Human Development & Quality of Life in Guyana
Human Development
UNDP places Guyana at rank 89 with a 2023 HDI of 0.776, a high human development result. The headline needs context: The GII reading of 0.427 (rank 109) is an important counterpoint to the aggregate HDI. Another part of the dashboard shows that education combines 13.0 expected years of schooling with 8.7 mean years already attained.
What sits inside Guyana's HDI
For this profile, Guyana's health, education and income inputs are 70.2 life expectancy, 13.0 expected schooling, 8.7 mean schooling and $46,959 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP terms. They belong to the HDI calculation rather than separate DigifyWorld scores.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Guyana's complementary UNDP indicators include GDI 0.992, GII 0.427. Their scopes differ, which is why the page presents them side by side rather than blending them.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
A comparable life-satisfaction observation was not available in the OECD extract used for Guyana. Missing source coverage is shown as a limitation, not filled with an estimate.
What Guyana's numbers say together
Taken alongside HDI, Guyana's profile includes GDI 0.992. The indicators add context without becoming a single composite DigifyWorld rating.
For 2023, Guyana records HDI 0.776 and rank 89 in the UNDP table. The result should be read as a composite of health, schooling and income outcomes.
The GDI value is 0.992 in group 1; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
Frequently asked questions
What is Guyana's HDI?
For Guyana, the 2025 UNDP report publishes a 2023 HDI value of 0.776 and rank 89.
Is an inequality-adjusted HDI available for Guyana?
The UNDP table used for this release does not publish an IHDI value for Guyana.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
In this country profile, a subjective well-being figure for Guyana is published only when the source supplies a usable observation.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. The HDI calculation does not include every aspect of quality of life. Subjective well-being is kept outside the HDI calculation.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.