Environment
Guyana
Climate
tropical climate; characterized by heat and humidity, influenced by northeast trade winds; experiences two rainy periods (from May to August and November to January)
Land use
other
9.5% (2023 est.)
forest
87.1% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
3.4% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 0.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0.1% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 2.8% (2023 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
27.2% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
1.01% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Methane emissions
other
2.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)
waste
7.7 kt (2019-2021 est.)
energy
103 kt (2022-2024 est.)
agriculture
51.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste and recycling
municipal solid waste generated annually
179,300 tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled
23% (2022 est.)
Environmental issues
contamination of water due to sewage and chemicals from agriculture and industry; loss of forest cover
Total water withdrawal
municipal
61.3 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
industrial
20.4 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
agricultural
1.363 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions
total emissions
2.639 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from consumed natural gas
4,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids
2.635 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions
11.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Total renewable water resources
271 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
International environmental agreements
party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006
signed, but not ratified
none of the selected agreements