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Guyana vs Venezuela

96 shared metrics.

GuyanaLeads in 49

vs96 shared

VenezuelaLeads in 47

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Guyana

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Guyana's Kaieteur Falls drops about 225 m in one plunge inside the country's oldest national park.

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Venezuela

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Identity

Formal name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: in 1499, the stilt-houses built on Lake Maracaibo reminded explorers Alonso de OJEDA and Amerigo VESPUCCI of buildings in Venice, Italy, and they named the…

CIA 2026

Analysis

Guyana leads in 49 of 96 shared metrics, while Venezuela leads in 47.

Guyana's Solar Electricity Share is 144.0x that of Venezuela (1.4% vs 0.01%).

Guyana's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 24.7x that of Venezuela (34.99% of GDP vs 1.4% of GDP).

Guyana's GDP Growth Rate is 7.3x that of Venezuela (43.82% vs 5.3%).

Guyana's Liberal Democracy Index is 6.8x that of Venezuela (0.33 vs 0.04).

Guyana's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 6.5x that of Venezuela (644.93 gCO2/kWh vs 85.86 gCO2/kWh).

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareGuyana leads

Guyana

1.4%

Venezuela

0.01%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Guyana leads

Guyana

34.99% of GDP

Venezuela

1.4% of GDP

GDP Growth RateGuyana leads

Guyana

43.82%

Venezuela

5.3%

Liberal Democracy IndexGuyana leads

Guyana

0.33

Venezuela

0.04

Electricity Carbon IntensityGuyana leads

Guyana

644.93 gCO2/kWh

Venezuela

85.86 gCO2/kWh

GNI Per CapitaGuyana leads

Guyana

$20,140

Venezuela

$3,820

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

Guyana

1.4%

Venezuela

0.01%

14400% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Guyana

34.99% of GDP

Venezuela

1.4% of GDP

2468% higher

GDP Growth Rate

Guyana

43.82%

Venezuela

5.3%

727% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Guyana

0.33

Venezuela

0.04

681% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Guyana

644.93 gCO2/kWh

Venezuela

85.86 gCO2/kWh

651% higher

GNI Per Capita

Guyana

$20,140

Venezuela

$3,820

427% higher

Freedom of Expression Index

Guyana

0.77

Venezuela

0.15

421% higher

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Guyana

12.9% of GDP

Venezuela

2.6% of GDP

396% higher

Corruption Perceptions Index

Guyana

40 pts

Venezuela

10 pts

300% higher

Beer Consumption

Guyana

2.5 L/person/yr

Venezuela

0.78 L/person/yr

221% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Guyana

0.13 per 100k people

Venezuela

0.04 per 100k people

207% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Suicide Rate

Guyana

24.78 per 100k

Venezuela

8.6 per 100k

187% higher

Electoral Democracy Index

Guyana

0.52

Venezuela

0.18

185% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Guyana

2.6 per 1k

Venezuela

1.0 per 1k

160% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Guyana

$531.63

Venezuela

$208.57

155% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Guyana

5.0 L/adult/yr

Venezuela

2.0 L/adult/yr

153% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Guyana

24.64 kg/person/yr

Venezuela

10.18 kg/person/yr

142% higher

Spirits Consumption

Guyana

2.3 L/person/yr

Venezuela

0.95 L/person/yr

141% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Guyana

24.9% of youth labor force

Venezuela

10.44% of youth labor force

138% higher

Air Passengers

Venezuela

Guyana

7.5K

Venezuela

1.78M

100% lower

Comparison of Guyana and Venezuela across 96 metrics
				Winner
Solar Electricity Share	1.4%	0.01%	14400% higher	Guyana
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	34.99% of GDP	1.4% of GDP	2468% higher	Guyana
GDP Growth Rate	43.82%	5.3%	727% higher	Guyana
Liberal Democracy Index	0.33	0.04	681% higher	Guyana
Electricity Carbon Intensity	644.93 gCO2/kWh	85.86 gCO2/kWh	651% higher	Guyana
GNI Per Capita	$20,140	$3,820	427% higher	Guyana
Freedom of Expression Index	0.77	0.15	421% higher	Guyana
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	12.9% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	396% higher	Guyana
Corruption Perceptions Index	40 pts	10 pts	300% higher	Guyana
Beer Consumption	2.5 L/person/yr	0.78 L/person/yr	221% higher	Guyana
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.13 per 100k people	0.04 per 100k people	207% higher	Guyana
Suicide Rate	24.78 per 100k	8.6 per 100k	187% higher	Guyana
Electoral Democracy Index	0.52	0.18	185% higher	Guyana
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.6 per 1k	1.0 per 1k	160% higher	Guyana
Health Spending Per Capita	$531.63	$208.57	155% higher	Guyana
Alcohol Consumption	5.0 L/adult/yr	2.0 L/adult/yr	153% higher	Guyana
Seafood Consumption per Person	24.64 kg/person/yr	10.18 kg/person/yr	142% higher	Guyana
Spirits Consumption	2.3 L/person/yr	0.95 L/person/yr	141% higher	Guyana
Youth Unemployment Rate	24.9% of youth labor force	10.44% of youth labor force	138% higher	Guyana
Air Passengers	7.5K	1.78M	100% lower	Venezuela
Capital Elevation	3.0 m	920 m	100% lower	Venezuela
Inflation Rate	2.9%	200.9%	99% lower	Venezuela
Armed Forces Personnel	3.0K	343.0K	99% lower	Venezuela
Electric Generating Capacity	259.0K kW	33.49M kW	99% lower	Venezuela
Electricity Generation	1.3 TWh	83.32 TWh	98% lower	Venezuela
Population	794.1K	31.76M	97% lower	Venezuela
Total CO2 Emissions	3.8 Mt CO2e	96.41 Mt CO2e	96% lower	Venezuela
All-Time Olympic Medals	1.0 medals	19 medals	95% lower	Venezuela
Water Withdrawal	1.4 B m³	22.62 B m³	94% lower	Venezuela
Scientific Publications	28.87	512.19	94% lower	Venezuela
Vehicles per 1,000 People	20.93 per 1k people	260.02 per 1k people	92% lower	Venezuela
Airports	59	518	89% lower	Venezuela
Population Density	3.9 /km²	32.09 /km²	88% lower	Venezuela
Agricultural Land (%)	3.4%	24.38%	86% lower	Venezuela
Unemployment Rate	10.16%	5.5%	86% higher	Guyana
Irrigated Land	1.4K km²	10.6K km²	86% lower	Venezuela
Protected Land (%)	8.4%	56.8%	85% lower	Venezuela
Coastline Length	459 km	2.8K km	84% lower	Venezuela
Water Stress (%)	0.60%	2.8%	79% lower	Venezuela
GDP (Nominal)	$24,662,709,832.13	$119,802,963,257.78	79% lower	Venezuela
Women in Parliament (%)	39.44%	22.16%	78% higher	Guyana
Land Area	211.1K km²	882.0K km²	76% lower	Venezuela
Military Spending	0.87% of GDP	0.50% of GDP	73% higher	Guyana
Merchant Fleet Size	80	272	71% lower	Venezuela
Urban Population (%)	26.48%	89.29%	70% lower	Venezuela
Forest Coverage (%)	87.09%	52.23%	67% higher	Guyana
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	25.46 µg/m³	15.26 µg/m³	67% higher	Guyana
Renewable Energy (%)	12.1%	33.7%	64% lower	Venezuela
Forest Area	183.9K km²	460.7K km²	60% lower	Venezuela
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	112.56 per 100 people	71 per 100 people	59% higher	Guyana
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	21.31 per 100k	48.41 per 100k	56% lower	Venezuela
Homicide Rate	19.12 per 100k	12.65 per 100k	51% higher	Guyana
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	Venezuela
Political Corruption Index	0.51	0.97	48% lower	Venezuela
Land Border Length	2.9K km	5.3K km	44% lower	Venezuela
Highest Elevation	2.8K m	5.0K m	44% lower	Venezuela
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.0% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	34% lower	Venezuela
CO2 Per Capita	5.4 t/person/yr	4.1 t/person/yr	33% higher	Guyana
Internet Users (%)	82%	62%	32% higher	Guyana
Government Debt (% GDP)	50.7% of GDP	38.9% of GDP	30% higher	Guyana
Elderly Population (%)	6.7%	9.7%	30% lower	Venezuela
Insufficient Physical Activity	34.17% of adults	44.96% of adults	24% lower	Venezuela
Obesity Rate	28%	22.84%	23% higher	Guyana
Broadband Access (%)	13 per 100 people	10.64 per 100 people	22% higher	Guyana
Milk Consumption per Person	141.68 kg/person/yr	117.79 kg/person/yr	20% higher	Guyana
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	15 days/yr	20% lower	Venezuela
Average Weekly Work Hours	44.65 hrs/week	38.65 hrs/week	16% higher	Guyana
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.4 per 1k	1.7 per 1k	16% lower	Venezuela
Road Traffic Death Rate	15.2 per 100k	13.2 per 100k	15% higher	Guyana
Youth Population (%)	29.16%	25.53%	14% higher	Guyana
Informal Employment Share	50.97% of employed people	58.31% of employed people	13% lower	Venezuela
Median Age	25.6 years	29.0 years	12% lower	Venezuela
Food Waste per Person	145.8 kg/person/yr	130.03 kg/person/yr	12% higher	Guyana
Infant Mortality	23.8 per 1k births	21.5 per 1k births	11% higher	Guyana
Meat Consumption per Person	45.22 kg/person/yr	40.94 kg/person/yr	10% higher	Guyana
Human Development Index	0.78	0.71	9% higher	Guyana
Women's Political Empowerment	0.81	0.75	8% higher	Guyana
Death Rate	7.0 per 1k	6.5 per 1k	8% higher	Guyana
Sanitation Access (%)	91.31%	98.4%	7% lower	Venezuela
Child Mortality	25.7 per 1k births	24.3 per 1k births	6% higher	Guyana
Fertility Rate	2.0 children/woman	2.2 children/woman	6% lower	Venezuela
Teen Birth Rate	69.93 per 1k	73.3 per 1k	5% lower	Venezuela
Dependency Ratio	56% of working-age pop.	54.34% of working-age pop.	3% higher	Guyana
Life Expectancy	70.2 years	72.5 years	3% lower	Venezuela
Hypertension Prevalence	39.9% of adults	39.7% of adults	1% higher	Guyana
Electricity Access (%)	98.9%	100%	1% lower	Venezuela
Birth Rate	16.68 per 1k	16.45 per 1k	1% higher	Guyana
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Guyana
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Guyana
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0.02%	ranked lower	Venezuela
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.06 per 1M people	ranked lower	Venezuela
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Guyana
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	3.0 sites	ranked lower	Venezuela
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	3.0 gold medals	ranked lower	Venezuela
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	3.1 per 1M people	ranked lower	Venezuela
Border Neighbors	3.0	3.0	equal	Guyana

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Analysis

Guyana leads in 49 of 96 shared metrics, while Venezuela leads in 47.

Guyana's Solar Electricity Share is 144.0x that of Venezuela (1.4% vs 0.01%).

Guyana's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 24.7x that of Venezuela (34.99% of GDP vs 1.4% of GDP).

Guyana's GDP Growth Rate is 7.3x that of Venezuela (43.82% vs 5.3%).

Guyana's Liberal Democracy Index is 6.8x that of Venezuela (0.33 vs 0.04).

Guyana's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 6.5x that of Venezuela (644.93 gCO2/kWh vs 85.86 gCO2/kWh).

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareGuyana leads

Guyana

1.4%

Venezuela

0.01%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Guyana leads

Guyana

34.99% of GDP

Venezuela

1.4% of GDP

GDP Growth RateGuyana leads

Guyana

43.82%

Venezuela

5.3%

Liberal Democracy IndexGuyana leads

Guyana

0.33

Venezuela

0.04

Electricity Carbon IntensityGuyana leads

Guyana

644.93 gCO2/kWh

Venezuela

85.86 gCO2/kWh

GNI Per CapitaGuyana leads

Guyana

$20,140

Venezuela

$3,820

Solar Electricity Share

1.4%

0.01%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

34.99% of GDP

1.4% of GDP

GDP Growth Rate

43.82%

5.3%

Liberal Democracy Index

0.33

0.04

Electricity Carbon Intensity

644.93 gCO2/kWh

85.86 gCO2/kWh

GNI Per Capita

$20,140

$3,820

Freedom of Expression Index

0.77

0.15

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

12.9% of GDP

2.6% of GDP

Corruption Perceptions Index

40 pts

10 pts

Beer Consumption

2.5 L/person/yr

0.78 L/person/yr

0.13 per 100k people

0.04 per 100k people

Suicide Rate

24.78 per 100k

8.6 per 100k

Electoral Democracy Index

0.52

0.18

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

2.6 per 1k

1.0 per 1k

Health Spending Per Capita

$531.63

$208.57

Alcohol Consumption

5.0 L/adult/yr

2.0 L/adult/yr

Seafood Consumption per Person

24.64 kg/person/yr

10.18 kg/person/yr

Spirits Consumption

2.3 L/person/yr

0.95 L/person/yr

Youth Unemployment Rate

24.9% of youth labor force

10.44% of youth labor force

Air Passengers

7.5K

1.78M

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

GDP Growth Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Electricity Carbon Intensity

GNI Per Capita

Freedom of Expression Index

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Beer Consumption

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Suicide Rate

Electoral Democracy Index

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Health Spending Per Capita

Alcohol Consumption

Seafood Consumption per Person

Spirits Consumption

Youth Unemployment Rate

Air Passengers

Capital Elevation

Inflation Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

Population

Total CO2 Emissions

All-Time Olympic Medals

Water Withdrawal

Scientific Publications

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Airports

Population Density

Agricultural Land (%)

Unemployment Rate

Irrigated Land

Protected Land (%)

Coastline Length

Water Stress (%)

GDP (Nominal)

Women in Parliament (%)

Land Area

Military Spending

Merchant Fleet Size

Urban Population (%)

Forest Coverage (%)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Renewable Energy (%)

Forest Area

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Homicide Rate

Official Languages Count

Political Corruption Index

Land Border Length

Highest Elevation

Health Spending (% GDP)

CO2 Per Capita

Internet Users (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Elderly Population (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Obesity Rate

Broadband Access (%)

Milk Consumption per Person

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Average Weekly Work Hours

Doctors (per 1,000)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Youth Population (%)

Informal Employment Share

Median Age