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Population Pyramid

Year: 1950
1000 men aged 100+ in 19520 women aged 100+ in 19520 men aged 95-99 in 19520 women aged 95-99 in 1952900 men aged 90-94 in 19520 women aged 90-94 in 19520 men aged 85-89 in 19520 women aged 85-89 in 1952800 men aged 80-84 in 19520 women aged 80-84 in 19520 men aged 75-79 in 19520 women aged 75-79 in 1952700 men aged 70-74 in 19524 women aged 70-74 in 19525 men aged 65-69 in 19525 women aged 65-69 in 1952605 men aged 60-64 in 19525 women aged 60-64 in 19525 men aged 55-59 in 19525 women aged 55-59 in 1952508 men aged 50-54 in 19528 women aged 50-54 in 195210 men aged 45-49 in 195210 women aged 45-49 in 19524010 men aged 40-44 in 195210 women aged 40-44 in 195212 men aged 35-39 in 195212 women aged 35-39 in 19523015 men aged 30-34 in 195215 women aged 30-34 in 195215 men aged 25-29 in 195215 women aged 25-29 in 19522018 men aged 20-24 in 195220 women aged 20-24 in 195220 men aged 15-19 in 195220 women aged 15-19 in 19521025 men aged 10-14 in 195225 women aged 10-14 in 195227 men aged 5-9 in 195227 women aged 5-9 in 1952039 men aged 0-4 in 195239 women aged 0-4 in 1952age102030405060102030405060
females
males
Population in thousands

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy is 34
020406080100

Total fertility rate

Total fertility rate is 6.04
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Year : 1952 Note: Years 2017 to 2100 are projected data.
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Source: United Nations, Population Division, World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision

Healthy life expectancy

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Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory data repository

Healthy life expectancy estimates the expected years of life in good health for persons at a given age.

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Healthy life expectancy at birth, by sexfemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemaleMaleFemale20002005201020152016010203040506070

Investments

Investments as share of GDP in health, education, social protection and the real economy.

Percentage of GDP spent on health,2014
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and ILO, World Social Protection Report.

Health024681012Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent by the government on social protection,2012
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and ILO, World Social Protection Report.

Education0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent on social protection for persons above statutory pension age,2017/2018
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Public social protection expenditure on pensions and other benefits, excluding health, for persons above statuatory pensionable age

Social protection0.00.51.01.52.0Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent on the real economy,2016
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Investment in the real economy is measured by gross fixed capital formation (in current US$). It includes land improvements, plants, machinery, and equipment purchases, the constructions of roads, railways, etc.

Real economy051015202530Percentage of GDP
GuyanaHigh income countriesMiddle income countriesLow income countries

Empowerment

Demand for Family Planning satisfied by Modern Methods,

Percentage of women age 15-49 have their need for family planning satisfied

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Source: Latest available nationally representative household survey and UNFPA, 2018
Percentage of women age 15-49

Demand for Family Planning satisfied by Modern Methods 2014

Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods of contraception (% of women 15-49)

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Source: Latest available nationally representative household survey and UNFPA, 2018
Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Porportion of women age 15 - 49percentage of women (15-49) who have their need for family planning satisfied by modern methodsDHS 2009MICS 2014National0102030405060

Women's choice, 2009

Proportion of women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care (% of women 15-49)

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Source UNFPA 2018
6.4%

Adolescent birth rate, latest year available
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Latest available year between 2006 to 2017.
Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Birth rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-19 years)Guyana020406080

Child marriage among women age 20 to 24

Percentage of women age 20-24 married before 15 or 18

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database
Marriage before 15Marriage between age 15 and 18Marriage after 18

Prevalence of FGM among women and adolescents

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database
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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Intimate partner violence

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical and sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months

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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Education

Participation - Gross enrolment, 2012

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Number of students enrolled in a given level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the official school-age population corresponding to the same level of education. A high value indicates high degree of participation, whether the student belongs to the official age group or not. It can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students, due to early or late entrants, and grade repetition.

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics

Primary, secondary and tertiary gross school enrolment, by sex

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Number of students per 100 person respective agegroupMaleFemalePrimarySecondaryTertiary020406080100

Educational attainment, 2012

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Educational attainment refers to the highest level of education that an individual has completed.

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics

Share of population by educational attainment, population 25 years and older

Country codePost secondary or higherLower and upper secondaryNo schooling or incomplete primaryPrimary

Literacy rate by age and sex 2014

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Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics
Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age GroupPercentage of PopulationMaleFemale15-2425-6465+05101520253035404550556065707580859095100105

Employment

Not In Education, Employment Or Training

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training

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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Labour-force participation rate as per age group

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
Age group:
Labour-force participation rateYears19901992199419961998200020022004200620082010201220142016201801020304050607080
Labour-force participation rateYears1990199219941996199820002002200420062008201020122014201620180102030405060708090100
Labour-force participation rateYears19901992199419961998200020022004200620082010201220142016201801020304050607080
Labour-force participation rateYears19901992199419961998200020022004200620082010201220142016201805101520253035404550
  • Male
  • Female

Unemployment by age and sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Percentage of persons who are available for work, and looking for a job, but are not working

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age groupsPercent of population in a specific age groupMaleFemale25+15-2402468101214161820222426283032343638

Working poverty by age and sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Percentage of employed living below US$1.90 purchasing power parity


Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age groupsPercent of population in a specific age groupMaleFemale25+15-2400.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.911.11.21.31.41.51.61.71.81.922.1

Vulnerably employed people by sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

People who are ‘own-account’
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‘Own-account’ workers are self-employed and do not engage employees on a continuous basis. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
and ‘contributing family’
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‘Contributing family’ workers hold self-employment jobs within an establishment operated by a relative, but with involvement too limited to be considered a partner. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
workers are classified as vulnerably employed by the ILO

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Percentage of employed personsEmployersEmployeesContributing family workersOwn-account workersFemaleMale05101520253035404550556065707580859095100

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