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Guyana vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 82nd vs. 60th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Zimbabwe
Population
839919
17210092
Population rank 162/197 74/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$44.2B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 99/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$2,656
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 144/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$3,922
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$41.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
58.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$2,513
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 111/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$2,797
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
149,364 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
111.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
3.72
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
19 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
63.3 years
2025

Guyana and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Zimbabwe
Year GDP
Guyana Zimbabwe
1960 $170,216,241 $1,052,990,485
1961 $185,849,535 $1,096,646,688
1962 $194,949,513 $1,117,601,690
1963 $175,757,894 $1,159,511,793
1964 $194,774,513 $1,217,138,098
1965 $213,235,294 $1,311,435,906
1966 $228,705,882 $1,281,749,603
1967 $250,176,471 $1,397,002,112
1968 $229,750,000 $1,479,600,019
1969 $249,300,000 $1,747,998,941
1970 $267,800,000 $1,884,206,452
1971 $282,050,000 $2,178,716,475
1972 $285,380,952 $2,677,729,616
1973 $307,047,619 $3,309,353,866
1974 $433,954,545 $3,982,161,721
1975 $494,791,667 $4,371,301,052
1976 $454,440,000 $4,318,372,348
1977 $449,880,000 $4,364,382,451
1978 $507,080,000 $4,351,600,850
1979 $530,440,000 $5,177,459,817
1980 $603,200,000 $6,678,868,738
1981 $570,357,107 $8,011,374,445
1982 $482,000,000 $8,539,701,388
1983 $489,333,333 $7,764,067,625
1984 $437,631,605 $6,352,126,411
1985 $453,488,372 $5,637,259,754
1986 $504,651,140 $6,217,524,201
1987 $354,591,847 $6,741,215,643
1988 $413,799,990 $7,814,784,729
1989 $379,779,390 $8,286,323,367
1990 $396,582,263 $8,783,817,407
1991 $348,533,095 $8,641,482,396
1992 $373,573,141 $6,751,472,744
1993 $454,101,382 $6,563,813,829
1994 $540,874,934 $6,890,675,555
1995 $621,626,786 $7,111,271,273
1996 $705,406,001 $8,553,147,289
1997 $749,138,010 $8,529,572,287
1998 $717,530,683 $6,401,968,715
1999 $694,754,988 $6,858,013,652
2000 $712,667,897 $6,689,958,139
2001 $712,167,450 $6,777,385,246
2002 $726,131,435 $6,342,116,911
2003 $743,063,950 $5,727,592,261
2004 $787,814,379 $5,805,598,867
2005 $824,880,550 $5,755,215,663
2006 $2,379,817,991 $5,443,896,938
2007 $2,730,971,595 $5,291,950,526
2008 $3,025,187,433 $4,415,703,156
2009 $3,165,663,153 $9,665,815,601
2010 $3,432,912,517 $12,041,602,762
2011 $3,691,384,318 $14,101,801,031
2012 $4,063,088,536 $17,114,762,914
2013 $4,167,800,929 $19,091,004,042
2014 $4,127,660,152 $19,495,547,523
2015 $4,279,840,194 $19,963,058,858
2016 $4,482,697,337 $20,548,759,858
2017 $4,748,174,334 $51,074,726,484
2018 $4,787,636,998 $34,156,057,417
2019 $5,173,760,192 $25,715,657,177
2020 $5,471,256,595 $26,868,564,055
2021 $8,041,362,110 $27,240,507,842
2022 $14,718,388,489 $32,789,657,378
2023 $16,918,503,597 $35,231,369,343
2024 $24,835,899,826 $44,187,704,410

Guyana and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Zimbabwe
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Zimbabwe
1960 $299.1 $276.4
1961 $319 $279
1962 $327 $275.5
1963 $288.8 $277
1964 $313 $281.7
1965 $336 $294.1
1966 $353 $278.6
1967 $378 $294.2
1968 $340 $302
1969 $361 $346
1970 $381 $361
1971 $396 $405
1972 $395 $483
1973 $421 $579
1974 $588 $674
1975 $664 $717
1976 $604 $687
1977 $593 $677
1978 $663 $665
1979 $689 $779
1980 $779 $949
1981 $735 $1,068
1982 $621 $1,095
1983 $631 $959
1984 $565 $757
1985 $588 $649
1986 $657 $692
1987 $464 $726
1988 $545 $815
1989 $503 $840
1990 $529 $866
1991 $466 $831
1992 $498 $631
1993 $603 $604
1994 $716 $634
1995 $820 $648
1996 $928 $767
1997 $983 $750
1998 $940 $552
1999 $909 $582
2000 $932 $563
2001 $932 $566
2002 $951 $525
2003 $974 $468
2004 $1,033 $469
2005 $1,084 $461
2006 $3,136 $431
2007 $3,608 $413
2008 $4,009 $341
2009 $4,209 $735
2010 $4,582 $902
2011 $4,947 $1,037
2012 $5,444 $1,239
2013 $5,557 $1,362
2014 $5,473 $1,372
2015 $5,640 $1,386
2016 $5,871 $1,407
2017 $6,179 $3,448
2018 $6,048 $2,272
2019 $6,406 $1,684
2020 $6,776 $1,730
2021 $9,861 $1,724
2022 $17,913 $2,041
2023 $20,474 $2,156
2024 $29,884 $2,656

Guyana vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Zimbabwe
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Zimbabwe
1950 49.2 49.4
1951 50.2 49.8
1952 51.3 50.2
1953 52.4 50.6
1954 53.3 51
1955 54.1 51.4
1956 55.2 51.8
1957 56.1 52.2
1958 56.4 52.6
1959 57 53
1960 57.5 53.5
1961 57.9 54
1962 58.3 54.5
1963 58.6 54.9
1964 59 55.4
1965 59.1 55.9
1966 59.3 56.4
1967 59.5 56.8
1968 59.7 57.1
1969 59.8 57.5
1970 60 57.8
1971 60.1 58
1972 60.1 58.2
1973 60.2 58.1
1974 60.3 58.2
1975 60.4 58.2
1976 60.4 57.6
1977 60.6 57
1978 60.6 54.7
1979 60.7 54.9
1980 60.8 59.1
1981 60.9 59.4
1982 61 59.9
1983 61.2 60
1984 61.3 60.6
1985 61.4 60.9
1986 61.5 61
1987 61.7 60.7
1988 61.8 60.2
1989 62.1 59.4
1990 62.3 58.3
1991 62.5 57
1992 62.8 55.6
1993 63 54
1994 63 52.5
1995 62.7 51.1
1996 62.7 49
1997 62.9 48.5
1998 63.4 47.6
1999 63.8 46.4
2000 64.1 46
2001 64.4 44.5
2002 64.2 45.9
2003 64.1 45.4
2004 64.2 46
2005 64.4 46.6
2006 64.8 47.1
2007 65.5 47.6
2008 65.7 48.5
2009 66 49.7
2010 66.2 51.9
2011 66.5 53.9
2012 66.4 55.4
2013 66.7 56.8
2014 67.3 58.1
2015 67.7 59
2016 68.1 59.8
2017 68.5 60.3
2018 68.8 60.9
2019 69.1 61.1
2020 67.8 61.5
2021 64.3 60.1
2022 69.9 62.4
2023 70.2 62.8
2024 70.3 63.1
2025 70.4 63.3

Guyana and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Zimbabwe
Year Population
Guyana Zimbabwe
1960 569,143 3,809,389
1961 582,568 3,930,401
1962 595,461 4,055,959
1963 608,537 4,185,877
1964 621,764 4,320,006
1965 635,128 4,458,462
1966 648,646 4,601,217
1967 662,311 4,748,307
1968 676,160 4,900,440
1969 690,223 5,058,181
1970 702,705 5,215,918
1971 712,662 5,374,712
1972 721,617 5,542,445
1973 730,138 5,720,404
1974 738,057 5,908,328
1975 745,393 6,098,658
1976 752,253 6,287,105
1977 758,654 6,449,512
1978 764,586 6,543,575
1979 770,062 6,647,556
1980 774,367 7,041,303
1981 776,453 7,498,635
1982 776,712 7,796,496
1983 775,891 8,098,404
1984 774,111 8,391,488
1985 771,477 8,686,813
1986 768,098 8,982,578
1987 764,120 9,284,644
1988 759,663 9,583,094
1989 754,865 9,864,798
1990 749,894 10,137,281
1991 747,861 10,404,816
1992 749,911 10,702,700
1993 752,965 10,860,288
1994 755,822 10,873,148
1995 758,388 10,974,599
1996 760,526 11,158,360
1997 762,245 11,369,827
1998 763,586 11,594,297
1999 764,483 11,783,458
2000 764,832 11,892,055
2001 764,477 11,971,901
2002 763,652 12,087,653
2003 763,101 12,232,323
2004 762,418 12,365,896
2005 760,914 12,483,432
2006 758,966 12,636,445
2007 756,861 12,804,058
2008 754,606 12,959,149
2009 752,094 13,142,790
2010 749,256 13,356,548
2011 746,153 13,595,424
2012 746,288 13,817,887
2013 750,021 14,013,808
2014 754,229 14,207,359
2015 758,781 14,399,013
2016 763,548 14,600,294
2017 768,479 14,812,482
2018 791,556 15,034,452
2019 807,665 15,271,368
2020 807,481 15,526,888
2021 815,482 15,797,210
2022 821,637 16,069,056
2023 826,353 16,340,822
2024 831,087 16,634,373

Fertility rates in Guyana and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate
Guyana

Zimbabwe
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Zimbabwe
1960 6.33 7.2
1961 6.34 7.21
1962 6.33 7.23
1963 6.31 7.23
1964 6.23 7.23
1965 6.14 7.23
1966 6.02 7.2
1967 5.89 7.16
1968 5.75 7.11
1969 5.58 7.04
1970 5.41 6.98
1971 5.26 6.94
1972 5.08 6.94
1973 4.87 6.94
1974 4.64 6.88
1975 4.45 6.83
1976 4.28 6.77
1977 4.12 6.71
1978 3.97 6.66
1979 3.86 6.59
1980 3.77 6.52
1981 3.72 6.45
1982 3.68 6.33
1983 3.64 6.2
1984 3.54 6.04
1985 3.47 5.87
1986 3.38 5.69
1987 3.31 5.5
1988 3.23 5.28
1989 3.19 5.07
1990 3.18 4.88
1991 3.18 4.72
1992 3.19 4.57
1993 3.2 4.39
1994 3.23 4.28
1995 3.24 4.15
1996 3.23 4.11
1997 3.22 4.08
1998 3.18 4.07
1999 3.13 4.06
2000 3.06 4.01
2001 2.96 3.98
2002 2.84 3.93
2003 2.75 3.86
2004 2.68 3.78
2005 2.65 3.69
2006 2.66 3.64
2007 2.68 3.68
2008 2.7 3.78
2009 2.69 3.95
2010 2.68 4.04
2011 2.69 4.13
2012 2.7 4.13
2013 2.71 4.11
2014 2.7 4.01
2015 2.67 3.91
2016 2.63 3.83
2017 2.59 3.77
2018 2.55 3.74
2019 2.52 3.75
2020 2.49 3.75
2021 2.46 3.77
2022 2.44 3.77
2023 2.41 3.72

Guyana and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Zimbabwe
Year Median age, years
Guyana Zimbabwe
1960 16.7 16.4
1961 16.6 16.2
1962 16.4 16
1963 16.3 15.8
1964 16.2 15.7
1965 16.1 15.7
1966 16.1 15.7
1967 16.2 15.7
1968 16.2 15.7
1969 16.4 15.7
1970 16.5 15.7
1971 16.6 15.8
1972 16.7 15.8
1973 16.8 15.8
1974 17 15.9
1975 17.2 15.9
1976 17.4 15.8
1977 17.6 15.8
1978 17.8 15.7
1979 18 15.6
1980 18.2 15.6
1981 18.4 15.7
1982 18.7 15.8
1983 19 15.8
1984 19.3 15.8
1985 19.6 15.9
1986 19.9 15.9
1987 20.2 15.9
1988 20.5 15.9
1989 20.7 16.1
1990 20.9 16.3
1991 21.1 16.5
1992 21.3 16.4
1993 21.4 16.3
1994 21.5 16.4
1995 21.7 16.6
1996 21.8 16.9
1997 21.9 17.2
1998 22 17.5
1999 22.1 17.7
2000 22.2 17.8
2001 22.4 18
2002 22.5 18.1
2003 22.7 18.2
2004 22.9 18.3
2005 23.2 18.3
2006 23.4 18.5
2007 23.6 18.5
2008 23.8 18.5
2009 24 18.4
2010 24.2 18.3
2011 24.4 18.2
2012 24.5 18.1
2013 24.6 18
2014 24.6 18
2015 24.7 18
2016 24.9 18
2017 25 18.1
2018 25.4 18.2
2019 25.7 18.3
2020 25.9 18.5
2021 26.1 18.6
2022 26.4 18.7
2023 26.7 18.9
2024 26.9 19

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Finance

Guyana Zimbabwe
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$37.6B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
19.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
0.38%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
0.25%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
51,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-0.5%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
9.29%
2023
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
55.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
31.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
35.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
40.5%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
1.9%
2019
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
69
1999
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.46B
1999
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$485M
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$3.6B
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
639,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
1.25%
2020
Banked people share n/a
49.5%
2024

Energy

Guyana Zimbabwe
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
417 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$8.55
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
11.7 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
0.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
45.3%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
82.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
7.59%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
17%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
539 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
72.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
67.6%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
62%
2023

Society

Guyana Zimbabwe
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.2%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
-60,528
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
32.7%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.6 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
28.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
21
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
46
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
0.51
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
41.2
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
72
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
89.8%
2022
English speaking
90.5%
2023
82.1%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
38.4%
2023

Health

Guyana Zimbabwe
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$70.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$5.76
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
63.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
50%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
0.17
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
20.3 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
358
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
44.2
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
14.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
1.5%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
29
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
11.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
2.67 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Zimbabwe
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.26%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
8,979 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
62,422 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
66,820 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
60,439 mi
2019

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