GUYANA:  Some basic figures
A. Socio-Economic indicators:	1990		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Population	750,000		748,989	750,232	751,218	751,174
GDP (US$ billions)	0.6		0.74	0.79	0.79	0.90
GDP per capita (US$)	1,464		965	1,047	1,048	1,219
Total external debt (US $ million)	1,030		1,219.9	1,144.11	1,023
Total debt service (as % of GDP)	74.5		7.8	6.2	4.2
Total debt service (as % of exports of goods & services)	20.6	*	9.5	5.9	3.7
Rate of unemployment (%): 2000	9.1	9	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1
Rate of inflation (%)	55.6		5	5	4	7.9
Life expectancy at birth (years)	64.2		63.1	63.6	65.2
% Adult Literary rate (age 15+)	97.2		96.5	96.5
% people living below $1 a day (1990-2004)	2.0		2.0	2.0
Prevalence of HIV (% of population aged 15-49)	2.7		2		2.4
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP)	3.4		8.4	5.5	8.5
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP)	4.3		4.0	4.4
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP)			0.8
Military expenditure (% of GDP)	0.9
Total Net Official Development Assistance (US$ million)	168.31		86.6	134.01	138.11	172.93
Foreign Direct Investment (US$ million)			26.1	30	76.8
Workers' remittances & compensation of employees (US $ million)			99.0	153.0	201.0	201.0
B. Other Key Indicators/Indices & Rank
Human Development Index (rank among countries) **	105		107	103	97
Overall Economic Freedom Index (rank among countries)			132	121	88	93	118
Fiscal Freedom (scale 0 to 100)***			60.3	60.9	60.3	60.3	67.1
Investment Freedom (scale 0 to 100)***			50	50	50	50	50
Freedom from corruption (scale 0 to 100)***			30	30	30	30	25
Corruption Perception Index (rank among countries)****					117	121	123
Footnotes:
* refers to 1992
** Among 173 in 1990, and 177 countries for the years 2003-2005
*** 100 represents the maximum freedom
**** Ranking among 179 countries with 1 being the least corrupt and 179 the most corrupt
Sources:
http://stats.oecd.org/
http://www.heritage.org/
http://www.transparency.org/
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
http://www.worldbank.org