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Guyana vs Lebanon statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 5.81M in Lebanon (ranked 115/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 3,950 sq mi for Lebanon (ranked 82nd vs. 160th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Lebanon ranks 128/197 ($20.1B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Lebanon ranks 135/197 ($3,478).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Lebanon
Population
839919
5888008
Population rank 162/197 115/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$20.1B
2023
GDP rank 119/197 128/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$3,478
2023
GDP per capita rank 42/197 135/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$12,575
2023
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$38.6B
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
149.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$6,680
2023
Government debt per person rank 67/185 70/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$3,779
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
3,950 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
1,470 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
2.24
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
29.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
78.1 years
2025

Guyana and Lebanon: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Lebanon economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Lebanon
Year GDP
Guyana Lebanon
1960 $170,216,241 -
1961 $185,849,535 -
1962 $194,949,513 -
1963 $175,757,894 -
1964 $194,774,513 -
1965 $213,235,294 -
1966 $228,705,882 -
1967 $250,176,471 -
1968 $229,750,000 -
1969 $249,300,000 -
1970 $267,800,000 -
1971 $282,050,000 -
1972 $285,380,952 -
1973 $307,047,619 -
1974 $433,954,545 -
1975 $494,791,667 -
1976 $454,440,000 -
1977 $449,880,000 -
1978 $507,080,000 -
1979 $530,440,000 -
1980 $603,200,000 -
1981 $570,357,107 -
1982 $482,000,000 -
1983 $489,333,333 -
1984 $437,631,605 -
1985 $453,488,372 -
1986 $504,651,140 -
1987 $354,591,847 -
1988 $413,799,990 $3,313,540,068
1989 $379,779,390 $2,717,998,688
1990 $396,582,263 $2,838,485,354
1991 $348,533,095 $4,690,415,093
1992 $373,573,141 $5,843,579,161
1993 $454,101,382 $7,941,744,492
1994 $540,874,934 $9,599,127,050
1995 $621,626,786 $11,718,795,529
1996 $705,406,001 $13,690,217,334
1997 $749,138,010 $15,751,867,489
1998 $717,530,683 $17,247,179,006
1999 $694,754,988 $17,391,056,369
2000 $712,667,897 $17,260,364,842
2001 $712,167,450 $17,649,751,244
2002 $726,131,435 $19,152,238,806
2003 $743,063,950 $20,082,918,740
2004 $787,814,379 $21,159,827,992
2005 $824,880,550 $21,497,336,499
2006 $2,379,817,991 $22,022,709,851
2007 $2,730,971,595 $24,827,355,015
2008 $3,025,187,433 $29,118,916,105
2009 $3,165,663,153 $35,399,582,929
2010 $3,432,912,517 $38,443,907,042
2011 $3,691,384,318 $39,927,125,962
2012 $4,063,088,536 $44,016,799,516
2013 $4,167,800,929 $46,880,103,081
2014 $4,127,660,152 $48,095,213,747
2015 $4,279,840,194 $49,929,337,837
2016 $4,482,697,337 $51,147,308,774
2017 $4,748,174,334 $53,027,680,686
2018 $4,787,636,998 $54,901,519,156
2019 $5,173,760,192 $51,605,959,131
2020 $5,471,256,595 $31,712,128,254
2021 $8,041,362,110 $23,131,941,557
2022 $14,718,388,489 $20,992,421,949
2023 $16,918,503,597 $20,078,620,357
2024 $24,835,899,826 -

Guyana and Lebanon economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Lebanon
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Lebanon
1960 $299.1 -
1961 $319 -
1962 $327 -
1963 $288.8 -
1964 $313 -
1965 $336 -
1966 $353 -
1967 $378 -
1968 $340 -
1969 $361 -
1970 $381 -
1971 $396 -
1972 $395 -
1973 $421 -
1974 $588 -
1975 $664 -
1976 $604 -
1977 $593 -
1978 $663 -
1979 $689 -
1980 $779 -
1981 $735 -
1982 $621 -
1983 $631 -
1984 $565 -
1985 $588 -
1986 $657 -
1987 $464 -
1988 $545 $959
1989 $503 $771
1990 $529 $790
1991 $466 $1,278
1992 $498 $1,559
1993 $603 $2,079
1994 $716 $2,468
1995 $820 $2,959
1996 $928 $3,393
1997 $983 $3,834
1998 $940 $4,125
1999 $909 $4,087
2000 $932 $3,987
2001 $932 $4,010
2002 $951 $4,291
2003 $974 $4,438
2004 $1,033 $4,601
2005 $1,084 $4,602
2006 $3,136 $4,635
2007 $3,608 $5,125
2008 $4,009 $5,912
2009 $4,209 $7,091
2010 $4,582 $7,626
2011 $4,947 $7,835
2012 $5,444 $8,407
2013 $5,557 $8,162
2014 $5,473 $7,578
2015 $5,640 $7,714
2016 $5,871 $8,089
2017 $6,179 $8,608
2018 $6,048 $9,175
2019 $6,406 $8,906
2020 $6,776 $5,561
2021 $9,861 $4,045
2022 $17,913 $3,654
2023 $20,474 $3,478
2024 $29,884 -

Guyana vs. Lebanon life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Lebanon
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Lebanon
1950 49.2 59.9
1951 50.2 60.3
1952 51.3 60.8
1953 52.4 61.2
1954 53.3 61.6
1955 54.1 61.5
1956 55.2 62.2
1957 56.1 62.8
1958 56.4 61.2
1959 57 63.6
1960 57.5 63.9
1961 57.9 64.3
1962 58.3 64.6
1963 58.6 64.9
1964 59 65.1
1965 59.1 65.3
1966 59.3 65.5
1967 59.5 65.7
1968 59.7 65.8
1969 59.8 65.9
1970 60 66
1971 60.1 66.1
1972 60.1 66.2
1973 60.2 66.3
1974 60.3 66.4
1975 60.4 57.7
1976 60.4 36.4
1977 60.6 60.3
1978 60.6 60
1979 60.7 59.6
1980 60.8 59.9
1981 60.9 60.3
1982 61 47.2
1983 61.2 60.8
1984 61.3 61.2
1985 61.4 61.6
1986 61.5 62
1987 61.7 62.5
1988 61.8 62.9
1989 62.1 65.1
1990 62.3 65.5
1991 62.5 70.9
1992 62.8 71.2
1993 63 71.6
1994 63 72
1995 62.7 72.4
1996 62.7 72.6
1997 62.9 72.9
1998 63.4 73.2
1999 63.8 73.5
2000 64.1 73.9
2001 64.4 74.4
2002 64.2 74.8
2003 64.1 75.3
2004 64.2 75.7
2005 64.4 76.1
2006 64.8 75.7
2007 65.5 76.7
2008 65.7 77
2009 66 77.3
2010 66.2 77.5
2011 66.5 77.8
2012 66.4 77.9
2013 66.7 78
2014 67.3 78.1
2015 67.7 78.3
2016 68.1 78.3
2017 68.5 78.2
2018 68.8 78.3
2019 69.1 78.2
2020 67.8 76.3
2021 64.3 73.6
2022 69.9 78
2023 70.2 77.8
2024 70.3 77.9
2025 70.4 78.1

Guyana and Lebanon population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Lebanon
Year Population
Guyana Lebanon
1960 569,143 1,794,406
1961 582,568 1,850,084
1962 595,461 1,909,578
1963 608,537 1,970,316
1964 621,764 2,030,543
1965 635,128 2,088,831
1966 648,646 2,148,260
1967 662,311 2,206,731
1968 676,160 2,266,368
1969 690,223 2,328,159
1970 702,705 2,386,114
1971 712,662 2,446,314
1972 721,617 2,509,729
1973 730,138 2,572,935
1974 738,057 2,635,185
1975 745,393 2,693,191
1976 752,253 2,726,469
1977 758,654 2,762,155
1978 764,586 2,822,682
1979 770,062 2,882,635
1980 774,367 2,944,763
1981 776,453 3,008,981
1982 776,712 3,054,931
1983 775,891 3,094,996
1984 774,111 3,152,744
1985 771,477 3,217,376
1986 768,098 3,300,365
1987 764,120 3,385,555
1988 759,663 3,454,649
1989 754,865 3,525,285
1990 749,894 3,595,175
1991 747,861 3,668,912
1992 749,911 3,747,371
1993 752,965 3,820,647
1994 755,822 3,889,799
1995 758,388 3,960,735
1996 760,526 4,034,781
1997 762,245 4,108,405
1998 763,586 4,181,281
1999 764,483 4,255,277
2000 764,832 4,329,340
2001 764,477 4,401,918
2002 763,652 4,463,504
2003 763,101 4,525,508
2004 762,418 4,599,279
2005 760,914 4,671,102
2006 758,966 4,751,136
2007 756,861 4,844,118
2008 754,606 4,925,354
2009 752,094 4,992,287
2010 749,256 5,041,288
2011 746,153 5,096,020
2012 746,288 5,235,742
2013 750,021 5,743,436
2014 754,229 6,346,990
2015 758,781 6,472,469
2016 763,548 6,323,060
2017 768,479 6,160,128
2018 791,556 5,984,119
2019 807,665 5,794,594
2020 807,481 5,702,398
2021 815,482 5,718,122
2022 821,637 5,744,489
2023 826,353 5,773,493
2024 831,087 5,805,962

Fertility rates in Guyana and Lebanon

Fertility rate
Guyana

Lebanon
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Lebanon
1960 6.33 5.88
1961 6.34 5.89
1962 6.33 5.9
1963 6.31 5.91
1964 6.23 5.85
1965 6.14 5.77
1966 6.02 5.68
1967 5.89 5.57
1968 5.75 5.45
1969 5.58 5.32
1970 5.41 5.19
1971 5.26 5.05
1972 5.08 4.91
1973 4.87 4.79
1974 4.64 4.65
1975 4.45 4.52
1976 4.28 4.39
1977 4.12 4.28
1978 3.97 4.18
1979 3.86 4.08
1980 3.77 4.01
1981 3.72 3.95
1982 3.68 3.86
1983 3.64 3.73
1984 3.54 3.66
1985 3.47 3.53
1986 3.38 3.47
1987 3.31 3.42
1988 3.23 3.39
1989 3.19 3.36
1990 3.18 3.27
1991 3.18 3.16
1992 3.19 3.05
1993 3.2 2.94
1994 3.23 2.82
1995 3.24 2.73
1996 3.23 2.7
1997 3.22 2.67
1998 3.18 2.65
1999 3.13 2.63
2000 3.06 2.6
2001 2.96 2.58
2002 2.84 2.52
2003 2.75 2.46
2004 2.68 2.38
2005 2.65 2.29
2006 2.66 2.24
2007 2.68 2.2
2008 2.7 2.17
2009 2.69 2.19
2010 2.68 2.26
2011 2.69 2.32
2012 2.7 2.35
2013 2.71 2.36
2014 2.7 2.38
2015 2.67 2.38
2016 2.63 2.39
2017 2.59 2.37
2018 2.55 2.35
2019 2.52 2.33
2020 2.49 2.31
2021 2.46 2.28
2022 2.44 2.26
2023 2.41 2.24

Guyana and Lebanon demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Lebanon
Year Median age, years
Guyana Lebanon
1960 16.7 19.9
1961 16.6 19.5
1962 16.4 19.1
1963 16.3 18.7
1964 16.2 18.4
1965 16.1 18.2
1966 16.1 18.1
1967 16.2 18
1968 16.2 18
1969 16.4 18.1
1970 16.5 18.2
1971 16.6 18.3
1972 16.7 18.5
1973 16.8 18.7
1974 17 18.9
1975 17.2 19
1976 17.4 19.1
1977 17.6 19.2
1978 17.8 19.4
1979 18 19.6
1980 18.2 19.8
1981 18.4 19.9
1982 18.7 20.1
1983 19 20.3
1984 19.3 20.5
1985 19.6 20.7
1986 19.9 20.8
1987 20.2 21
1988 20.5 21.2
1989 20.7 21.4
1990 20.9 21.6
1991 21.1 21.8
1992 21.3 22
1993 21.4 22.3
1994 21.5 22.5
1995 21.7 22.8
1996 21.8 23.1
1997 21.9 23.4
1998 22 23.7
1999 22.1 24
2000 22.2 24.3
2001 22.4 24.6
2002 22.5 24.9
2003 22.7 25.2
2004 22.9 25.6
2005 23.2 26
2006 23.4 26.3
2007 23.6 26.7
2008 23.8 27.1
2009 24 27.5
2010 24.2 27.9
2011 24.4 28.2
2012 24.5 28.6
2013 24.6 28.9
2014 24.6 29.2
2015 24.7 29.4
2016 24.9 29.5
2017 25 29.4
2018 25.4 29.3
2019 25.7 29
2020 25.9 28.9
2021 26.1 29
2022 26.4 29.2
2023 26.7 29.4
2024 26.9 29.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Lebanon
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$21.6B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
18.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
1.22%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
8.91%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
80,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
+0.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
11.3%
2019
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
42.4%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
2.09%
2023
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
44.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
25.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2.8%
2022
Number of billionaires n/a
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0002%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
10
2021
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$10.6B
2021
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$33.3B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$5.8B
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
1,936,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
27%
2020
Banked people share n/a
23%
2024

Energy

Guyana Lebanon
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
617 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$19.9
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
17.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
89.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
6.8%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
6.6%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
96.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
681 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
5.07%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
16%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guyana Lebanon
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.07%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
-17,267
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
89.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.87 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.37 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
49.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
22
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
74
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
2.26
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
16.4
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
58
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
92%
2019
English speaking
90.5%
2023
40%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
83.5%
2023

Health

Guyana Lebanon
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$392
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$131.1
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
78.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
7.3%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
2.62
2019
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
15
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
18.3
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
30.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
12.3%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
47
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
34.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
1.26 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Lebanon
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.007%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
680 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
2,603 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
560 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
13,487 mi
2017

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