Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Guyana
Guyana: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 45.9 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Guyana, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Guyana stood at 45.9. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.7% over ten years.
That places Guyana 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 55.08 | — |
| 2015 | 45.94 | -16.6% |
| 2016 | 58.46 | +27.3% |
| 2017 | 58.35 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 45.91 | -21.3% |
| 2019 | 45.9 | -0.0% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 45.9 is below the median for high income countries, which is 84.1, 55% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 45.9 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.16, 63% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
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)
- Food exports 1.5% (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Guyana?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Guyana was 45.9 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 58.46 in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.9 in 2019.
- How does Guyana rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Guyana ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.