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With 215,000 square kilometres (83,000 sq mi), Guyana is the fourth-smallest country on mainland South America after Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana. The main economic activities in Guyana are agriculture (production of rice and Demerara sugar ), bauxite mining, gold mining, timber, shrimp fishing and minerals.
Guyana has only 3 certified psychologists. In population terms, Guyana has 0.5 psychiatrists per 100,000 population, compared to the world reference average of 4.2 per 100,000 (2005). [11] The National Psychiatric Hospital (NPH) is the only mental hospital, with 240 beds. Georgetown Public Hospital's Psychiatry Department provides outpatient ...
Public-sector jobs followed ethnic lines, favoring the Afro-Guyanese. When the Indo-Guyanese-oriented PPP won the 1992 presidential election, the party did not draw Indo-Guyanese women into public-sector jobs. Low wages, job insecurity and lack of benefits defined the female workforce in 2001.
Guyana increased crude oil production by an annual average of 98,000 b/d from 2020 to 2023, making it the third-fastest growing non-OPEC producing country during this period. The expansion of this sector has significantly contributed to the national economy, with the petroleum industry driving a 62.3 percent GDP growth in 2022, the highest ...
Source: [2] 1 January – New Year's Day 23 February – Republic Day 25 March – Holi 29 March – Good Friday 1 April - Easter Monday 1 May – Labour Day 5 May – Arrival Day
Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), in Georgetown, Guyana, is the country's largest hospital. GPHC is the main teaching hospital in Guyana and serves as both a regional public hospital and as the national referral hospital. [1] Its Seaman's Ward, the oldest section, was constructed in 1838. [2]
Guyana has various communications cables for international connections. The Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System (SGSCS) linking Trinidad, Guyana, and Suriname [4] and the Americas II fiber optic submarine communications cable linking the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Martinique, Curaçao, Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, and Brazil with terrestrial extensions to ...
The Guyana Water Authority (GUYWA) was established in 1972 to construct, operate and maintain water distribution systems outside of Georgetown to small towns, rural areas and most of the Hinterland regions, [10] taking over the water service provision in these regions from the Ministry of Public Works. GUYWA was under the policy direction of ...