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Guyana vs New Zealand statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 82nd vs. 74th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana New Zealand
Population
839919
5406623
Population rank 162/197 124/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$260B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 53/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$48,747
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 26/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$55,094
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$133B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
55.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$24,936
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 28/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$36,132
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
101,665 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
52.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
1.56
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
38.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
82.4 years
2025

Guyana and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Guyana and New Zealand economies compared

GDP
Guyana

New Zealand
Year GDP
Guyana New Zealand
1960 $170,216,241 $5,536,098,360
1961 $185,849,535 $5,721,994,864
1962 $194,949,513 $6,133,158,532
1963 $175,757,894 $6,699,741,645
1964 $194,774,513 $7,340,766,415
1965 $213,235,294 $5,706,251,400
1966 $228,705,882 $5,917,437,693
1967 $250,176,471 $6,016,017,227
1968 $229,750,000 $5,228,045,415
1969 $249,300,000 $5,814,357,709
1970 $267,800,000 $6,495,605,331
1971 $282,050,000 $7,911,136,757
1972 $285,380,952 $9,567,331,065
1973 $307,047,619 $12,802,281,898
1974 $433,954,545 $13,940,981,798
1975 $494,791,667 $12,861,983,284
1976 $454,440,000 $13,604,832,424
1977 $449,880,000 $15,446,825,318
1978 $507,080,000 $18,530,518,395
1979 $530,440,000 $20,731,243,113
1980 $603,200,000 $23,244,547,385
1981 $570,357,107 $24,417,617,184
1982 $482,000,000 $24,164,603,059
1983 $489,333,333 $24,309,279,706
1984 $437,631,605 $21,665,975,319
1985 $453,488,372 $24,679,795,396
1986 $504,651,140 $30,604,668,357
1987 $354,591,847 $40,376,354,070
1988 $413,799,990 $45,176,811,594
1989 $379,779,390 $43,920,222,525
1990 $396,582,263 $45,495,129,385
1991 $348,533,095 $42,745,329,732
1992 $373,573,141 $41,649,829,860
1993 $454,101,382 $46,775,620,817
1994 $540,874,934 $55,314,732,279
1995 $621,626,786 $63,918,703,507
1996 $705,406,001 $70,140,835,299
1997 $749,138,010 $66,075,143,415
1998 $717,530,683 $56,227,169,851
1999 $694,754,988 $58,762,260,626
2000 $712,667,897 $52,623,281,957
2001 $712,167,450 $53,872,425,917
2002 $726,131,435 $66,627,729,311
2003 $743,063,950 $88,250,885,550
2004 $787,814,379 $103,905,210,084
2005 $824,880,550 $114,720,129,550
2006 $2,379,817,991 $111,538,810,713
2007 $2,730,971,595 $137,188,946,866
2008 $3,025,187,433 $133,437,126,590
2009 $3,165,663,153 $121,663,439,315
2010 $3,432,912,517 $146,887,902,524
2011 $3,691,384,318 $168,484,908,960
2012 $4,063,088,536 $176,560,711,239
2013 $4,167,800,929 $191,012,364,177
2014 $4,127,660,152 $201,518,402,787
2015 $4,279,840,194 $178,224,167,088
2016 $4,482,697,337 $189,100,085,275
2017 $4,748,174,334 $206,745,969,246
2018 $4,787,636,998 $211,985,631,173
2019 $5,173,760,192 $213,006,341,102
2020 $5,471,256,595 $213,029,554,654
2021 $8,041,362,110 $253,977,931,815
2022 $14,718,388,489 $249,509,991,440
2023 $16,918,503,597 $255,194,972,673
2024 $24,835,899,826 $260,235,932,559

Guyana and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

New Zealand
Year GDP per capita
Guyana New Zealand
1960 $299.1 $2,334
1961 $319 $2,365
1962 $327 $2,471
1963 $288.8 $2,646
1964 $313 $2,839
1965 $336 $2,171
1966 $353 $2,211
1967 $378 $2,208
1968 $340 $1,902
1969 $361 $2,097
1970 $381 $2,311
1971 $396 $2,773
1972 $395 $3,295
1973 $421 $4,323
1974 $588 $4,611
1975 $664 $4,172
1976 $604 $4,374
1977 $593 $4,951
1978 $663 $5,937
1979 $689 $6,668
1980 $779 $7,467
1981 $735 $7,814
1982 $621 $7,656
1983 $631 $7,598
1984 $565 $6,714
1985 $588 $7,601
1986 $657 $9,428
1987 $464 $12,331
1988 $545 $13,759
1989 $503 $13,312
1990 $529 $13,663
1991 $466 $12,230
1992 $498 $11,793
1993 $603 $13,094
1994 $716 $15,280
1995 $820 $17,400
1996 $928 $18,794
1997 $983 $17,474
1998 $940 $14,738
1999 $909 $15,322
2000 $932 $13,641
2001 $932 $13,883
2002 $951 $16,874
2003 $974 $21,914
2004 $1,033 $25,420
2005 $1,084 $27,751
2006 $3,136 $26,655
2007 $3,608 $32,480
2008 $4,009 $31,325
2009 $4,209 $28,277
2010 $4,582 $33,762
2011 $4,947 $38,432
2012 $5,444 $40,054
2013 $5,557 $43,000
2014 $5,473 $44,618
2015 $5,640 $38,665
2016 $5,871 $40,114
2017 $6,179 $42,950
2018 $6,048 $43,257
2019 $6,406 $42,779
2020 $6,776 $41,851
2021 $9,861 $49,689
2022 $17,913 $48,760
2023 $20,474 $48,655
2024 $29,884 $48,747

Guyana vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

New Zealand
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana New Zealand
1950 49.2 69.3
1951 50.2 69.1
1952 51.3 69.4
1953 52.4 70.2
1954 53.3 70.3
1955 54.1 70.5
1956 55.2 70.7
1957 56.1 70.3
1958 56.4 70.9
1959 57 70.8
1960 57.5 71.2
1961 57.9 70.9
1962 58.3 71.2
1963 58.6 71.3
1964 59 71.3
1965 59.1 71.2
1966 59.3 71.1
1967 59.5 71.4
1968 59.7 71.1
1969 59.8 71.5
1970 60 71.2
1971 60.1 71.7
1972 60.1 71.8
1973 60.2 71.7
1974 60.3 71.9
1975 60.4 72.2
1976 60.4 72.4
1977 60.6 72.1
1978 60.6 73
1979 60.7 73.1
1980 60.8 72.9
1981 60.9 73.6
1982 61 73.7
1983 61.2 73.8
1984 61.3 74.4
1985 61.4 73.9
1986 61.5 74.1
1987 61.7 74.2
1988 61.8 74.5
1989 62.1 74.9
1990 62.3 75.4
1991 62.5 76.1
1992 62.8 76.2
1993 63 76.5
1994 63 76.9
1995 62.7 76.8
1996 62.7 76.8
1997 62.9 77.3
1998 63.4 78.2
1999 63.8 77.9
2000 64.1 78.7
2001 64.4 78.7
2002 64.2 78.9
2003 64.1 79.1
2004 64.2 79.4
2005 64.4 80
2006 64.8 80
2007 65.5 80.1
2008 65.7 80.2
2009 66 80.5
2010 66.2 81.1
2011 66.5 80.8
2012 66.4 81.2
2013 66.7 81.6
2014 67.3 81.4
2015 67.7 81.6
2016 68.1 82
2017 68.5 81.6
2018 68.8 81.9
2019 69.1 81.8
2020 67.8 82.7
2021 64.3 82.3
2022 69.9 81
2023 70.2 82.1
2024 70.3 82.2
2025 70.4 82.4

Guyana and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

New Zealand
Year Population
Guyana New Zealand
1960 569,143 2,371,800
1961 582,568 2,419,700
1962 595,461 2,482,000
1963 608,537 2,531,800
1964 621,764 2,585,400
1965 635,128 2,628,400
1966 648,646 2,675,900
1967 662,311 2,724,100
1968 676,160 2,748,100
1969 690,223 2,772,800
1970 702,705 2,810,700
1971 712,662 2,853,000
1972 721,617 2,903,900
1973 730,138 2,961,300
1974 738,057 3,023,700
1975 745,393 3,083,100
1976 752,253 3,110,500
1977 758,654 3,120,200
1978 764,586 3,121,200
1979 770,062 3,109,000
1980 774,367 3,112,900
1981 776,453 3,124,900
1982 776,712 3,156,100
1983 775,891 3,199,300
1984 774,111 3,227,100
1985 771,477 3,247,100
1986 768,098 3,246,300
1987 764,120 3,274,400
1988 759,663 3,283,400
1989 754,865 3,299,200
1990 749,894 3,329,800
1991 747,861 3,495,100
1992 749,911 3,531,700
1993 752,965 3,572,200
1994 755,822 3,620,000
1995 758,388 3,673,400
1996 760,526 3,732,000
1997 762,245 3,781,300
1998 763,586 3,815,000
1999 764,483 3,835,100
2000 764,832 3,857,700
2001 764,477 3,880,500
2002 763,652 3,948,500
2003 763,101 4,027,200
2004 762,418 4,087,500
2005 760,914 4,133,900
2006 758,966 4,184,600
2007 756,861 4,223,800
2008 754,606 4,259,800
2009 752,094 4,302,600
2010 749,256 4,350,700
2011 746,153 4,384,000
2012 746,288 4,408,100
2013 750,021 4,442,100
2014 754,229 4,516,500
2015 758,781 4,609,400
2016 763,548 4,714,100
2017 768,479 4,813,600
2018 791,556 4,900,600
2019 807,665 4,979,200
2020 807,481 5,090,200
2021 815,482 5,111,300
2022 821,637 5,117,100
2023 826,353 5,245,000
2024 831,087 5,338,500

Fertility rates in Guyana and New Zealand

Fertility rate
Guyana

New Zealand
Year Fertility rate
Guyana New Zealand
1960 6.33 4.24
1961 6.34 4.31
1962 6.33 4.19
1963 6.31 4.05
1964 6.23 3.8
1965 6.14 3.54
1966 6.02 3.41
1967 5.89 3.35
1968 5.75 3.34
1969 5.58 3.28
1970 5.41 3.17
1971 5.26 3.18
1972 5.08 3
1973 4.87 2.76
1974 4.64 2.58
1975 4.45 2.37
1976 4.28 2.27
1977 4.12 2.21
1978 3.97 2.07
1979 3.86 2.12
1980 3.77 2.03
1981 3.72 2.01
1982 3.68 1.95
1983 3.64 1.92
1984 3.54 1.93
1985 3.47 1.93
1986 3.38 1.96
1987 3.31 2.03
1988 3.23 2.1
1989 3.19 2.12
1990 3.18 2.18
1991 3.18 2.09
1992 3.19 2.06
1993 3.2 2.04
1994 3.23 1.98
1995 3.24 1.98
1996 3.23 1.96
1997 3.22 1.96
1998 3.18 1.89
1999 3.13 1.97
2000 3.06 1.98
2001 2.96 1.97
2002 2.84 1.89
2003 2.75 1.93
2004 2.68 1.98
2005 2.65 1.97
2006 2.66 2.01
2007 2.68 2.18
2008 2.7 2.19
2009 2.69 2.13
2010 2.68 2.17
2011 2.69 2.09
2012 2.7 2.1
2013 2.71 2.01
2014 2.7 1.92
2015 2.67 1.99
2016 2.63 1.87
2017 2.59 1.81
2018 2.55 1.71
2019 2.52 1.72
2020 2.49 1.61
2021 2.46 1.64
2022 2.44 1.66
2023 2.41 1.56

Guyana and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

New Zealand
Year Median age, years
Guyana New Zealand
1960 16.7 27.5
1961 16.6 27.1
1962 16.4 26.8
1963 16.3 26.4
1964 16.2 26.2
1965 16.1 26
1966 16.1 25.9
1967 16.2 25.8
1968 16.2 25.7
1969 16.4 25.7
1970 16.5 25.6
1971 16.6 25.7
1972 16.7 25.9
1973 16.8 26
1974 17 26.2
1975 17.2 26.3
1976 17.4 26.5
1977 17.6 26.8
1978 17.8 27.1
1979 18 27.5
1980 18.2 27.9
1981 18.4 28.2
1982 18.7 28.5
1983 19 28.8
1984 19.3 29.1
1985 19.6 29.4
1986 19.9 29.8
1987 20.2 30.1
1988 20.5 30.4
1989 20.7 30.8
1990 20.9 31.1
1991 21.1 31.4
1992 21.3 31.7
1993 21.4 32
1994 21.5 32.3
1995 21.7 32.6
1996 21.8 32.8
1997 21.9 33.2
1998 22 33.6
1999 22.1 34
2000 22.2 34.3
2001 22.4 34.6
2002 22.5 34.8
2003 22.7 35
2004 22.9 35.2
2005 23.2 35.5
2006 23.4 35.8
2007 23.6 36.1
2008 23.8 36.4
2009 24 36.6
2010 24.2 36.8
2011 24.4 37
2012 24.5 37.2
2013 24.6 37.4
2014 24.6 37.5
2015 24.7 37.4
2016 24.9 37.3
2017 25 37.2
2018 25.4 37.3
2019 25.7 37.3
2020 25.9 37.5
2021 26.1 37.8
2022 26.4 38.1
2023 26.7 38.3
2024 26.9 38.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana New Zealand
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$247B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
43%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
5.28%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
1.22%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
10,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-5.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
4.72%
2024
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
67.4%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
19.6%
2022
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
78.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
n/a
Number of billionaires n/a
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
112
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$92.9B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$22.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$598M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
996,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
18.8%
2018
Banked people share n/a
97.9%
2024

Energy

Guyana New Zealand
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
3,629 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$14.8
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
35.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
6.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
55.4%
2023
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
28.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
39.7%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
31.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
7,952 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
81.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
59.5%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guyana New Zealand
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.07%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+18,766
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
87.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.83 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
89
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
83
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
91
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
1.11
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
9.6
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
99%
2003
English speaking
90.5%
2023
97.8%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
96.2%
2023

Health

Guyana New Zealand
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$4,804
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$561
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
82.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
3.57
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
27.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
7
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
4.7
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
34.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
6.7%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
90
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
12.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
10 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana New Zealand
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.18%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
19,044 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
37,494 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
38,418 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
60,159 mi
2020

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