Guyana vs Venezuela
Guyana vs Venezuela: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 83% in Guyana and 76.7% in Venezuela, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guyana, by 6.3 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Venezuela.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Guyana has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Venezuela.
- In 2024, Guyana ranked 88 and Venezuela ranked 107 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Guyana | Venezuela | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 83 | 76.7 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 79.4 | 76.3 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 76.6 | 75.8 | 67 |
| 2021 | 71.7 | 74.1 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 63 | 72.4 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 55.3 | 49.1 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 48.6 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 42.7 | – | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 35.7 | 60 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 34 | 58 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 32 | 57 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 31 | 54.9 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 30.5 | 49.1 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 30 | 40.2 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 29.9 | 37.4 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 23.9 | 32.7 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 18.2 | 25.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 13.8 | 20.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 8.9 | 15.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 5.7 | 12.6 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 3.7 | 8.4 | – |
| 2003 | 2.4 | 7.5 | – |
| 2002 | 1.5 | 4.9 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | 4.6 | – |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 3.4 | – |
| 1999 | 0.4 | 2.8 | – |
| 1998 | 0.3 | 1.4 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 0.4 | – |
| 1996 | 0.1 | 0.2 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1993 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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