The World Bank has ranked Guyana fifth in the region in its ‘Changing Wealth of Nations 2021’ report.
According to the World Bank, the report is “based on measuring the economic value of renewable natural capital such as forests, cropland and ocean resources” and “non-renewable natural capital such as minerals and fossil fuels; human capital earnings over a person’s lifetime; produced capital such as buildings and infrastructure and net foreign assets.” The report also accounts for what it describes as “blue natural capital” in the form of “mangroves and ocean fisheries.”