Guyana’s 33.3% Growth Meets a Cost-of-Living Crisis

Guyana’s Government is celebrating a 33.3 per cent expansion of the economy in the first half of 2026, but the headline growth figure is likely to raise a more difficult question for ordinary citizens: how much of that extraordinary wealth is actually reaching their daily lives?

The Finance Ministry’s 2026 Mid-Year Report, released Monday, said real GDP grew by an estimated 33.3 per cent during the first six months of the year, while the non-oil economy expanded by 10.1 per cent. The Government has now revised its full-year growth forecast to 20.8 per cent, with non-oil growth projected at 10.2 per cent.

President Irfaan Ali used the figures to declare that Guyana is undergoing a historic transformation.