The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Stock of quasi money:
$728.8 million (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$739.3 million (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, rice, shrimp, fish, vegetable oils; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products
Industries:
bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining
Industrial production growth rate:
−26.4% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
901 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
747 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 99.4% hydro: 0.6% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
10,440 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
10,960 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Current account balance:
-$157 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$683 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber
Exports - partners:
Canada 18.7%, US 16.5%, UK 9.1%, Portugal 7.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 5.2%, France 4.7%, Netherlands 4.6%, Jamaica 4% (2007)
Imports:
$1.006 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food
Imports - partners:
Trinidad and Tobago 26.2%, US 20.5%, Cuba 7.2%, China 7.1%, UK 5.4% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$136.8 million (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$313 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.2 billion (2002)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$187.3 million (2005)
Currency (code):
Guyanese dollar (GYD)
Currency code:
GYD
Exchange rates:
Guyanese dollars (GYD) per US dollar - 201.89 (2007), 200.28 (2006), 200.79 (2005), 198.31 (2004), 193.88 (2003)
Communications
Guyana
Telephones - main lines in use:
110,100 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
281,400 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: fair system for long-distance service domestic: microwave radio relay network for trunk lines; fixed-line teledensity is about 15 per 100 persons; many areas still lack fixed-line telephone services; mobile-cellular teledensity reached 37 per 100 persons in 2005 international: country code - 592; tropospheric scatter to Trinidad; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
420,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
3 (1 public station; 2 private stations which relay US satellite services) (1997)
Televisions:
46,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.gy
Internet hosts:
6,218 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
3 (2000)
Internet users:
190,000 (2007)
Transportation
Guyana
Airports:
93 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 under 914 m: 6 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 84 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 69 (2007)
Roadways:
total: 7,970 km paved: 590 km unpaved: 7,380 km (2000)
Waterways:
Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2006)
Merchant marine:
total: 8 by type: cargo 6, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1 registered in other countries: 3 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, unknown 1) (2008)
Ports and terminals:
Georgetown
Military
Guyana
Military branches:
Guyana Defense Force: Army (includes Coast Guard, Air Corps) (2007)
Military service age and obligation:
18–25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16–49: 220,797 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16–49: 150,623 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 6,713 female: 6,451 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures: