Infrastructure Outlook Building Guyana's future

Guyana is at a pivotal moment in its history. Rapid economic growth, underpinned by the emergence of the oil and gas sector, is reshaping Guyana's development trajectory and creating new opportunities for investment, economic diversification, and long-term prosperity. To support this growth, substantial investment is being directed towards the infrastructure needed to connect communities, strengthen public services and improve quality of life.

This report explores the infrastructure projects and development initiatives that aim to shape Guyana's future. It brings together planned and ongoing investments across Transport; Water & Environment; Urban Development; Energy & Utilities; Digital Infrastructure; Tourism; and Social Infrastructure & Human Capital, providing a snapshot of the scale and breadth of activity underway across the country.

The analysis highlights that infrastructure can serve as a catalyst for growth and support economic expansion, while creating the foundations for long-term, inclusive development. From major transport corridors and energy projects to new hospitals, housing developments, water networks, and digital systems, investments are strengthening the country’s infrastructure base while building capacity for continued growth and future demand.

Infrastructure planning and delivery typically play a critical role in supporting sustainable economic growth and development. The projects examined in this report offer insight into infrastructure and development priorities identified through publicly available sources, highlighting areas of activity that may shape Guyana's future economic and social development.

Infrastructure Outlook: Building Guyana’s Future

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Building Guyana's future

Oil-driven growth increased GDP from US$5.17bn in 2019 to US$27.1bn in 2025, while GDP per capita rose from US$6,200 to US$27,000. The key challenge is converting this growth into stronger infrastructure, workforce skills, jobs, and a more diversified, resilient private sector. Non-oil sectors also performed strongly in 2025, led by construction and professional services. Sustaining this momentum will likely require investing resource revenues in productive assets, workforce development, and long-term economic capacity.

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Guyana's infrastructure outlook

In the short to medium term, Guyana has an indicative US$7.95bn infrastructure programme across key sectors, supported by a significant additional project pipeline. The programme could improve coastal and hinterland connectivity, expand access to essential services, enhance utility reliability and affordability, and support housing, tourism, and commercial activity. It also has the potential to strengthen climate resilience and improve service delivery in remote communities. As project values and timelines are based on publicly available information, the pipeline should be considered indicative.

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Potentially very significant economic and social impact

Indicative regional output multipliers suggest Guyana’s US$7.95bn infrastructure pipeline could generate US$12.66bn to US$14.12bn in gross economic activity, or US$1.59 to US$1.78 for every US$1 invested. Realizing these benefits depends on local procurement and participation by Guyanese firms and workers to reduce economic leakage. While this reflects gross activity, not GDP, it highlights ripple effects across supply chains, jobs, household spending, and productivity gains from improved infrastructure. Over time, reliable infrastructure can lower costs, expand market access, and support broader private-sector growth.

The indicative numbers presented above are high level estimates and are subject to a series of assumptions, as detailed in the Thought Leadership.