Guyana vs Puerto Rico (US)

Guyana and Puerto Rico (US) compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Puerto Rico (US) has about 3.8 times as many people as Guyana: 3.2 million against 835,986 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Puerto Rico (US) ($40,620) is 25% higher than in Guyana ($32,414) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Guyana (19.3%) than in Puerto Rico (US) (0.3%), a difference of 19 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Guyana (12%) than in Puerto Rico (US) (6%), a difference of 6 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Puerto Rico (US) can expect to live 11.6 years longer than one born in Guyana: 81.9 years against 70.3 years in 2024.
• The population of Puerto Rico (US) is older: half of its people are over 45.3 years, against 25.6 years in Guyana in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Puerto Rico (US) (87.3% in 2022) than in Guyana (83% in 2024), a difference of 4.3 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Puerto Rico (US) (4.8 tonnes) are 4% higher than in Guyana (4.6 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Guyana (87.1%) than in Puerto Rico (US) (49.7%), a difference of 37.4 percentage points in 2024.