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Guyana vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 82nd vs. 117th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana UAE
Population
839919
11372700
Population rank 162/197 86/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$537B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 29/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$49,378
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 24/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$77,959
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$172B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
32.8%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$15,857
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 39/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$40,921
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
27,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
397 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
1.2
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
32.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
83.2 years
2025

Guyana and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Guyana and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP
Guyana

United Arab Emirates
Year GDP
Guyana UAE
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 $685,986,701
1971 $282,050,000 $939,893,600
1972 $285,380,952 $1,415,086,929
1973 $307,047,619 $4,231,243,616
1974 $433,954,545 $11,651,505,689
1975 $494,791,667 $14,720,728,249
1976 $454,440,000 $19,213,158,779
1977 $449,880,000 $24,871,775,165
1978 $507,080,000 $23,775,764,225
1979 $530,440,000 $31,225,659,621
1980 $603,200,000 $43,599,160,050
1981 $570,357,107 $49,333,424,135
1982 $482,000,000 $46,622,718,605
1983 $489,333,333 $42,803,323,345
1984 $437,631,605 $41,807,954,236
1985 $453,488,372 $40,603,650,232
1986 $504,651,140 $33,943,612,095
1987 $354,591,847 $36,384,908,744
1988 $413,799,990 $36,275,674,203
1989 $379,779,390 $41,464,995,914
1990 $396,582,263 $50,701,443,748
1991 $348,533,095 $51,552,165,622
1992 $373,573,141 $54,239,171,888
1993 $454,101,382 $55,625,170,253
1994 $540,874,934 $59,305,093,980
1995 $621,626,786 $65,743,666,576
1996 $705,406,001 $73,571,233,996
1997 $749,138,010 $78,839,008,445
1998 $717,530,683 $75,674,336,283
1999 $694,754,988 $84,445,473,111
2000 $712,667,897 $104,337,372,362
2001 $712,167,450 $103,311,640,572
2002 $726,131,435 $109,816,201,498
2003 $743,063,950 $124,346,358,067
2004 $787,814,379 $147,824,370,320
2005 $824,880,550 $180,617,467,965
2006 $2,379,817,991 $222,116,541,865
2007 $2,730,971,595 $257,916,133,424
2008 $3,025,187,433 $315,474,615,739
2009 $3,165,663,153 $253,547,358,747
2010 $3,432,912,517 $300,189,052,689
2011 $3,691,384,318 $360,832,739,551
2012 $4,063,088,536 $384,610,125,391
2013 $4,167,800,929 $400,218,529,748
2014 $4,127,660,152 $414,105,366,753
2015 $4,279,840,194 $370,275,469,571
2016 $4,482,697,337 $369,255,326,236
2017 $4,748,174,334 $390,516,804,030
2018 $4,787,636,998 $427,049,432,158
2019 $5,173,760,192 $417,989,721,743
2020 $5,471,256,595 $349,473,015,330
2021 $8,041,362,110 $415,178,792,757
2022 $14,718,388,489 $502,731,935,194
2023 $16,918,503,597 $514,130,432,648
2024 $24,835,899,826 $537,078,829,135

Guyana and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

United Arab Emirates
Year GDP per capita
Guyana UAE
1960 $299.1 -
1961 $319 -
1962 $327 -
1963 $288.8 -
1964 $313 -
1965 $336 -
1966 $353 -
1967 $378 -
1968 $340 -
1969 $361 -
1970 $381 $2,394
1971 $396 $2,805
1972 $395 $3,675
1973 $421 $9,696
1974 $588 $23,823
1975 $664 $27,117
1976 $604 $31,197
1977 $593 $35,020
1978 $663 $29,379
1979 $689 $34,238
1980 $779 $42,925
1981 $735 $44,854
1982 $621 $39,972
1983 $631 $34,650
1984 $565 $32,012
1985 $588 $29,468
1986 $657 $23,132
1987 $464 $23,113
1988 $545 $21,570
1989 $503 $23,167
1990 $529 $26,710
1991 $466 $25,691
1992 $498 $25,648
1993 $603 $25,033
1994 $716 $25,473
1995 $820 $27,003
1996 $928 $28,323
1997 $983 $27,983
1998 $940 $24,889
1999 $909 $25,856
2000 $932 $29,866
2001 $932 $27,745
2002 $951 $27,754
2003 $974 $29,660
2004 $1,033 $33,377
2005 $1,084 $38,719
2006 $3,136 $44,343
2007 $3,608 $45,855
2008 $4,009 $50,054
2009 $4,209 $37,803
2010 $4,582 $43,697
2011 $4,947 $50,789
2012 $5,444 $52,034
2013 $5,557 $52,024
2014 $5,473 $51,381
2015 $5,640 $43,535
2016 $5,871 $41,326
2017 $6,179 $42,341
2018 $6,048 $45,690
2019 $6,406 $44,251
2020 $6,776 $37,174
2021 $9,861 $43,360
2022 $17,913 $49,899
2023 $20,474 $49,041
2024 $29,884 $49,378

Guyana vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

United Arab Emirates
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana UAE
1950 49.2 42.1
1951 50.2 42.9
1952 51.3 43.6
1953 52.4 44.4
1954 53.3 45.2
1955 54.1 46
1956 55.2 46.9
1957 56.1 47.8
1958 56.4 48.8
1959 57 49.7
1960 57.5 50.7
1961 57.9 51.6
1962 58.3 52.5
1963 58.6 53.5
1964 59 54.5
1965 59.1 55.5
1966 59.3 56.6
1967 59.5 57.6
1968 59.7 58.7
1969 59.8 59.8
1970 60 60.8
1971 60.1 61.8
1972 60.1 62.7
1973 60.2 63.5
1974 60.3 64.4
1975 60.4 65.1
1976 60.4 65.8
1977 60.6 66.5
1978 60.6 67.1
1979 60.7 67.6
1980 60.8 68.2
1981 60.9 68.6
1982 61 69.1
1983 61.2 69.4
1984 61.3 69.8
1985 61.4 70.1
1986 61.5 70.4
1987 61.7 70.6
1988 61.8 70.8
1989 62.1 71
1990 62.3 71.1
1991 62.5 71.1
1992 62.8 71.2
1993 63 71.2
1994 63 71.2
1995 62.7 71.4
1996 62.7 71.8
1997 62.9 72.6
1998 63.4 73.7
1999 63.8 75
2000 64.1 76.3
2001 64.4 77.6
2002 64.2 78.7
2003 64.1 79.6
2004 64.2 80.3
2005 64.4 80.8
2006 64.8 81.2
2007 65.5 81.4
2008 65.7 81.6
2009 66 81.7
2010 66.2 81.9
2011 66.5 81.9
2012 66.4 81.9
2013 66.7 82
2014 67.3 82
2015 67.7 82.1
2016 68.1 82.2
2017 68.5 82.4
2018 68.8 82.4
2019 69.1 82.6
2020 67.8 81.9
2021 64.3 79.1
2022 69.9 80.5
2023 70.2 82.9
2024 70.3 83.1
2025 70.4 83.2

Guyana and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

United Arab Emirates
Year Population
Guyana UAE
1960 569,143 131,334
1961 582,568 137,989
1962 595,461 144,946
1963 608,537 152,211
1964 621,764 159,692
1965 635,128 167,103
1966 648,646 173,976
1967 662,311 179,700
1968 676,160 199,416
1969 690,223 239,660
1970 702,705 286,536
1971 712,662 335,027
1972 721,617 385,014
1973 730,138 436,399
1974 738,057 489,087
1975 745,393 542,856
1976 752,253 615,866
1977 758,654 710,209
1978 764,586 809,274
1979 770,062 912,010
1980 774,367 1,015,700
1981 776,453 1,099,855
1982 776,712 1,166,370
1983 775,891 1,235,305
1984 774,111 1,305,996
1985 771,477 1,377,911
1986 768,098 1,467,383
1987 764,120 1,574,244
1988 759,663 1,681,788
1989 754,865 1,789,851
1990 749,894 1,898,220
1991 747,861 2,006,626
1992 749,911 2,114,730
1993 752,965 2,222,093
1994 755,822 2,328,188
1995 758,388 2,434,662
1996 760,526 2,597,564
1997 762,245 2,817,410
1998 763,586 3,040,421
1999 764,483 3,266,009
2000 764,832 3,493,575
2001 764,477 3,723,590
2002 763,652 3,956,826
2003 763,101 4,192,457
2004 762,418 4,428,967
2005 760,914 4,664,790
2006 758,966 5,009,100
2007 756,861 5,624,635
2008 754,606 6,302,664
2009 752,094 6,707,058
2010 749,256 6,869,838
2011 746,153 7,104,538
2012 746,288 7,391,448
2013 750,021 7,693,031
2014 754,229 8,059,440
2015 758,781 8,505,237
2016 763,548 8,935,095
2017 768,479 9,223,225
2018 791,556 9,346,701
2019 807,665 9,445,785
2020 807,481 9,401,038
2021 815,482 9,575,152
2022 821,637 10,074,977
2023 826,353 10,483,751
2024 831,087 10,876,981

Fertility rates in Guyana and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate
Guyana

United Arab Emirates
Year Fertility rate
Guyana UAE
1960 6.33 6.5
1961 6.34 6.49
1962 6.33 6.49
1963 6.31 6.5
1964 6.23 6.49
1965 6.14 6.5
1966 6.02 6.5
1967 5.89 6.51
1968 5.75 6.53
1969 5.58 6.52
1970 5.41 6.52
1971 5.26 6.52
1972 5.08 6.5
1973 4.87 6.46
1974 4.64 6.41
1975 4.45 6.35
1976 4.28 6.29
1977 4.12 6.22
1978 3.97 6.15
1979 3.86 6.06
1980 3.77 5.95
1981 3.72 5.81
1982 3.68 5.66
1983 3.64 5.48
1984 3.54 5.3
1985 3.47 5.13
1986 3.38 5
1987 3.31 4.88
1988 3.23 4.77
1989 3.19 4.65
1990 3.18 4.51
1991 3.18 4.25
1992 3.19 4.09
1993 3.2 3.82
1994 3.23 3.76
1995 3.24 3.28
1996 3.23 3.06
1997 3.22 2.83
1998 3.18 2.77
1999 3.13 2.79
2000 3.06 2.73
2001 2.96 2.62
2002 2.84 2.54
2003 2.75 2.49
2004 2.68 2.38
2005 2.65 2.23
2006 2.66 1.96
2007 2.68 1.79
2008 2.7 1.52
2009 2.69 1.58
2010 2.68 1.57
2011 2.69 1.54
2012 2.7 1.53
2013 2.71 1.53
2014 2.7 1.48
2015 2.67 1.42
2016 2.63 1.37
2017 2.59 1.35
2018 2.55 1.29
2019 2.52 1.25
2020 2.49 1.29
2021 2.46 1.16
2022 2.44 1.15
2023 2.41 1.2

Guyana and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

United Arab Emirates
Year Median age, years
Guyana UAE
1960 16.7 19.6
1961 16.6 20.1
1962 16.4 20.6
1963 16.3 21
1964 16.2 21.5
1965 16.1 22
1966 16.1 22.6
1967 16.2 23.3
1968 16.2 23.5
1969 16.4 23.1
1970 16.5 23
1971 16.6 23.2
1972 16.7 23.6
1973 16.8 24.1
1974 17 24.7
1975 17.2 25.4
1976 17.4 25.6
1977 17.6 25.4
1978 17.8 25.5
1979 18 25.8
1980 18.2 26.2
1981 18.4 26.4
1982 18.7 26.4
1983 19 26.4
1984 19.3 26.4
1985 19.6 26.6
1986 19.9 26.5
1987 20.2 26.1
1988 20.5 25.9
1989 20.7 25.8
1990 20.9 25.8
1991 21.1 26
1992 21.3 26.4
1993 21.4 26.8
1994 21.5 27.4
1995 21.7 28
1996 21.8 28.1
1997 21.9 27.9
1998 22 27.9
1999 22.1 28
2000 22.2 28.2
2001 22.4 28.6
2002 22.5 29.1
2003 22.7 29.6
2004 22.9 30.3
2005 23.2 30.9
2006 23.4 31.4
2007 23.6 31.6
2008 23.8 31.6
2009 24 31.6
2010 24.2 31.7
2011 24.4 31.7
2012 24.5 31.7
2013 24.6 31.7
2014 24.6 31.8
2015 24.7 31.8
2016 24.9 31.8
2017 25 31.8
2018 25.4 31.8
2019 25.7 31.8
2020 25.9 31.8
2021 26.1 31.9
2022 26.4 31.9
2023 26.7 32.2
2024 26.9 32.6

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Finance

Guyana UAE
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$538B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
24%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
3.89%
2021
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
5.64%
2014
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
63,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
+2.89%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
1.88%
2024
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
51.6%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
47.7%
2023
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
71.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
20.5%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2.8%
2018
Number of millionaires n/a
202,201
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.34%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
154
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$1.05T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$238B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
8,084,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
n/a
Banked people share n/a
85.7%
2021

Energy

Guyana UAE
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
8,336 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$8.85
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
206 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
19.6 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
92.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
7.24%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-171.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
14,688 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
4.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
13.3%
2022
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guyana UAE
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+278,439
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
88%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.71 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
83.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
68
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
65
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
0.75
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
8.9
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
179
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
98.8%
2024
English speaking
90.5%
2023
65%
2025
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
100%
2024

Health

Guyana UAE
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$2,315
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$284.4
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
83.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
2.91
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
5
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
32.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
20.7%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
11
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
2.08 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana UAE
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.05%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
2,521 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
1,512 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
1,225 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
2,535 mi
2008

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