Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Guyana
Guyana: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.847 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.847
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
58th
of 174 countries
All-time high
0.9
in 2020
All-time low
0.557
in 1981
Years of data
80
1946–2025
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Guyana, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Guyana stood at 0.847.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Guyana peaked at 0.9 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.557, in 1981.
Guyana ranks 58th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.641 | — |
| 1947 | 0.643 | +0.3% |
| 1948 | 0.643 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.643 | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.639 | -0.6% |
| 1951 | 0.639 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.639 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.642 | +0.5% |
| 1954 | 0.65 | +1.2% |
| 1955 | 0.655 | +0.8% |
| 1956 | 0.655 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.655 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.685 | +4.6% |
| 1959 | 0.685 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.682 | -0.4% |
| 1961 | 0.682 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.649 | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 0.649 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.649 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.649 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.645 | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 0.719 | +11.5% |
| 1968 | 0.716 | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.71 | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 0.692 | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 0.694 | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.694 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.689 | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.668 | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.668 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.668 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.675 | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.673 | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.673 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.572 | -15.0% |
| 1981 | 0.557 | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 0.557 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.557 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.564 | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.564 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.691 | +22.5% |
| 1987 | 0.702 | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.708 | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.709 | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.742 | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 0.734 | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.753 | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.745 | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.745 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.745 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.745 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.745 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.771 | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.771 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.719 | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 0.702 | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.727 | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.741 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.742 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.742 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.745 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.748 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.746 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.745 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.769 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.777 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.776 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.781 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.785 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.878 | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 0.888 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.89 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.883 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.861 | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9 | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.868 | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 0.841 | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.844 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.85 | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 0.847 | -0.4% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 0.847 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 93% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 0.847 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.6425 | 0.641 | 0.643 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.6544 | 0.639 | 0.685 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.675 | 0.645 | 0.719 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.6794 | 0.668 | 0.694 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6181 | 0.557 | 0.709 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7496 | 0.734 | 0.771 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7357 | 0.702 | 0.748 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8288 | 0.769 | 0.89 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8583 | 0.841 | 0.9 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More economy & growth data for Guyana
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 11.36 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 11.93 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 46.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 2.73 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 39.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1.99 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0092 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Guyana?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Guyana was 0.847 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9 in 2020.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.557 in 1981.
- How does Guyana rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Guyana ranks 58th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.