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*Contraceptive prevalence rate: 42.5% (2009)
*Contraceptive prevalence rate: 42.5% (2009)
*Health expenditures:5.9% of GDP (2011)
*Health expenditures:5.9% of GDP (2011)
*country comparison to the world: 114
*country comparison to the world: 114
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*Hospital bed density: 2 beds/1,000 population (2009)
*Hospital bed density: 2 beds/1,000 population (2009)


*Drinking water source:
*Drinking water source:trr       
improved:  
improved:  
:urban: 96.6% of population
:unimproved:  
:rural: 97.9% of population
:total: 97.6% of population
unimproved:  
:urban: 3.4% of population
:urban: 3.4% of population
:rural: 2.1% of population
:rural: 2.1% of population
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name: "Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains"
name: "Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains"
A generally patriotic musical composition - usually in the form of a song or hymn of praise - that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions, or struggles of a nation or its people. National anthems can be officially recognized as a national song by a country's constitution or by an enacted law, or simply by tradition. Although most anthems contain lyrics, some do not.
A generally patriotic musical composition - usually in the form of a song or hymn of praise - that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions, or struggles of a nation or its people. National anthems can be officially recognized as a national song by a country's constitution or by an enacted law, or simply by tradition. Although most anthems contain lyrics, some do not.
==Economy of Guyana==
'''Economy - overview:'''
The Guyanese economy exhibited moderate economic growth in recent years and is based largely on agriculture and extractive industries. The economy is heavily dependent upon the export of six commodities - sugar, gold, bauxite, shrimp, timber, and rice - which represent nearly 60% of the country's GDP and are highly susceptible to adverse weather conditions and fluctuations in commodity prices. Guyana's entrance into the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) in January 2006 has broadened the country's export market, primarily in the raw materials sector. Guyana has experienced positive growth almost every year over the past decade. Inflation has been kept under control. Recent years have seen the government's stock of debt reduced significantly - with external debt now less than half of what it was in the early 1990s. Chronic problems include a shortage of skilled labor and a deficient infrastructure. Despite recent improvements, the government is still juggling a sizable external debt against the urgent need for expanded public investment. In March 2007, the Inter-American Development Bank, Guyana's principal donor, canceled Guyana's nearly $470 million debt, equivalent to 21% of GDP, which along with other Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) debt forgiveness brought the debt-to-GDP ratio down from 183% in 2006 to 60% in 2013. Guyana had become heavily indebted as a result of the inward-looking, state-led development model pursued in the 1970s and 1980s. Much of Guyana's growth in recent years has come from a surge in gold production in response to global prices, although downward trends in gold prices may threaten future growth. In 2013, production of sugar dropped to a 23-year low.
*GDP (purchasing power parity): $6.593 billion (2013 est.)
*country comparison to the world: 163 $6.26 billion (2012 est.) $5.972 billion (2011 est.)
*note: data are in 2013 US dollars
*GDP (official exchange rate): $3.02 billion (2013 est.)
*GDP - real growth rate: 5.3% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 50
:4.8% (2012 est.)
:5.4% (2011 est.)
*GDP - per capita (PPP):
:$8,500 (2013 est.)
*country comparison to the world: 129
:$8,100 (2012 est.)
:$7,700 (2011 est.)
:note: data are in 2013 US dollars
*Gross national saving:
:6.2% of GDP (2013 est.)
:country comparison to the world: 145
:8.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
:9.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
*GDP - composition, by end use:
*household consumption: 85.6%
*government consumption: 16.3%
*investment in fixed capital: 22.5%
*investment in inventories: -13.5%
*exports of goods and services: 59.9%
*imports of goods and services: -70.8% (2013 est.)
*GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
:agriculture: 20.7%
:industry: 38.5%
:services: 40.8% (2013 est.)
:Agriculture - products: sugarcane, rice, edible oils; beef, pork, poultry; shrimp, fish
*Industries: bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining
*Industrial production growth rate: 13.5% (2013 est.)
:country comparison to the world: 5
:Labor force: :313,100 (2009 est.)
*country comparison to the world: 164
:Labor force - by occupation:
*agriculture: NA%
:industry: NA%
:services: NA%
:Unemployment rate: 11% (2007)
:country comparison to the world: 117
:Population below poverty line: 35% (2006)
*Household income or consumption by percentage share:
:lowest 10%: 1.3%
:highest 10%: 33.8% (1999)
*Distribution of family income - Gini index: 44.6 (2007)
*country comparison to the world: 44
:43.2 (1999)
*Budget:
:revenues: $756.7 million
:expenditures: $948.5 million (2013 est.)
:Taxes and other revenues: 25.1% of GDP (2013 est.)
:country comparison to the world: 126
:Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): -6.4% of GDP (2013 est.)
*country comparison to the world: 183
:Public debt: 59.9% of GDP (2013 est.)
:country comparison to the world: 49
:59.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
*Fiscal year:
:calendar year
:Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.9% (2013 est.)
:country comparison to the world: 131
:2.4% (2012 est.)
*Central bank discount rate:
:5.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
:country comparison to the world: 87
:4.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
:Commercial bank prime lending rate:
13.8% (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
13.86% (31 December 2012 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$601.8 million (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 155
$550.4 million (31 December 2012 est.)
Stock of broad money:
$1.617 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
$1.49 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$1.352 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 146
$1.223 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$610.9 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
$440.4 million (31 December 2011)
$NA (31 December 2010 est.)
Current account balance:
-$510.7 million (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
-$394.8 million (2012 est.)
Exports:
$1.337 billion (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
$1.396 billion (2012 est.)
Exports - commodities:
sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber
Exports - partners:
US 30.8%, Canada 28.9%, UK 6.2% (2012)
Imports:
$2.039 billion (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164
$1.978 billion (2012 est.)
Imports - commodities:
manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food
Imports - partners:
US 22.2%, Trinidad and Tobago 21.9%, China 12.3%, Cuba 6.1%, Suriname 4% (2012)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$854.7 million (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 139
$864 million (31 December 2012 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.846 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 144
$1.846 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
Exchange rates:
Guyanese dollars (GYD) per US dollar -
205.9 (2013 est.)
204.36 (2012 est.)
203.64 (2010 est.)
203.95 (2009)
203.86 (2008)


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