Food exports in Guyana
Guyana: Food exports was 1.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Food exports in Guyana, 1970–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 1.5% for food exports in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of down 24.6% on the previous year and down 96.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food exports in Guyana peaked at 63.7% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2025.
Guyana ranks 180th of 196 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Food exports in Guyana, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 42.0% | — |
| 1971 | 46.9% | +11.6% |
| 1972 | 50.1% | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 44.4% | -11.4% |
| 1974 | 62.3% | +40.3% |
| 1975 | 63.7% | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 49.8% | -21.8% |
| 1977 | 41.7% | -16.3% |
| 1978 | 48.4% | +16.0% |
| 1979 | 47.4% | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 60.7% | +28.2% |
| 1997 | 44.9% | -26.1% |
| 1998 | 45.4% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 50.1% | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 43.6% | -13.1% |
| 2001 | 44.4% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 48.2% | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 47.5% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 42.4% | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 54.8% | +29.3% |
| 2006 | 51.6% | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 44.4% | -14.0% |
| 2008 | 45.7% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 43.5% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 39.8% | -8.4% |
| 2011 | 36.7% | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 29.3% | -20.1% |
| 2013 | 37.5% | +28.0% |
| 2014 | 41.2% | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 40.5% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 32.5% | -19.7% |
| 2017 | 33.4% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 29.4% | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 28.1% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | -45.4% |
| 2021 | 8.0% | -47.7% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | -59.3% |
| 2023 | 4.9% | +50.5% |
| 2024 | 2.0% | -59.3% |
| 2025 | 1.5% | -24.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49.7% | 41.7% | 63.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 60.7% | 60.7% | 60.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 46.8% | 44.9% | 50.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 46.6% | 42.4% | 54.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.8% | 28.1% | 41.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.8% | 1.5% | 15.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More private sector data for Guyana
- Merchandise trade 106.7% (2025)
- Food imports 6.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 83.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 10.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 18.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 22,360 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6898 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -5.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 12,222 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food exports in Guyana?
- Food exports in Guyana was 1.5% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest food exports recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 63.7% in 1975.
- What is the lowest food exports recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2025.
- How does Guyana rank for food exports?
- Guyana ranks 180th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
- Is food exports rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Food exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Food comprises the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.