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Guyana vs Netherlands statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 82nd vs. 134th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Netherlands
Population
839919
18191638
Population rank 162/197 72/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$1.23T
2024
GDP rank 119/197 19/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$68,219
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 13/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$84,218
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$531B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
43.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$29,494
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 25/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$45,699
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
13,000 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
1,384 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
1.43
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
42.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
82.4 years
2025

Guyana and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Netherlands economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Netherlands
Year GDP
Guyana Netherlands
1960 $170,216,241 $13,282,979,015
1961 $185,849,535 $14,599,836,396
1962 $194,949,513 $15,847,582,341
1963 $175,757,894 $17,193,744,109
1964 $194,774,513 $20,232,048,553
1965 $213,235,294 $22,721,869,808
1966 $228,705,882 $24,741,480,717
1967 $250,176,471 $27,143,828,099
1968 $229,750,000 $30,097,635,751
1969 $249,300,000 $34,086,038,090
1970 $267,800,000 $38,220,884,519
1971 $282,050,000 $44,644,730,576
1972 $285,380,952 $54,787,070,173
1973 $307,047,619 $71,946,639,603
1974 $433,954,545 $87,371,810,804
1975 $494,791,667 $100,397,061,694
1976 $454,440,000 $109,329,386,564
1977 $449,880,000 $127,203,923,857
1978 $507,080,000 $156,089,077,205
1979 $530,440,000 $179,933,827,310
1980 $603,200,000 $195,439,301,707
1981 $570,357,107 $164,375,775,854
1982 $482,000,000 $158,712,765,536
1983 $489,333,333 $153,671,294,109
1984 $437,631,605 $144,124,462,912
1985 $453,488,372 $144,057,523,222
1986 $504,651,140 $201,157,708,221
1987 $354,591,847 $245,406,949,521
1988 $413,799,990 $262,295,966,105
1989 $379,779,390 $258,716,904,292
1990 $396,582,263 $318,799,003,994
1991 $348,533,095 $327,982,316,124
1992 $373,573,141 $363,497,050,125
1993 $454,101,382 $354,070,495,966
1994 $540,874,934 $379,688,232,232
1995 $621,626,786 $452,967,334,614
1996 $705,406,001 $451,372,549,020
1997 $749,138,010 $417,506,211,882
1998 $717,530,683 $438,612,530,549
1999 $694,754,988 $447,778,514,140
2000 $712,667,897 $417,649,282,154
2001 $712,167,450 $432,536,219,669
2002 $726,131,435 $475,529,972,123
2003 $743,063,950 $582,435,617,082
2004 $787,814,379 $661,224,886,143
2005 $824,880,550 $688,133,699,636
2006 $2,379,817,991 $737,593,995,289
2007 $2,730,971,595 $853,499,460,873
2008 $3,025,187,433 $957,901,566,041
2009 $3,165,663,153 $878,954,223,140
2010 $3,432,912,517 $852,464,982,433
2011 $3,691,384,318 $913,140,741,333
2012 $4,063,088,536 $845,689,017,066
2013 $4,167,800,929 $883,951,539,007
2014 $4,127,660,152 $901,556,501,756
2015 $4,279,840,194 $775,743,675,303
2016 $4,482,697,337 $797,163,949,290
2017 $4,748,174,334 $848,233,537,846
2018 $4,787,636,998 $929,733,599,797
2019 $5,173,760,192 $928,903,005,576
2020 $5,471,256,595 $932,560,861,701
2021 $8,041,362,110 $1,054,472,123,450
2022 $14,718,388,489 $1,046,540,797,549
2023 $16,918,503,597 $1,154,361,305,398
2024 $24,835,899,826 $1,227,543,925,316

Guyana and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Netherlands
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Netherlands
1960 $299.1 $1,156
1961 $319 $1,254
1962 $327 $1,342
1963 $288.8 $1,437
1964 $313 $1,668
1965 $336 $1,848
1966 $353 $1,986
1967 $378 $2,155
1968 $340 $2,364
1969 $361 $2,647
1970 $381 $2,931
1971 $396 $3,384
1972 $395 $4,110
1973 $421 $5,353
1974 $588 $6,450
1975 $664 $7,346
1976 $604 $7,937
1977 $593 $9,180
1978 $663 $11,196
1979 $689 $12,817
1980 $779 $13,812
1981 $735 $11,537
1982 $621 $11,089
1983 $631 $10,696
1984 $565 $9,992
1985 $588 $9,941
1986 $657 $13,804
1987 $464 $16,734
1988 $545 $17,771
1989 $503 $17,423
1990 $529 $21,322
1991 $466 $21,764
1992 $498 $23,939
1993 $603 $23,156
1994 $716 $24,683
1995 $820 $29,301
1996 $928 $29,064
1997 $983 $26,745
1998 $940 $27,924
1999 $909 $28,319
2000 $932 $26,225
2001 $932 $26,956
2002 $951 $29,447
2003 $974 $35,897
2004 $1,033 $40,611
2005 $1,084 $42,165
2006 $3,136 $45,124
2007 $3,608 $52,101
2008 $4,009 $58,247
2009 $4,209 $53,172
2010 $4,582 $51,306
2011 $4,947 $54,702
2012 $5,444 $50,474
2013 $5,557 $52,602
2014 $5,473 $53,457
2015 $5,640 $45,794
2016 $5,871 $46,809
2017 $6,179 $49,514
2018 $6,048 $53,955
2019 $6,406 $53,555
2020 $6,776 $53,468
2021 $9,861 $60,142
2022 $17,913 $59,123
2023 $20,474 $64,572
2024 $29,884 $68,219

Guyana vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Netherlands
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Netherlands
1950 49.2 71.4
1951 50.2 71.5
1952 51.3 72.1
1953 52.4 71.7
1954 53.3 72.4
1955 54.1 72.5
1956 55.2 72.5
1957 56.1 73
1958 56.4 73.1
1959 57 73.2
1960 57.5 73.4
1961 57.9 73.6
1962 58.3 73.2
1963 58.6 73.4
1964 59 73.7
1965 59.1 73.6
1966 59.3 73.6
1967 59.5 73.8
1968 59.7 73.6
1969 59.8 73.6
1970 60 73.6
1971 60.1 73.9
1972 60.1 73.8
1973 60.2 74.2
1974 60.3 74.6
1975 60.4 74.6
1976 60.4 74.7
1977 60.6 75.3
1978 60.6 75.2
1979 60.7 75.6
1980 60.8 75.8
1981 60.9 76
1982 61 76.1
1983 61.2 76.3
1984 61.3 76.3
1985 61.4 76.4
1986 61.5 76.4
1987 61.7 76.8
1988 61.8 77
1989 62.1 76.8
1990 62.3 77
1991 62.5 77.2
1992 62.8 77.4
1993 63 77
1994 63 77.5
1995 62.7 77.6
1996 62.7 77.6
1997 62.9 77.9
1998 63.4 78
1999 63.8 78
2000 64.1 78.1
2001 64.4 78.3
2002 64.2 78.4
2003 64.1 78.7
2004 64.2 79.2
2005 64.4 79.5
2006 64.8 79.8
2007 65.5 80.3
2008 65.7 80.4
2009 66 80.7
2010 66.2 80.8
2011 66.5 81.1
2012 66.4 81.1
2013 66.7 81.3
2014 67.3 81.7
2015 67.7 81.5
2016 68.1 81.6
2017 68.5 81.7
2018 68.8 81.8
2019 69.1 82.1
2020 67.8 81.4
2021 64.3 81.4
2022 69.9 81.9
2023 70.2 82.2
2024 70.3 82.3
2025 70.4 82.4

Guyana and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Netherlands
Year Population
Guyana Netherlands
1960 569,143 11,486,631
1961 582,568 11,638,712
1962 595,461 11,805,689
1963 608,537 11,965,966
1964 621,764 12,127,120
1965 635,128 12,294,732
1966 648,646 12,456,251
1967 662,311 12,598,201
1968 676,160 12,729,721
1969 690,223 12,877,984
1970 702,705 13,038,526
1971 712,662 13,194,497
1972 721,617 13,328,593
1973 730,138 13,439,322
1974 738,057 13,545,056
1975 745,393 13,666,335
1976 752,253 13,774,037
1977 758,654 13,856,185
1978 764,586 13,941,700
1979 770,062 14,038,270
1980 774,367 14,149,800
1981 776,453 14,247,208
1982 776,712 14,312,690
1983 775,891 14,367,070
1984 774,111 14,424,211
1985 771,477 14,491,632
1986 768,098 14,572,278
1987 764,120 14,665,037
1988 759,663 14,760,094
1989 754,865 14,848,907
1990 749,894 14,951,510
1991 747,861 15,069,798
1992 749,911 15,184,166
1993 752,965 15,290,368
1994 755,822 15,382,838
1995 758,388 15,459,006
1996 760,526 15,530,498
1997 762,245 15,610,650
1998 763,586 15,707,209
1999 764,483 15,812,088
2000 764,832 15,925,513
2001 764,477 16,046,180
2002 763,652 16,148,929
2003 763,101 16,225,302
2004 762,418 16,281,779
2005 760,914 16,319,868
2006 758,966 16,346,101
2007 756,861 16,381,696
2008 754,606 16,445,593
2009 752,094 16,530,388
2010 749,256 16,615,394
2011 746,153 16,693,074
2012 746,288 16,754,962
2013 750,021 16,804,432
2014 754,229 16,865,008
2015 758,781 16,939,923
2016 763,548 17,030,314
2017 768,479 17,131,296
2018 791,556 17,231,624
2019 807,665 17,344,874
2020 807,481 17,441,500
2021 815,482 17,533,044
2022 821,637 17,700,982
2023 826,353 17,877,117
2024 831,087 17,994,237

Fertility rates in Guyana and Netherlands

Fertility rate
Guyana

Netherlands
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Netherlands
1960 6.33 3.12
1961 6.34 3.22
1962 6.33 3.18
1963 6.31 3.19
1964 6.23 3.17
1965 6.14 3.04
1966 6.02 2.9
1967 5.89 2.81
1968 5.75 2.72
1969 5.58 2.75
1970 5.41 2.57
1971 5.26 2.36
1972 5.08 2.15
1973 4.87 1.9
1974 4.64 1.77
1975 4.45 1.66
1976 4.28 1.63
1977 4.12 1.58
1978 3.97 1.58
1979 3.86 1.56
1980 3.77 1.6
1981 3.72 1.56
1982 3.68 1.5
1983 3.64 1.47
1984 3.54 1.49
1985 3.47 1.51
1986 3.38 1.55
1987 3.31 1.56
1988 3.23 1.55
1989 3.19 1.55
1990 3.18 1.62
1991 3.18 1.61
1992 3.19 1.59
1993 3.2 1.57
1994 3.23 1.57
1995 3.24 1.53
1996 3.23 1.53
1997 3.22 1.56
1998 3.18 1.63
1999 3.13 1.65
2000 3.06 1.72
2001 2.96 1.71
2002 2.84 1.73
2003 2.75 1.75
2004 2.68 1.72
2005 2.65 1.71
2006 2.66 1.72
2007 2.68 1.72
2008 2.7 1.77
2009 2.69 1.79
2010 2.68 1.79
2011 2.69 1.76
2012 2.7 1.72
2013 2.71 1.68
2014 2.7 1.71
2015 2.67 1.66
2016 2.63 1.66
2017 2.59 1.62
2018 2.55 1.59
2019 2.52 1.57
2020 2.49 1.54
2021 2.46 1.62
2022 2.44 1.49
2023 2.41 1.43

Guyana and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Netherlands
Year Median age, years
Guyana Netherlands
1960 16.7 28.8
1961 16.6 28.8
1962 16.4 28.7
1963 16.3 28.7
1964 16.2 28.6
1965 16.1 28.6
1966 16.1 28.6
1967 16.2 28.5
1968 16.2 28.6
1969 16.4 28.6
1970 16.5 28.6
1971 16.6 28.7
1972 16.7 28.9
1973 16.8 29
1974 17 29.3
1975 17.2 29.4
1976 17.4 29.8
1977 17.6 30.3
1978 17.8 30.7
1979 18 31
1980 18.2 31.3
1981 18.4 31.6
1982 18.7 31.9
1983 19 32.3
1984 19.3 32.6
1985 19.6 32.9
1986 19.9 33.2
1987 20.2 33.5
1988 20.5 33.8
1989 20.7 34.1
1990 20.9 34.3
1991 21.1 34.6
1992 21.3 34.8
1993 21.4 35.1
1994 21.5 35.4
1995 21.7 35.7
1996 21.8 36.1
1997 21.9 36.4
1998 22 36.7
1999 22.1 37
2000 22.2 37.3
2001 22.4 37.5
2002 22.5 37.8
2003 22.7 38.1
2004 22.9 38.5
2005 23.2 38.9
2006 23.4 39.3
2007 23.6 39.7
2008 23.8 40
2009 24 40.3
2010 24.2 40.7
2011 24.4 41
2012 24.5 41.3
2013 24.6 41.6
2014 24.6 41.8
2015 24.7 42
2016 24.9 42.2
2017 25 42.3
2018 25.4 42.4
2019 25.7 42.5
2020 25.9 42.5
2021 26.1 42.6
2022 26.4 42.5
2023 26.7 42.4
2024 26.9 42.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Netherlands
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$1.13T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
44.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
5.18%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
1.53%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
41,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-1.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
3.64%
2024
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
70.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
17.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
78.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
21.4%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
3.6%
2021
Number of millionaires n/a
1,231,625
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
8.62%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
13
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00009%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
103
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$1.1T
2017
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$79.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$4.72B
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
7,265,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
1.44%
2020
Banked people share n/a
99.2%
2024

Energy

Guyana Netherlands
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
3,418 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$22.9
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
122.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
6.87 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
83.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
12.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
9.01%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
87%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
6,189 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
33.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
0.06%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
3.28%
2023
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guyana Netherlands
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.22%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+121,628
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
93.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
6.03 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
92.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
78
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
95
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
0.69
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
4
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
99%
2003
English speaking
90.5%
2023
90.9%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
97%
2023

Health

Guyana Netherlands
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$5,796
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$581
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
82.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
0.01%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
3.91
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
30.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
4
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
15%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
5%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
77
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
21.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
8.71 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Netherlands
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
722 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
6,961 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
1,437 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
88,123 mi
2022

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