Official name in English: the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Capital: Georgetown
Head of state: Bharrat Jagdeo
Languages: Spanish and English
Currency: Guyanese dollar (GYD)
Population: 772,298
Surface area: 214,999 km2
GDP: US$1.196Billion
GDP per capita: US$1558.228(source: International Monetary Fund)

Inflation: 6.36%
Value of exports (2008): US$0.824Billion
Exports of percentage of GDP: 68.90%
Top business schools: University of Guyana
Literacy (age 15+) rate: 98.8%
Energy consumption per capita (kg of oil equivalents pr capita2001): 715 (source: UN Common Database)
Sources of energy: coal, lignite, petroleum, natural gas and hydro, nuclear and geothermal electricity)