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2025; Decades: 2000s; 2010s; 2020s; See also: Other events of 2022; Timeline of Guyana history; Events in the year ... August 9 – August 18: Guyana at the 2021 ...
Source: [2] 1 January – New Year's Day 23 – 24 February – Republic Day 14 March – Holi 18 April – Good Friday 21 April - Easter Monday 1 May – Labour Day 5 May – Arrival Day
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana. 6 April – The International Court of Justice rules that the case of territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over Guayana Esequiba can proceed. Guyanese President Irfaan Ali welcomes the decision and commits Guyana to solve the dispute
The 2023 Guyanese local elections, officially due since 2020, were held on Monday, June 12, 2023, following the latest delay of the officially biennial polls by three years due to lawsuits and vacanies at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following the fallout and misconduct of the 2020 Guyanese general election and the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
17 January – Ebe Gilkes, jazz pianist and bandleader (born 1930 or 1931). [2]2 February – Reggie Ford, boxer (born 1953). [3]26 July – George De Peana, long-distance runner and trade union leader (born 1936).
The economy of Guyana is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 19.9% in 2021. [9] In 2024, Guyana had a per capita gross domestic product ( purchasing power parity ) of Int$ 80,137 and an average GDP growth of 4.2% over the previous decade. [ 4 ]
National Communications Network (NCN) is a national, state-owned television and radio broadcasting corporation in Guyana. It was formed in 2004 through the merger of the government radio service, Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), and the government-run television service, GTV.
Between 2015 and 2021, the Center for Strategic and International Studies wrote that about 8 billion barrels of oil reserves were discovered in Guyana, [17] with Guyana becoming among the top twenty countries by proven oil reserves. By 2023, BBC News reported that Guyana had discovered 11 billion barrels worth of oil reserves. [33]