The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      Stock of quasi money:

      $728.8 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $739.3 million (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      sugarcane, rice, shrimp, fish, vegetable oils; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products

      Industries:

      bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining

      Industrial production growth rate:

      −26.4% (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      901 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      747 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 99.4% hydro: 0.6% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      10,440 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      10,960 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$157 million (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $683 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber

      Exports - partners:

      Canada 18.7%, US 16.5%, UK 9.1%, Portugal 7.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 5.2%, France 4.7%, Netherlands 4.6%, Jamaica 4% (2007)

      Imports:

      $1.006 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food

      Imports - partners:

      Trinidad and Tobago 26.2%, US 20.5%, Cuba 7.2%, China 7.1%, UK 5.4% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $136.8 million (2005)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $313 million (31 December 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $1.2 billion (2002)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $187.3 million (2005)

      Currency (code):

      Guyanese dollar (GYD)

      Currency code:

      GYD

      Exchange rates:

      Guyanese dollars (GYD) per US dollar - 201.89 (2007), 200.28 (2006), 200.79 (2005), 198.31 (2004), 193.88 (2003)

      Communications

       Guyana

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      110,100 (2005)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      281,400 (2005)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: fair system for long-distance service domestic: microwave radio relay network for trunk lines; fixed-line teledensity is about 15 per 100 persons; many areas still lack fixed-line telephone services; mobile-cellular teledensity reached 37 per 100 persons in 2005 international: country code - 592; tropospheric scatter to Trinidad; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios:

      420,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      3 (1 public station; 2 private stations which relay US satellite services) (1997)

      Televisions:

      46,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .gy

      Internet hosts:

      6,218 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      3 (2000)

      Internet users:

      190,000 (2007)

      Transportation

       Guyana

      Airports:

      93 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 under 914 m: 6 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 84 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 69 (2007)

      Roadways:

      total: 7,970 km paved: 590 km unpaved: 7,380 km (2000)

      Waterways:

      Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2006)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 8 by type: cargo 6, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1 registered in other countries: 3 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, unknown 1) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Georgetown

      Military

       Guyana

      Military branches:

      Guyana Defense Force: Army (includes Coast Guard, Air Corps) (2007)

      Military service age and obligation:

      18–25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 220,797 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 150,623 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 6,713 female: 6,451 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures: