_#_Electricity: 250,000 kW capacity; 635 million kWh produced, 830 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: bauxite mining, sugar, rice milling, timber, fishing (shrimp), textiles, gold mining
_#_Agriculture: most important sector, accounting for 27% of GDP and about 50% of exports; sugar and rice are key crops; development potential exists for fishing and forestry; not self-sufficient in food, especially wheat, vegetable oils, and animal products
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $116 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $244 million; Communist countries 1970-89, $242 million
_#_Currency: Guyanese dollar (plural—dollars); 1 Guyanese dollar (G$) = 100 cents
_#_Exchange rates: Guyanese dollars (G$) per US$1—45.00 (since June 1990), 39.533 (1990), 27.159 (1989), 10.000 (1988), 9.756 (1987), 4.272 (1986), 4.252 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Railroads: 187 km total, all single track 0.914-meter gauge
_#_Highways: 7,665 km total; 550 km paved, 5,000 km gravel, 1,525 km earth, 590 km unimproved
_#_Inland waterways: 6,000 km total of navigable waterways; Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo Rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively