6th lowest population density4 per km² · #6 of 209 · 2025
6th highest forest cover87.1% · #6 of 207 · 2023
9th highest GDP per person (PPP)Int$97,899 · #9 of 198 · 2025
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COUNTRYDUEL AMERICAS
Surprising facts about Guyana
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Guyana’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Guyana among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Guyana sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Guyana across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Guyana
vs Brazil 
vs Suriname 
vs Venezuela