Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Guyana
Guyana: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) was 0.2% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Manufactures exports in Guyana, 1970–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufactures exports in Guyana is 0.2%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 56.9% on the previous year and down 95.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufactures exports in Guyana peaked at 23.9% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2025.
Guyana ranks 194th of 196 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Guyana, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.2% | — |
| 1971 | 3.2% | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 4.3% | +31.2% |
| 1973 | 5.6% | +32.7% |
| 1974 | 3.3% | -41.1% |
| 1975 | 2.6% | -21.7% |
| 1976 | 15.0% | +477.5% |
| 1977 | 18.6% | +23.8% |
| 1978 | 15.9% | -14.5% |
| 1979 | 5.4% | -65.8% |
| 1981 | 4.6% | -15.8% |
| 1997 | 11.3% | +147.2% |
| 1998 | 10.4% | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 9.6% | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 11.6% | +21.4% |
| 2001 | 13.4% | +14.9% |
| 2002 | 16.6% | +24.0% |
| 2003 | 18.7% | +12.9% |
| 2004 | 23.9% | +27.7% |
| 2005 | 14.9% | -37.5% |
| 2006 | 16.3% | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 7.8% | -50.6% |
| 2009 | 5.0% | -35.1% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | -12.6% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | -18.8% |
| 2012 | 2.4% | -33.7% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | +24.6% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | +41.0% |
| 2015 | 4.4% | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | +42.1% |
| 2017 | 17.1% | +172.8% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | -83.5% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -24.9% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -49.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -31.9% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -45.4% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +73.6% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -27.2% |
| 2025 | 0.2% | -56.9% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 0.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 59.0%, 0% of the median. (71 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 0.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23.8%, 1% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Guyana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +477.5% | 2.6% | 15.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.7% | 2.6% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 10.4% | 9.6% | 11.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 14.4% | 5.0% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 2.1% | 17.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 191 Micronesia (country) 0.5% compare
- 192 Iraq 0.4% compare
- 193 Seychelles 0.3% compare
- 195 Maldives 0.2% compare
- 196 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% compare
More private sector data for Guyana
- Merchandise trade 106.7% (2025)
- Food imports 6.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 79.8% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 10.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 4.92 billion current US$ (2023)
- Food exports 1.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 18.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 523.75 million current US$ (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufactures exports in Guyana?
- Manufactures exports in Guyana was 0.2% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest manufactures exports recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 23.9% in 2004.
- What is the lowest manufactures exports recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2025.
- How does Guyana rank for manufactures exports?
- Guyana ranks 194th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufactures exports rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 95.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). 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.