Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966 and became a republic in 1970. In 1989 Guyana launched an Economic Recovery Program, which marked a dramatic reversal from a state-controlled, socialist economy towards a more open, free market system. Results through the first decade have proven encouraging.
Demographic Data
Capital: Georgetown
Government type: Democracy
Government stability: 95.6%
Government efficiency: 66.2%
Population's support to government: 96.1%
Area: 196,850 square kilometers
Habitable land: 92.0%
Farmable land: 3.0%
Total population: 723 thousands
Population's growth: -0.8%
Country's development level: 6,330
Economic Data
GNP: 1,400,000,000
Industralisation: 36.2%
International funding: 3,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 690
Military Data
Technological generation: 1
Number of rebels: 14
Rebels development: 5,697
Rebels technological access: 4,430