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2024
global knowledge index
Guyana
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):40.539
- Population:826,353
- HDI:0.742
86/141
Gki
Score
44.6
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Guyana is a modest performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 86th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 25th out of the 35 countries with high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Output per worker
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% GDP)
- Enrolment in vocational education, gender parity
- MSME financing gap (% GDP)
- Firms offering formal training (%)
Areas of Improvement
- Share of students enrolled in secondary vocational programmes
- Research institutions prominence
- ISO 14001 environmental certificates (per billion GDP)
- Youth not in employment, education or training (%)
- Product concentration
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
73
66.95
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
59
53.58
Higher
Education
40
52.7
Research, Development
and Innovation
129
19.29
Information and
Communications Technology
103
36.39
Economy
62
52.94
Enabling
Environment
79
52.42
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GKI Pillars
