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Guyana (GUY)

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Prevalence of undernourishment2.5262023
Cereal yield6,028272024
Agricultural land3.412002023
Food production index111.69772022
Employment in agriculture12.21872025

What each indicator means

Prevalence of undernourishment
Share of the population whose food intake is persistently below the energy needed for a healthy life.
Cereal yield
Cereal harvested per hectare of land — a measure of how productive the land is.
Agricultural land
Share of land area used as cropland, permanent crops or pasture.
Food production index
Output of edible crops and livestock, indexed to a base period of 100.
Employment in agriculture
Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing. It tends to fall as incomes rise.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 210 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Prevalence of undernourishment2.5 %26 / 1695.3 %Algeria 2.5Haiti 54.2
Cereal yield6,028 kg/ha27 / 1813,310 kg/haOman 29,147Cape Verde 40.3
Agricultural land3.41 %200 / 21037.96 %Côte d’Ivoire 86.48Suriname 0.45
Food production index111.69 index77 / 195106.08 indexSenegal 177.49Gambia 71.08
Employment in agriculture12.21 %87 / 18714.39 %Singapore 0.1Burundi 85.34

Countries ranked next to it: Greece, Hungary, Czechia, Vietnam, Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles, Poland, Canada