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Guyana
Guyana's GDP growth is 19.34 %, the highest of 127. And its unemployment rate is 11.96 %, ranked 112th of 124.
Of 17 fields published for Guyana, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
33 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$889 PPP/mo
The average employee in Guyana earns about $889 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
39.50 %
100 saved in Guyana in 2000 buys what 40 buys today — 61 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$889 PPP/mo
The average employee in Guyana earns about $889 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$619 PPP/mo
The law in Guyana sets the floor at about $619 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
-2.55 %
A bank account in Guyana loses about 2.5 pp of purchasing power a year — the deposit rate trails inflation.
Deposit rate
0.78 %
Inflation rate
3.33 %
At 3.3 % a year, prices double in about 22 years if it holds.
Currency
0.00 %
ranked 12th of 71
Average monthly salary
$889 PPP/mo
ranked 78th of 93
Savings vs inflation
-2.55 %
ranked 57th of 70
Price level
33 % of US prices
ranked 27th of 125
Where Guyana sits, field by field
Each dot is Guyana’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- GDP growth19.34 %1 of 127
- Unemployment rate11.96 %112 of 124
- Deposit rate0.78 %61 of 70
- Government debt28.90 %18 of 125
- Currency0.00 %12 of 71
- Average monthly salary$889 PPP/mo78 of 93
- Savings vs inflation-2.55 %57 of 70
- Price level33 % of US prices27 of 125
- Median salary$754 PPP/mo61 of 79
- Bank spread7.45 %47 of 62
- GDP per capita$32,41438 of 127
- Inflation rate3.33 %47 of 126
- Lending rate8.23 %27 of 67
- Debt per person$9,36871 of 124
- Public holidays11 days58 of 104
- Minimum wage$619 PPP/mo48 of 90
- Money's value39.50 %56 of 116
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Algeria
avg gap 19.4 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP/capita — $32,414 (Guyana) vs $6,051
Libya
avg gap 20.4 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 28.90 % (Guyana) vs 153.80 %
Nicaragua
avg gap 21.2 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP/capita — $32,414 (Guyana) vs $3,173
Armenia
avg gap 21.5 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: savings vs inflation — -2.55 % (Guyana) vs 4.72 %
| Median salary | $754 PPP/mo | ranked 61st of 79 | |
| Bank spread | 7.45 % | ranked 47th of 62 | |
| GDP per capita | $32,414 | ranked 38th of 127 | |
| Inflation rate | 3.33 % | ranked 47th of 126 | |
| Lending rate | 8.23 % | ranked 27th of 67 | |
| Debt per person | $9,368 | ranked 71st of 124 | |
| Public holidays | 11 days | ranked 58th of 104 | |
| Minimum wage | $619 PPP/mo | ranked 48th of 90 | |
| Money's value | 39.50 % | ranked 56th of 116 |
✓ 17 fields published for Guyana, every one dated and sourced · 18 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Guyana: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax.
Sources for all 17 figures
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-10-23
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2021
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2021
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 9270 → 9368 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 28.6 → 28.9 |