 1991 | 6 | 9.7 |
| 1990 | -3 | 6.5 |
| 1989 | -4.9 | -13.9 |
| 1988 | -6 | 6.5 |
| 1987 | -0.1 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | -0.2 | 6.1 |
| 1985 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| 1984 | 2.1 | 5.2 |
| 1983 | -11.5 | -9.9 |
| 1982 | -8.9 | 2.6 |
| 1981 | 0.6 | -1.3 |
| 1980 | -2.1 | -4.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Guyana | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22.3 | 5 |
| 2027 | 16.8 | 7 |
| 2028 | 9.2 | – |
| 2029 | 4.3 | – |
| 2030 | 2.4 | – |
| 2031 | 1.5 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Guyana vs Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyGuyana: 70.2 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuyana: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuyana: 21.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuyana: 4.14% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuyana: 26.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuyana: 826,400 people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuyana: 0.55% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuyana: 2.41 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuyana: 26.5% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageGuyana: 25.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuyana: 6.5% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuyana: -7.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuyana: 0.99% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personGuyana: $297 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelGuyana: 3,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuyana: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuyana: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuyana: 5 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsGuyana: 2 million TIV in 1976Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009