Guyana is a unitary parliamentary republic with an executive president, Irfaan Ali, re-elected in September 2025. Offshore oil production since 2019 made it the world's largest producer per person in 2025, while a border dispute with Venezuela over Essequibo continues.
In the 12 Axes register, Guyana leans hardest on Progressive – Traditional: Traditional 83%; the register median is Traditional 68%.
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Where Guyana sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Unitary state with ten regions
Representative Democracy
Competitive elections; Ali re-elected September 2025
Liberal
Free press, competitive elections
Non-Interventionist
Took Essequibo dispute with Venezuela to the ICJ
Neutral
Small defence force, US security ties
Centrist
Indo-Guyanese and Afro-Guyanese communities share politics
Economic Liberal
Oil-driven market economy
Markets
Private oil firms operate under state contracts
Free Trade
Oil exports dominate trade
Spiritual
Hindu, Christian and Muslim communities
Traditionalist
Male same-sex acts remain criminalised
Neutral
No distinct state stance on technology
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Guyana is at Democratic 68%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Guyana is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Map: Connormah, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
