Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS in Guyana
Guyana: Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS was 7.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Guyana, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 7.2% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 59.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Guyana peaked at 18.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2025.
That places Guyana 183rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.7% | — |
| 2001 | 16.6% | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 16.9% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 13.8% | -18.3% |
| 2004 | 11.1% | -19.8% |
| 2005 | 13.8% | +24.8% |
| 2006 | 13.5% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 11.5% | -14.5% |
| 2009 | 10.3% | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 12.0% | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 11.8% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 10.3% | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 18.9% | +84.0% |
| 2015 | 17.9% | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 18.8% | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 17.7% | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | -8.9% |
| 2025 | 7.2% | -55.2% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 7.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 11.4%, 63% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 7.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13.4%, 54% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS in Guyana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +84.0% | 10.3% | 18.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.9% | 10.3% | 17.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 10.3% | 18.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More education data for Guyana
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6,700 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 536 (2010)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 15,835 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 15,230 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 69,542 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 94,786 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1141 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Guyana?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Guyana was 7.2% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 18.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2025.
- How does Guyana rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Guyana ranks 183rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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