Industrial production growth rate: 5.6% (1994 est.)
Electricity - capacity: 157,000 kW (1995)
Electricity - production: 318 million kWh (1995)
Electricity - consumption per capita: 301 kWh (1995 est.)
Agriculture - products: sugar, rice, wheat, vegetable oils; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; development potential exists for fishing and forestry
Exports: total value: $565 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.) commodities : sugar, gold, bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses partners: Canada 33%, US 24%, UK 22% (1994 est.)
Imports: total value: $589 million (c.i.f., 1996 est.) commodities: manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food partners : US 29%, Trinidad and Tobago 17%, Netherlands Antilles 17%, UK 11%, (1994 est.)
Debt - external: $1.5 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid: recipient : ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 Guyanese dollar (G$) = 100 cents