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Guyana - Appendix II [2014] UNCESCRSPR 8; INT/CESCR/ADR/GUY/21348 (14 July 2014)

Second, third and fourth periodic report submitted by Guyana

Appendix II

Table 1

Guyana – Growth rate of real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

(Annual percentage change)

1993-2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011 projected
3.9
-0.07
1.6
-1.9
5.1
7.0
2.0
3.3
4.4
5.3

Source: IMF – World Economic Outlook Database, September 2011.

Table 2
2004 Act
2005 Act
2006 Act
2007 Act
2008 Act
2009 Rev
2010 B
Total Social Sector Spending
31,064.19
35,722.53
41,202.96
45,235.92
42,414.68
57,401.80
54,148.64
HIPC related spending
25,094.90
26,972.49
32,408.02
37,162.91
36,054.34
46,909.04
41,622.20
Education
12,780.58
13,990.87
15,521.95
16,824.21
18,161.67
20,174.37
20,825.34
Health
6,641.55
7,070.29
8,575.28
10,342.69
11,025.84
13,388.20
13,243.69
Housing and Water
4,362.67
3,657.02
4,982.99
7,012.04
5,411.25
11,634.97
5,833.15
Poverty Alleviation
1,205.11
2,254.31
3,327.81
2,983.98
1,455.58
1,711.49
1,720.01
Civil Service Reform
105.00





Enhanced HIPC (Other poverty related spending)
5,969.29
8,750.04
8,794.94
8,073.01
6,360.34
10,492.76
12,526.44
Total Spending
(% of GDP)
19.87
22.74
22.85
20.79
10.83
13.89
12.08
Total Spending
(% of National Budget)
41.08
41.33
40.03
45.25
35.57
44.54
37.93
Education
(% of National Budget)
16.90
16.19
15.08
16.83
15.23
15.65
14.59
Health
(% of National Budget)
8.78
8.18
8.33
10.35
9.25
10.39
9.28
GDP @ Current Market Prices
156,358.00
157,122.00
180,282.00
217,552.00
391,505.00
413,114.00
448,072.00
National Budget
75,611.02
86,431.61
102,922.24
99,962.49
119,255.09
128,882.53
142,775.60

Source: MOF/GOG 2010 Statistics.

Table 3

Distribution of employment by ethnicity in the construction sector

for the years 2002 and 2006
2002
2006
All Guyana
7.2
8.4
Male
10.1
12.0
Female
0.5
0.4
African Guyanese
8.6
9.3
Amerindian
2.3
2.4
Indian Guyanese
7.4
9.0
Mixed
6.4
8.4
Other
4.0
3.9
Total employment
230,854
253,890
Total Labour Force
263,149
279,100

Source: World Bank, (2008), Bank of Guyana Annual Report, (2010).

Table 4

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Source: Bureau of Statistics: HIES (1992), Census (2002), HBS (2006).

Table 5

Gross number of persons working in the establishments: 2007-2009

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Source: Guyana Occupational Wages and Hours of Work Survey (GOCWHW) 2010 (World Bank Guyana Poverty Assessment 2008).

Table 6

Distribution of gross staffing in organisations by gender 2007-2009
2007
2008
2009
Male
5299
2047
4952
Female
4454
1694
4311
Total
9753
3741
9263

Source: GOWHW Survey 2010.

Table 7

Employees in organisations sampled by gender 2007-2009

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Source: GOWHW Survey 2010.

Table 8

Distribution of interviewees sampled by gender
2007
2008
2009
Male
650
294
1176
Female
432
203
1070
Total
1082
497
2246

Source: GOWHW Survey 2010.

Table 9

Occupational classifications by Gender according to ISCO-88: 2007-2009

Occupational Classifications
2007
2008
2009
M
F
T
%
M
F
T
%
M
F
T
%
1
Legislators, Senior Officials, Managers
61
17
78
7
16
12
28
6
96
63
159
7
2
Professionals
33
37
70
6
8
19
27
5
51
38
89
4
3
Technical & Associate Professional
53
42
95
9
38
46
84
17
110
137
247
11
4
Clerks
46
134
180
17
17
44
61
12
202
150
352
16
5
Service Workers, Shop & Market Sales Workers.
92
109
201
19
42
37
79
16
236
387
623
28
6
Skilled Agricultural & Fisheries Workers.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
6
0
7
Craft & Related Trade Workers
99
10
109
10
38
5
43
9
115
15
130
6
8
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
93
19
112
10
55
0
55
11
165
28
193
8
9
Elementary Occupations
87
55
142
13
47
32
79
16
197
250
447
20
10
Unclassified
86
9
95
9
33
8
41
8
0
0
0
0
Total
650
432
1082
100
294
203
497
100
1176
1070
2246
100

Source: GOWHW Survey 2010.

Table 10

Experience on the job by gender: 2007-2009

Years
2009
2008
2007
M
F
T
%
M
F
T
%
M
F
T
%
1
256
329
585
26
72
44
116
23.3
180
128
308
28.5
2-4
372
343
715
32
92
63
155
31.1
161
131
292
27
5-9
251
186
437
19
48
40
88
18
98
76
174
16
10-14
129
85
214
10
19
21
40
8
74
34
108
10.3
15
148
77
225
10
23
24
47
9.4
63
48
111
10
Did not indicate
20
50
70
3
40
11
51
10.2
49
40
89
8.2
Total
1176
1070
2246
100
294
203
497
100
625
457
1082
100

Source: GOWHW Survey 2010.

Table 11

Comparative labour data
2009
2010
Strikes
304
255
Complaints
1121
960
Conciliations
16
54

Table 12
Extreme poverty
Moderate poverty

Urban
Rural
Rural

Urban
Rural
Rural
National
Coastal
Coastal
Interior
National
Coastal
Coastal
Interior
Poverty Rate
18.6
7.3
17.1
54.0
36.1
18.7
37.0
73.5
Poverty Gap Index
5.2
1.5
4.3
18.7
11.5
4.6
10.8
31.8

Source: World Bank and Guyana Bureau of Statistics estimates using Household Budget Survey data 2006.

Table 13

CATEGORY
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
No. of Sites with PMTCT
23
37
57
92
110
135
157
Total Births
17,209
16,676
15,123
14,990
15.114
15,076
NA
ANC mothers tested for HIV
3,279
4,741
9,675
13,041
12,004
12,587
11,776
Uptake of VCT among pregnant women (%)
84.9
86.3
93.8
97.8
97.6
95.5
89.8%*
No. of HIV positive mothers
103
118
212
215
176
189
130
Prevalence of HIV (%)
3.1
2.5
2.2
1.6
1.3
1.12
1.11
Exposed live infants who received ARVs
71
99
148
174
210
222
206

Source: Ministry of Health Guyana 2010.

Tables 14 and 15

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INT_CESCR_ADR_GUY_21348_E04.wmf

Source: Ministry of Health Guyana.

Table 16

Leading Causes of Maternal Mortality 2007-2008

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Source: Ministry of Health Statistics.

Table 17

Leading causes of child mortality 2007-2008

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Source: Ministry of Health. N.B. Percentages do not sum exactly to 100% due to rounding.

Table 18

New cases of malaria in Children – 5 years

Age
2008
2009
1
84 (0.6%)
92 (0.7%)
1-4
435 (3.7%)
609 (4.45%)

Source: Ministry of Health Guyana 2010.

Table 19

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Source: Ministry of Health Vector Control.

Table 20

Contributing Agencies
No of Impregnated Bednets Distributed
Distribution by Regions
PAHO
8,480
1, 2,3,4,6,7,8,9&10
GF & MOH
16,588
1,2,3,4,6, &10
GF
39,002
7 & 8
GF
3,951
9
Total
68,021

Source: Ministry of Health Guyana Statistics 2010.

Table 21

Education as percentage of GDP

Year
Actual values
Targeted values
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2010
2015
Education as % of GDP
8.9
7.9
7.7
8.1
7.9
7.6
8.0
8.0
Education share of budget (%)
18.9
18.4
19.8
18.1
17.3
17.9
20.0
20.0

Source: FTI Country Information.

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