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Guyana

Guyana's best placing is 2nd of 194 for forest per person.

Best placing: #2Forest per person
Top 10 placings: 3 / 14
Population: 835,986
Land area: 211,140 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Guyana is.

Forest per person

#2 of 194

0.2200 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#5 of 194

0.253 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#6 of 194

87.1 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#13 of 192

65.79 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#16 of 179

2,387 mm of precipitation per year

2nd in South America · World Bank · 2022

Forest

#35 of 194

183,877 km² of forest

8th in South America · World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#33 of 182

32,414 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Land area

#82 of 194

211,140 km² of land

10th in South America · World Bank · 2023

Airports

#82 of 193

55 airports

11th in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports by area

#118 of 191

2.60 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#116 of 182

27,097,477,218 US$ (current prices)

11th in South America · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#98 of 151

459 km of coastline

9th in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Population

#162 of 195

835,986 people

11th in South America · World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#190 of 194

3.96 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

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