Trott Bailey Family Abundance · Country Profile

Guyana 🇬🇾

Guyana currently ranks #91 of 241 on the TBF Abundance Scorecard, scoring -60.33. This country is money-gated, strongest in Welcome and weakest in Repair across 16 evidence categories.

Country profile & diagnostic reading

Data updatedEvidence through 13 Oct 2026
TBF Abundance Score
-60.3
Evidence before Abundance Gate +32.2
How the headline score is calculated

Evidence before Gate = Σ (published category score × category weight × research coverage) ÷ Σ (category weight × research coverage). The five-part Money Gate sets a proportional ceiling, with Friction already in the category evidence score.

Current evidence: +32.2 · Money Gate: 4.00/20 · Cash-register lock: +80.0 · Graded pressure: +80.0 · Headline: -60.3.

The fully detailed gate formula is explained in the Money Gate method; no international score can independently clear it.

TBF Rank

#91of 241

Global standing based on life reachability

GuyanaLast recorded move: up from #92 to #91.Recent recorded movements
  1. #92 → #9114 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500
  2. #93 → #9214 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500
  3. #94 → #9314 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500
  4. #95 → #9414 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500

Rank journey · newest first

Recorded period 1 of 25: rank 106. 6 Oct 2026 · 18:46 GMT-0500Recorded period 2 of 25: rank 108. 6 Oct 2026 · 18:46 GMT-0500Recorded period 3 of 25: rank 109. 6 Oct 2026 · 19:42 GMT-0500Recorded period 4 of 25: rank 109. 9 Oct 2026 · 06:43 GMT-0500 – 9 Oct 2026 · 07:51 GMT-0500Recorded period 5 of 25: rank 108. 9 Oct 2026 · 12:04 GMT-0500 – 10 Oct 2026 · 15:02 GMT-0500Recorded period 6 of 25: rank 107. 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500Recorded period 7 of 25: rank 106. 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500 – 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500Recorded period 8 of 25: rank 107. 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500 – 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500Recorded period 9 of 25: rank 106. 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500 – 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500Recorded period 10 of 25: rank 105. 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500 – 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500Recorded period 11 of 25: rank 104. 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500 – 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500Recorded period 12 of 25: rank 103. 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500 – 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500Recorded period 13 of 25: rank 97. 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500 – 11 Oct 2026 · 12:03 GMT-0500Recorded period 14 of 25: rank 96. 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500Recorded period 15 of 25: rank 95. 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500Recorded period 16 of 25: rank 96. 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500 – 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500Recorded period 17 of 25: rank 97. 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500 – 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500Recorded period 18 of 25: rank 96. 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500 – 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500Recorded period 19 of 25: rank 97. 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500 – 12 Oct 2026 · 06:17 GMT-0500Recorded period 20 of 25: rank 96. 12 Oct 2026 · 06:17 GMT-0500Recorded period 21 of 25: rank 95. 13 Oct 2026 · 18:19 GMT-0500Recorded period 22 of 25: rank 94. 14 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500Recorded period 23 of 25: rank 93. 14 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500Recorded period 24 of 25: rank 92. 14 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500Recorded period 25 of 25: rank 91. 14 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500NOW #91Oct 2026Oct 2026

Dated changes with readable spacing · diagonal lines show rank movement · horizontal lines show held positions · scroll left for earlier dates.

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National Abundance Gate

Money-gated

Graded status · five basics not fully cleared

Research Coverage

100%
Coverage calculation

Sum of each published category weight × its documented scoring coverage ÷ 100. The percentage measures completed scoring slots, not independent verification of every claim. For the current country:

9.0 × 100.0% + 8.0 × 100.0% + 9.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 7.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 4.0 × 100.0% + 8.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 4.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% = 100.00% weighted coverage

Unreviewed international categories do not receive fabricated coverage or zero scores.

14 / 14 domestic categories scored; 2 / 2 international categories with documented research (scores require full audit)

GDP Rank

#113

Shown for context, not as the abundance ranking

Money Gate · Overall Gate 0.7.0

Five basics stand between this country and zero

All five basics must reach 4/4 before a country can cross zero. Open any gate reading to see exactly why its points were assigned and review the source record.

Reach-to-Money-Gate Clearance 2.0: These five gates measure effective no-payment access, not installed capacity alone. Under new source-backed reviews, 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 4 points track verified free access to 0%, some but less than 30%, 30%+, 50%+, 75%+ and 100% of the population respectively. The higher levels require reliable real use; 4/4 requires universally accessible, reliable service without ordinary charges or exclusions. Missing population figures remain pending. Older gate points remain archived until re-audited.

0.5 / 4

Food

Why 0.5 / 4?

The Ministry of Education reports free school breakfasts, meals and snacks for enrolled children under the national programme (2026). This is a real no-payment route within schools, not free ordinary household food for everyone.

Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.

Point calculation

0.50 ÷ 4 × 100 = 12.50% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.

Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.

Gate finding reviewed 2026-10-14
0.5 / 4

Housing / Land

Why 0.5 / 4?

CHPA describes a September 2026 house-and-land programme with a GYD 10.5 million home plus a GYD 500,000 lot. Allocation and public investment exist, but the direct housing route remains priced, not universally free.

Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.

Point calculation

0.50 ÷ 4 × 100 = 12.50% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.

Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.

Gate finding reviewed 2026-10-14
3.0 / 4

Healthcare

Why 3.0 / 4?

The Ministry of Health publishes public regional care coverage including residents and migrants. Its GYD 10,000 diagnostic-test voucher subsidises specific private tests, so the programme is not evidence that every service, medicine or journey is free.

Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.

Point calculation

3.00 ÷ 4 × 100 = 75.00% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.

Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.

Gate finding reviewed 2026-10-14
0.0 / 4

Transportation

Why 0.0 / 4?

The Government of Guyana continues to regulate and enforce fares for minibuses and other regular public transportation (May 2026). Targeted school grants are financial support, not a general zero-fare mobility system.

Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.

Point calculation

0.00 ÷ 4 × 100 = 0.00% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.

Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.

Gate finding reviewed 2026-10-14
0.0 / 4

Water / Energy

Why 0.0 / 4?

Guyana Water Inc publishes residential metered and unmetered customer tariffs, and Guyana Power and Light publishes residential electricity rates. These are billed household essentials, even when rates are subsidised.

Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.

Point calculation

0.00 ÷ 4 × 100 = 0.00% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.

Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.

Gate finding reviewed 2026-10-14
Money Gate score
  • Food0.5 / 4
  • Housing / Land0.5 / 4
  • Healthcare3.0 / 4
  • Transportation0.0 / 4
  • Water / Energy0.0 / 4
  • Money still needed16.0 / 20

Grey means points not yet earned toward fully money-free basic life—not a cash price or currency sum.

Why 4.0 / 20?

The Money Gate total is the sum of the five direct 0–4 readings. Every basic need remains visible separately so one strong area cannot hide another weak one.

Actual calculation

Food 0.50 + Housing / Land 0.50 + Healthcare 3.00 + Transportation 0.00 + Water / Energy 0.00 = 4.00 / 20

A country remains money-gated until the total reaches 20 / 20.

Cash-Register Lock
80.0 / 100
Why 80.0 / 100?

The five direct Money Gate readings total 0–20. Every point removes five of the 100 payment-lock units; a 7/20 reading produces a 65/100 lock.

Actual calculation

100 - (4.00 × 5) = 80.00

Friction Economy Pressure
79.1 / 100
Why 79.1 / 100?

Friction is visible as its own 0–100 contextual reading from domestic category rails. Its effect is already in the evidence score and is not applied to the ceiling again.

Actual calculation

(100 - -58.18) ÷ 2 = 79.09 / 100

The weighted Friction rail comes from the published domestic category rails.

Money-gated ceiling
-40.0
Why -40.0?

Each Money Gate point raises the negative ceiling by 2.5 points: 0/20 → −50, 7/20 → −32.5, 10/20 → −25, 19.5/20 → −1.25. At 20/20 the gate is removed, so the evidence score becomes the headline directly.

Actual calculation

80.00 = 80.00 (Friction already counted in category scores)

-50 + 2.5 × 4.00 = -40.0

16-category profile

All categories at a glance

All sixteen categories use the −100 to +100 evidence scale once verified. International Welcome and External Footprint remain pending until their rail scores are properly researched. Select a category for sourced findings and transparent calculations.

Category readings & evidence

Open any category for the full diagnostic reading

9% weight Human Time & Burden Return
+30.5↓

Base +27.5 · Adoption +3.0

Score breakdown

Human Time & Burden Return

+30.5
Capacity 25%
+70.0× 25%= +17.5 points
Exact point calculation

70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself.

Reach 35%
+50.0× 35%= +17.5 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

50.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-60.0× 25%= -15.0 points
Exact point calculation

-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Employment-to-population ratio is a labour-market indicator. It does not reveal domestic care work, multiple-job overlap, commuting or daily disposable time for a family of five. Retain the earlier authored Human Time judgment until a specific time-use series is verified.

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Regeneration 15%
+50.0× 15%= +7.5 points
Exact point calculation

50.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 7.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+27.5 Verified Adoption bonus+3.0 Published category score+30.5 Contribution to national evidence score+2.7
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 17.50 + 17.50 + -15.00 + 7.50 = 27.50

Base: 27.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +3.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +30.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 30.50 × (9.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.75 points

Why Adoption adds points

National media carried an externally published contribution presenting Trott Bailey Abundance Theory as a way to judge Guyana beyond GDP. The publication is independent of Trott Bailey self-publication; the signal receives national-media Adoption weight without being described as a newsroom endorsement.

This category carries 9% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 9.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.7 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +69.5

What the evidence found

Guyana: employment ratio is context, not family time

Employment-to-population ratio is a labour-market indicator. It does not reveal domestic care work, multiple-job overlap, commuting or daily disposable time for a family of five. Retain the earlier authored Human Time judgment until a specific time-use series is verified.

2026-10-14 World Bank WDI — employment-to-population ratio
Guyana: human time burden — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: human time burden — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: human time burden — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: human time burden — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: Human Time & Burden Return research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The live review treats labour-market access as only one part of time abundance: paid employment and income remain the main route to essentials, so employment is not counted as returned family time by itself.

World Bank Data — Guyana
Adoption: 1 archived public signal and source

Publications and documented uptake are archived for this particular category. Only independently verified, eligible signals can contribute to its bounded Adoption bonus; other records remain visible without assigning points.

Kaieteur News Guyana is growing fast. What else should count as growth?

National media carried an externally published contribution presenting Trott Bailey Abundance Theory as a way to judge Guyana beyond GDP. The publication is independent of Trott Bailey self-publication; the signal receives national-media Adoption weight without being described as a newsroom endorsement.

Eligible signal · authority value +3.0 before category cap

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8% weight Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
+27.5↓

Score breakdown

Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach

+27.5
Capacity 25%
+70.0× 25%= +17.5 points
Exact point calculation

70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated.

Reach 35%
+50.0× 35%= +17.5 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

Recorded value matches a new ladder step. Full new-method status requires a source-led audit of the coverage and access conditions; the number alone is not proof.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Housing / Land 0.50/4 recorded; gate-specific source linkage pending. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

50.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-60.0× 25%= -15.0 points
Exact point calculation

-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Durability 15%
+50.0× 15%= +7.5 points
Exact point calculation

50.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 7.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+27.5 Published category score+27.5 Contribution to national evidence score+2.2
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 17.50 + 17.50 + -15.00 + 7.50 = 27.50

Base: 27.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +27.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 27.50 × (8.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.20 points

This category carries 8% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 8.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.2 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +20.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: housing shelter reach — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: housing shelter reach — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: housing shelter reach — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: housing shelter reach — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Housing capacity exists, but adequacy, affordability, resilience and geographic reach remain uneven; shelter remains substantially money- and location-gated.

World Bank Data — Guyana
9% weight Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
+35.5↓

Score breakdown

Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance

+35.5
Capacity 25%
+75.0× 25%= +18.8 points
Exact point calculation

75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance.

Reach 35%
+60.0× 35%= +21.0 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Food 0.50/4 recorded; gate-specific source linkage pending. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

60.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 21.00 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction / Waste 25%
-50.0× 25%= -12.5 points
Exact point calculation

-50.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -12.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Multiplication 15%
+55.0× 15%= +8.3 points
Exact point calculation

55.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 8.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+35.5 Published category score+35.5 Contribution to national evidence score+3.2
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 18.75 + 21.00 + -12.50 + 8.25 = 35.50

Base: 35.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +35.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 35.50 × (9.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 3.20 points

This category carries 9% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 9.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.2 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +15.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: food nourishment free food — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 FAOLEX Guyana country profile
Guyana: food nourishment free food — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 FAOLEX Guyana country profile
Guyana: food nourishment free food — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 FAOLEX Guyana country profile
Guyana: food nourishment free food — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 FAOLEX Guyana country profile
Guyana: Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The food audit distinguishes physical production from nourishment reach. The cited food-security source shows that market access, shocks, nutrition or import exposure still matter, so domestic capacity is not treated as universal food abundance.

FAOLEX Guyana country profile
6% weight Water & Sanitation Abundance
+27.5↓

Score breakdown

Water & Sanitation Abundance

+27.5
Capacity 25%
+70.0× 25%= +17.5 points
Exact point calculation

70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material.

Reach 35%
+50.0× 35%= +17.5 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

Recorded value matches a new ladder step. Full new-method status requires a source-led audit of the coverage and access conditions; the number alone is not proof.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Water / Energy 0.00/4 recorded; gate-specific source linkage pending. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

Water and energy share one combined four-point gate; the direct audit must show which part reaches families without payment.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

50.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction / Loss 25%
-60.0× 25%= -15.0 points
Exact point calculation

-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Regeneration 15%
+50.0× 15%= +7.5 points
Exact point calculation

50.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 7.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+27.5 Published category score+27.5 Contribution to national evidence score+1.7
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 17.50 + 17.50 + -15.00 + 7.50 = 27.50

Base: 27.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +27.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 27.50 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.65 points

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.7 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +20.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: water sanitation — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: water sanitation — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: water sanitation — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: water sanitation — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: Water & Sanitation Abundance research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Water and sanitation systems are expanding, but the cited WASH evidence shows that safe, reliable service does not yet reach everyone equally; climate, distance or infrastructure gaps remain material.

UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
5% weight Energy & Household Capability
+35.5↓

Score breakdown

Energy & Household Capability

+35.5
Capacity 25%
+75.0× 25%= +18.8 points
Exact point calculation

75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability.

Reach 35%
+60.0× 35%= +21.0 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Water / Energy 0.00/4 recorded; gate-specific source linkage pending. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

Water and energy share one combined four-point gate; the direct audit must show which part reaches families without payment.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

60.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 21.00 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-50.0× 25%= -12.5 points
Exact point calculation

-50.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -12.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Burden Removed 15%
+55.0× 15%= +8.3 points
Exact point calculation

55.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 8.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+35.5 Published category score+35.5 Contribution to national evidence score+1.8
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 18.75 + 21.00 + -12.50 + 8.25 = 35.50

Base: 35.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +35.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 35.50 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.78 points

This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +15.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: energy household capability — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: energy household capability — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: energy household capability — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: energy household capability — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: Energy & Household Capability research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Energy capacity and access are real but reliability, affordability, import dependence, rural reach or climate exposure still limit household capability.

World Bank Data — Guyana
7% weight Health & Care Reach
+27.5↓

Score breakdown

Health & Care Reach

+27.5
Capacity 25%
+70.0× 25%= +17.5 points
Exact point calculation

70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material.

Reach 35%
+50.0× 35%= +17.5 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

Recorded value matches a new ladder step. Full new-method status requires a source-led audit of the coverage and access conditions; the number alone is not proof.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Healthcare 3.00/4 recorded; gate-specific source linkage pending. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

50.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-60.0× 25%= -15.0 points
Exact point calculation

-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Prevention 15%
+50.0× 15%= +7.5 points
Exact point calculation

50.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 7.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+27.5 Published category score+27.5 Contribution to national evidence score+1.9
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 17.50 + 17.50 + -15.00 + 7.50 = 27.50

Base: 27.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +27.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 27.50 × (7.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.93 points

This category carries 7% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 7.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.9 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +20.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: health care reach — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO — Guyana
Guyana: health care reach — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO — Guyana
Guyana: health care reach — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO — Guyana
Guyana: health care reach — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO — Guyana
Guyana: Health & Care Reach research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The health system has functioning public capability, but WHO evidence supports a conservative reach score because service quality, distance, workforce, disease burden or financial/logistical barriers remain material.

WHO — Guyana
6% weight Education & Human Capability
+27.5↓

Score breakdown

Education & Human Capability

+27.5
Capacity 25%
+70.0× 25%= +17.5 points
Exact point calculation

70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability.

Reach 35%
+50.0× 35%= +17.5 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

50.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-60.0× 25%= -15.0 points
Exact point calculation

-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Capability 15%
+50.0× 15%= +7.5 points
Exact point calculation

50.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 7.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+27.5 Published category score+27.5 Contribution to national evidence score+1.7
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 17.50 + 17.50 + -15.00 + 7.50 = 27.50

Base: 27.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +27.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 27.50 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.65 points

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.7 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +20.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: education human capability — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: education human capability — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: education human capability — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: education human capability — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: Education & Human Capability research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Education institutions reach large parts of the population, but access, learning quality, retention and remote/disadvantaged-child gaps prevent school presence from being treated as full human capability.

UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
4% weight Mobility & Reachability
+19.5↓

Score breakdown

Mobility & Reachability

+19.5
Capacity 25%
+60.0× 25%= +15.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 15.00 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money.

Reach 35%
+42.0× 35%= +14.7 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Transportation 0.00/4 recorded; gate-specific source linkage pending. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

  1. -100No functioning ordinary transport service established
  2. -75Some transportation exists but practical access is severely limited
  3. -50Basic usable transportation infrastructure exists
  4. -25A functioning national or broadly connected public transport network exists
  5. 0More than 50% of residents are effectively served
  6. +25More than 75% effectively served OR more than 30% receive dependable free travel
  7. +50More than 75% effectively served AND more than 30% receive dependable free travel
  8. +75More than 90% effectively served, at least 75% travel free, and service is reliable
  9. +100Ordinary essential travel is universally accessible, reliable and free of payment
Exact point calculation

42.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 14.70 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-65.0× 25%= -16.3 points
Exact point calculation

-65.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -16.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Time 15%
+40.0× 15%= +6.0 points
Exact point calculation

40.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 6.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+19.5 Published category score+19.5 Contribution to national evidence score+0.8
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 15.00 + 14.70 + -16.25 + 6.00 = 19.45

Base: 19.45 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +19.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 19.45 × (4.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 0.78 points

This category carries 4% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +0.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +18.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: mobility reachability — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: mobility reachability — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: mobility reachability — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: mobility reachability — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: Mobility & Reachability research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Transport infrastructure creates national and regional movement capacity, but distance, road quality, cost, reliability and last-mile access still consume household time and money.

World Bank Data — Guyana
8% weight Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
+29.6↓

Score breakdown

Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability

+29.6
Capacity 25%
+70.0× 25%= +17.5 points
Exact point calculation

70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone.

Reach 35%
+50.0× 35%= +17.5 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

50.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-60.0× 25%= -15.0 points
Exact point calculation

-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Continuity 15%
+50.0× 15%= +7.5 points
Exact point calculation

50.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 7.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+27.5 Published family-method adjustment+2.1 Published category score+29.6 Contribution to national evidence score+2.4
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 17.50 + 17.50 + -15.00 + 7.50 = 27.50

Base: 29.60 · reviewed adjustment: 2.10 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +29.6 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 29.60 × (8.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.37 points

Why the family-method adjustment is applied

New and re-reviewed Family Formation scores blend 60% lived family conditions with 40% fertility performance. Five children per woman is the 100/100 fertility target. The 2.1 replacement floor earns +25/100 fertility performance; below replacement declines proportionally, while rates above 2.1 rise progressively toward +100 at 5.0. Live-reviewed from the automation completion record plus authoritative-source reconstruction after persistence failure. Capacity, reach, friction and return/regeneration are scored separately; national monetary gatekeeping is applied only at the overall-score stage. Re-audited 2026-10-06 under Family Fertility Method 1.0.0: prior lived-family score 27.50 weighted 60%, TFR 2.400 (2024) gives fertility performance 32.76/100 weighted 40%, producing 29.60. Documentation review 2026-10-14: historic four-rail numerical assessment preserved; links support country context, not exact numeric point precision. 100% means source/rail documentation, NOT nationally verified no-payment access.

This category carries 8% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 8.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.4 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Family Formation — two-part calculation and marriage-law criterion

First half — the established family and fertility assessment

The original family score remains available. It combines 60% conditions for family life with 40% observed total fertility performance. Its source research is preserved.

Pre-policy score: +29.6

Second half — binary marriage-law policy criterion

This is a Trott Bailey Family policy preference, not an estimate of births lost. Recognition: −50 points. Reviewed non-recognition: 0 deduction. An unreviewed status stays pending and causes no deduction.

Country legal status: Not recognized in reviewed legal-status evidence

Deduction calculation: 50 × 0 = 0 points

Final category calculation: +29.6 − 0 = +29.6 (clamped to −100..+100, before any independent material-transfer deductions)

Guyana: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded by the 2026-10-10 legal-status review. No domestic civil marriage availability to same-sex couples is recorded; absence of formal ban is distinct from marriage availability. This describes legal status, not a demonstrated effect on birth rates.

Legal-status source: Pew Research Center · 2026-10-10 (access date; verify publication date in linked source) · Reviewed: 2026-10-10

Fertility and family policy: research and source notes

Trott Bailey Family target and observed fertility The 5.0-children-per-woman target is an authored civilization benchmark; approximately 2.1 children per woman is the usual long-run replacement benchmark. The existing Family Formation method blends 60% lived family conditions and 40% measured fertility performance.

How policy is evaluated Assess housing, care, parental time, material security, access to family formation, and actual demographic outcomes. A government statement or law is not proof that national births increased or declined. Establish its effects with dated comparative evidence before assigning points.

How the two kinds of evidence differ The binary legal-status deduction is an authored TBF policy assessment, not a statistic of observed births. Carroll and Schumm argue that marriage-law changes can weaken procreative norms, while other empirical studies find no negative effect on different-sex family formation. This disagreement is disclosed rather than presented as scientific consensus.

Independent research OECD fertility trends (2024) · UN population projections (2024) · Peer-reviewed family-formation study (2015) · Carroll & Schumm — The Fall of Fertility (2016/2017) · Public Discourse (2015).

Trott Bailey Family thinking Courtship, Marriage & Married Life · Official Core World View · No Shrugging at Family Suffering.

Abundance Gap: +20.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: family formation stability — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: family formation stability — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: family formation stability — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: family formation stability — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do
Guyana: Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Family stability is constrained where poverty, food, housing, employment, care and public-service gaps fall directly on children and caregivers; the score therefore reflects continuity of family life, not income alone.

UNICEF Guyana & Suriname — What we do

Published indicators

Total fertility rate2.40 births per woman

World Bank / World Development Indicators — Total fertility rate · 2024

Source
5% weight Land Access & Spatial Freedom
+36.0↓

Score breakdown

Land Access & Spatial Freedom

+36.0
Capacity 25%
+95.0× 25%= +23.8 points
Exact point calculation

95.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 23.75 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access.

Reach 35%
+50.0× 35%= +17.5 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

Recorded value matches a new ladder step. Full new-method status requires a source-led audit of the coverage and access conditions; the number alone is not proof.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

Linked direct Money Gate: Housing / Land 0.50/4 recorded; gate-specific source linkage pending. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

50.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction / Concentration 25%
-60.0× 25%= -15.0 points
Exact point calculation

-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Productive Ground 15%
+65.0× 15%= +9.8 points
Exact point calculation

65.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.75 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+36.0 Published category score+36.0 Contribution to national evidence score+1.8
Show the full category score calculation

Weighted rails: 23.75 + 17.50 + -15.00 + 9.75 = 36.00

Base: 36.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +36.0 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 36.00 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.80 points

This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +45.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: land spatial freedom — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: land spatial freedom — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: land spatial freedom — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: land spatial freedom — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: Land Access & Spatial Freedom research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Physical land and productive-ground capacity can be large even where ordinary families face tenure, purchase, lease, regulatory or location barriers. The score separates land existence from secure usable access.

World Bank Data — Guyana
6% weight Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
+27.5↓

Score breakdown

Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight

+27.5
Capacity 25%
+70.0× 25%= +17.5 points
Exact point calculation

70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally.

Reach 35%
+50.0× 35%= +17.5 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

50.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-60.0× 25%= -15.0 points
Exact point calculation

-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Delight 15%
+50.0× 15%= +7.5 points
Exact point calculation

50.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 7.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+27.5 Published category score+27.5 Contribution to national evidence score+1.7
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Weighted rails: 17.50 + 17.50 + -15.00 + 7.50 = 27.50

Base: 27.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +27.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 27.50 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.65 points

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.7 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +20.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: peace beauty delight — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

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Guyana: peace beauty delight — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: peace beauty delight — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: peace beauty delight — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Nature, culture and public life create real potential for delight, but safety, poverty, climate stress, service burden or unequal access keep everyday peace of mind from being assumed nationally.

World Bank Data — Guyana
6% weight Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
+47.8↓

Score breakdown

Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience

+47.8
Capacity 25%
+95.0× 25%= +23.8 points
Exact point calculation

95.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 23.75 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function.

Reach / Ecological Function 35%
+70.0× 35%= +24.5 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

70.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 24.50 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction / Loss 25%
-50.0× 25%= -12.5 points
Exact point calculation

-50.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -12.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Regeneration 15%
+80.0× 15%= +12.0 points
Exact point calculation

80.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 12.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+47.8 Published category score+47.8 Contribution to national evidence score+2.9
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Weighted rails: 23.75 + 24.50 + -12.50 + 12.00 = 47.75

Base: 47.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +47.8 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 47.75 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 2.87 points

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.9 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +25.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: living ground resilience — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO climate and health profile — Guyana
Guyana: living ground resilience — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO climate and health profile — Guyana
Guyana: living ground resilience — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO climate and health profile — Guyana
Guyana: living ground resilience — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 WHO climate and health profile — Guyana
Guyana: Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. The country has important living-ground assets, but resilience is reduced where climate shocks, habitat loss, land degradation, pollution or infrastructure pressure weaken ecological function.

WHO climate and health profile — Guyana
5% weight Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
+27.5↓

Score breakdown

Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction

+27.5
Capacity 25%
+70.0× 25%= +17.5 points
Exact point calculation

70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score.

Reach 35%
+50.0× 35%= +17.5 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

50.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction 25%
-60.0× 25%= -15.0 points
Exact point calculation

-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Reliability 15%
+50.0× 15%= +7.5 points
Exact point calculation

50.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 7.50 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+27.5 Published category score+27.5 Contribution to national evidence score+1.4
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Weighted rails: 17.50 + 17.50 + -15.00 + 7.50 = 27.50

Base: 27.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +27.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 27.50 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.38 points

This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.4 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +20.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: justice safety friction — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

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Guyana: justice safety friction — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

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Guyana: justice safety friction — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

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Guyana: justice safety friction — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

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Guyana: Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Public institutions and legal systems provide real capacity, but access friction, security conditions, administrative burden and unequal ability to navigate institutions justify a conservative justice/safety score.

World Bank Data — Guyana
4% weight Durability, Repair & Material Return
+19.5↓

Score breakdown

Durability, Repair & Material Return

+19.5
Capacity 25%
+60.0× 25%= +15.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 15.00 weighted points

Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.

Why this score

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity.

Reach 35%
+42.0× 35%= +14.7 points
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate

This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.

Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.

The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.

Exact point calculation

42.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 14.70 weighted points

Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.

Why this score

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Friction / Waste 25%
-65.0× 25%= -16.3 points
Exact point calculation

-65.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -16.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Return / Circularity 15%
+40.0× 15%= +6.0 points
Exact point calculation

40.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 6.00 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+19.5 Published category score+19.5 Contribution to national evidence score+0.8
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Weighted rails: 15.00 + 14.70 + -16.25 + 6.00 = 19.45

Base: 19.45 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +19.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 19.45 × (4.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 0.78 points

Material transfers: scored in International Footprint

Exporter responsibility: 0.00/100 (15% of footprint); importer responsibility: 0.00/100 (15% of footprint). Material movement is a real workload; these are TBF authored judgments, not certified illegal dumping estimates. Each role is included ONCE in the Footprint 3.1 published score.

Accepted imported garbageAudit pending
Accepted low-utility dumpingAudit pending

The material-transfer burden already affects the published score. Facility-specific downstream harm remains a separate research claim. No second penalty is added for the same trade.

This category carries 4% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +0.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

Abundance Gap: +18.0

What the evidence found

Guyana: durability material return — rail 4 review

Time, reliability, resilience and practical family benefit. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

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Guyana: durability material return — rail 3 review

Costs, gatekeeping, recurring household payments and dependency. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

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Guyana: durability material return — rail 2 review

Reach to ordinary families and geographic/financial exclusions. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: durability material return — rail 1 review

Available productive capacity and relevant national systems. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 World Bank Data — Guyana
Guyana: Durability, Repair & Material Return research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. Infrastructure can be repaired and maintained, but the recovered automation package did not establish universal circular-material return. The production score therefore remains conservative rather than treating waste projects or maintenance plans as completed circularity.

World Bank Data — Guyana
6% weight International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
+59.8↓

International score breakdown

International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome

+59.8
Entry Accessibility 25%
+65.0× 25%= +16.3 points
Exact point calculation

65.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 16.25 weighted points

Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.

Why this score

Lawful entry and practical travel options, visa rules and reachable borders. Prior researched country observation: Guyana is actively planning for a much larger migrant workforce and publicly frames migrants from countries including Bangladesh, Cuba and Venezuela as partners in development. Employment visas and migrant access are real, while status, documentation, temporary frameworks and the 2026 US migration-cooperation arrangement keep meaningful permanence and third-country-transfer concerns in the score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana is actively planning for a much larger migrant workforce and publicly frames migrants from countries including Bangladesh, Cuba and Venezuela as partners in development. Employment visas and migrant access are real, while status, documentation, temporary frameworks and the 2026 US migration-cooperation arrangement keep meaningful permanence and third-country-transfer concerns in the score.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. International movement remains governed by passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This is recorded factually and remains unscored under the frozen methodology.

Migrant Practical Life 30%
+70.0× 30%= +21.0 points
Exact point calculation

70.00 × (30.00 ÷ 100) = 21.00 weighted points

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Why this score

Migration, residency and actual ability to live safely with services. Prior researched country observation: Guyana is actively planning for a much larger migrant workforce and publicly frames migrants from countries including Bangladesh, Cuba and Venezuela as partners in development. Employment visas and migrant access are real, while status, documentation, temporary frameworks and the 2026 US migration-cooperation arrangement keep meaningful permanence and third-country-transfer concerns in the score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Refugee / Neighbour Welcome 25%
+40.0× 25%= +10.0 points
Exact point calculation

40.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 10.00 weighted points

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Why this score

Refugee reception, host communities and international protection. Prior researched country observation: Guyana is actively planning for a much larger migrant workforce and publicly frames migrants from countries including Bangladesh, Cuba and Venezuela as partners in development. Employment visas and migrant access are real, while status, documentation, temporary frameworks and the 2026 US migration-cooperation arrangement keep meaningful permanence and third-country-transfer concerns in the score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Flexibility / Continuity 20%
+60.0× 20%= +12.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (20.00 ÷ 100) = 12.00 weighted points

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Why this score

Family unity, citizenship continuity and predictable renewal of stay. Prior researched country observation: Guyana is actively planning for a much larger migrant workforce and publicly frames migrants from countries including Bangladesh, Cuba and Venezuela as partners in development. Employment visas and migrant access are real, while status, documentation, temporary frameworks and the 2026 US migration-cooperation arrangement keep meaningful permanence and third-country-transfer concerns in the score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+59.3 Published research adjustment+0.5 Published category score+59.8 Contribution to national evidence score+3.6
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Weighted rails: 16.25 + 21.00 + 10.00 + 12.00 = 59.25

Base: 59.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.50 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +59.8 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 59.75 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 3.59 points

Why the reviewed adjustment is applied

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration. International Scoring 1.0.0. Welcome covers real entry, lived migrant/refugee access, permanence/family continuity and contradictory enforcement evidence. No +5 eVisa adjustment is applied unless >100-nationality eVisa breadth is explicitly verified.

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.6 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

What the evidence found

Guyana: international access human welcome — rail 4 review

Family unity, citizenship continuity and predictable renewal of stay. Prior researched country observation: Guyana is actively planning for a much larger migrant workforce and publicly frames migrants from countries including Bangladesh, Cuba and Venezuela as partners in development. Employment visas and migrant access are real, while status, documentation, temporary frameworks and the 2026 US migration-cooperation arrangement keep meaningful permanence and third-country-transfer concerns in the score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 Department of Public Information — migration policy for a larger labour force
Guyana: international access human welcome — rail 3 review

Refugee reception, host communities and international protection. Prior researched country observation: Guyana is actively planning for a much larger migrant workforce and publicly frames migrants from countries including Bangladesh, Cuba and Venezuela as partners in development. Employment visas and migrant access are real, while status, documentation, temporary frameworks and the 2026 US migration-cooperation arrangement keep meaningful permanence and third-country-transfer concerns in the score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 Department of Public Information — migration policy for a larger labour force
Guyana: international access human welcome — rail 2 review

Migration, residency and actual ability to live safely with services. Prior researched country observation: Guyana is actively planning for a much larger migrant workforce and publicly frames migrants from countries including Bangladesh, Cuba and Venezuela as partners in development. Employment visas and migrant access are real, while status, documentation, temporary frameworks and the 2026 US migration-cooperation arrangement keep meaningful permanence and third-country-transfer concerns in the score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 Department of Public Information — migration policy for a larger labour force
Guyana: international access human welcome — rail 1 review

Lawful entry and practical travel options, visa rules and reachable borders. Prior researched country observation: Guyana is actively planning for a much larger migrant workforce and publicly frames migrants from countries including Bangladesh, Cuba and Venezuela as partners in development. Employment visas and migrant access are real, while status, documentation, temporary frameworks and the 2026 US migration-cooperation arrangement keep meaningful permanence and third-country-transfer concerns in the score. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 Department of Public Information — migration policy for a larger labour force
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome

Guyana is actively planning for a much larger migrant workforce and publicly frames migrants from countries including Bangladesh, Cuba and Venezuela as partners in development. Employment visas and migrant access are real, while status, documentation, temporary frameworks and the 2026 US migration-cooperation arrangement keep meaningful permanence and third-country-transfer concerns in the score.

2026-10-06 Department of Public Information — migration policy for a larger labour force · News Room Guyana — migrant labour and human-rights protections
Guyana: International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. International movement remains governed by passports, visas, residence rules, documentation and financial conditions. This is recorded factually and remains unscored under the frozen methodology.

World Bank Data — Guyana
6% weight External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
+31.5↓

International score breakdown

External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct

+31.5
Positive Contribution 25%
+60.0× 25%= +15.0 points
Exact point calculation

60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 15.00 weighted points

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Why this score

Helpful international contributions and transferable capacity. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has supplied practical regional disaster-recovery capability, including a 42-member GDF mission that restored more than 187 homes and public facilities on Union Island. The positive regional contribution is sharply counterweighted by the extraordinary expansion of crude-oil extraction: oil exports exceeded US$15 billion in the first half of 2026 and production averaged about 902,000 barrels per day. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Guyana has supplied practical regional disaster-recovery capability, including a 42-member GDF mission that restored more than 187 homes and public facilities on Union Island. The positive regional contribution is sharply counterweighted by the extraordinary expansion of crude-oil extraction: oil exports exceeded US$15 billion in the first half of 2026 and production averaged about 902,000 barrels per day.

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. External trade, resource flows, aid, emissions and cross-border effects cannot be reduced to territorial conditions alone. This category records the external ledger factually and remains unscored under the frozen methodology.

Mutuality / Local Benefit 25%
+55.0× 25%= +13.8 points
Exact point calculation

55.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 13.75 weighted points

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Why this score

Mutuality, dignity and shared benefit to residents and partner communities. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has supplied practical regional disaster-recovery capability, including a 42-member GDF mission that restored more than 187 homes and public facilities on Union Island. The positive regional contribution is sharply counterweighted by the extraordinary expansion of crude-oil extraction: oil exports exceeded US$15 billion in the first half of 2026 and production averaged about 902,000 barrels per day. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Documented Harm / Extraction 35%
-35.0× 35%= -12.3 points
Exact point calculation

-35.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = -12.25 weighted points

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Why this score

External social/ecological harm and attempted repair. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has supplied practical regional disaster-recovery capability, including a 42-member GDF mission that restored more than 187 homes and public facilities on Union Island. The positive regional contribution is sharply counterweighted by the extraordinary expansion of crude-oil extraction: oil exports exceeded US$15 billion in the first half of 2026 and production averaged about 902,000 barrels per day. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Accountability / Repair 15%
+40.0× 15%= +6.0 points
Exact point calculation

40.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 6.00 weighted points

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Why this score

Trade-flow scrutiny: volume/handling unknown unless a dated customs record is present. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has supplied practical regional disaster-recovery capability, including a 42-member GDF mission that restored more than 187 homes and public facilities on Union Island. The positive regional contribution is sharply counterweighted by the extraordinary expansion of crude-oil extraction: oil exports exceeded US$15 billion in the first half of 2026 and production averaged about 902,000 barrels per day. HS3915 export/import weights and destination-processing pathways were not independently confirmed in this pass; no illegal dumping or zero trade is asserted. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

Weighted rail subtotal+22.5 Published research adjustment+9.0 Published category score+31.5 Contribution to national evidence score+1.9
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Weighted rails: 15.00 + 13.75 + -12.25 + 6.00 = 22.50

Base: 31.50 · reviewed adjustment: 9.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +31.5 (clamped to −100..+100)

Contribution to national evidence: 31.50 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 100.00 = 1.89 points

Material transfers: scored in International Footprint

Exporter responsibility: 0.00/100 (15% of footprint); importer responsibility: 0.00/100 (15% of footprint). Material movement is a real workload; these are TBF authored judgments, not certified illegal dumping estimates. Each role is included ONCE in the Footprint 3.1 published score.

Exported waste / garbageRole: 0.00/100 · scored
Exported low-utility goods / disguised dumpingRole: 0.00/100 · scored

The material-transfer burden already affects the published score. Facility-specific downstream harm remains a separate research claim. No second penalty is added for the same trade.

Why the reviewed adjustment is applied

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration. International Scoring 1.0.0. External footprint considers contribution, mutual/local benefit, low-harm/non-extractive conduct and accountability relative to national capacity.

This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.9 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.

What the evidence found

Guyana: external footprint non extractive — rail 4 review

Trade-flow scrutiny: volume/handling unknown unless a dated customs record is present. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has supplied practical regional disaster-recovery capability, including a 42-member GDF mission that restored more than 187 homes and public facilities on Union Island. The positive regional contribution is sharply counterweighted by the extraordinary expansion of crude-oil extraction: oil exports exceeded US$15 billion in the first half of 2026 and production averaged about 902,000 barrels per day. HS3915 export/import weights and destination-processing pathways were not independently confirmed in this pass; no illegal dumping or zero trade is asserted. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 Guyana Defence Force — Union Island humanitarian mission
Guyana: external footprint non extractive — rail 3 review

External social/ecological harm and attempted repair. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has supplied practical regional disaster-recovery capability, including a 42-member GDF mission that restored more than 187 homes and public facilities on Union Island. The positive regional contribution is sharply counterweighted by the extraordinary expansion of crude-oil extraction: oil exports exceeded US$15 billion in the first half of 2026 and production averaged about 902,000 barrels per day. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 Guyana Defence Force — Union Island humanitarian mission
Guyana: external footprint non extractive — rail 2 review

Mutuality, dignity and shared benefit to residents and partner communities. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has supplied practical regional disaster-recovery capability, including a 42-member GDF mission that restored more than 187 homes and public facilities on Union Island. The positive regional contribution is sharply counterweighted by the extraordinary expansion of crude-oil extraction: oil exports exceeded US$15 billion in the first half of 2026 and production averaged about 902,000 barrels per day. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 Guyana Defence Force — Union Island humanitarian mission
Guyana: external footprint non extractive — rail 1 review

Helpful international contributions and transferable capacity. Prior researched country observation: Guyana has supplied practical regional disaster-recovery capability, including a 42-member GDF mission that restored more than 187 homes and public facilities on Union Island. The positive regional contribution is sharply counterweighted by the extraordinary expansion of crude-oil extraction: oil exports exceeded US$15 billion in the first half of 2026 and production averaged about 902,000 barrels per day. Point values are TBF authored judgements; cited source supplies context and cannot alone verify full reach or the exact score.

2026-10-14 Guyana Defence Force — Union Island humanitarian mission
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct

Guyana has supplied practical regional disaster-recovery capability, including a 42-member GDF mission that restored more than 187 homes and public facilities on Union Island. The positive regional contribution is sharply counterweighted by the extraordinary expansion of crude-oil extraction: oil exports exceeded US$15 billion in the first half of 2026 and production averaged about 902,000 barrels per day.

2026-10-06 Guyana Defence Force — Union Island humanitarian mission · Department of Public Information — oil exports first half 2026
Guyana: External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct research finding

Guyana has exceptional forest, freshwater, land and rapidly expanding fiscal/resource capacity, but settlement is sparse and uneven, interior communities face service and transport gaps, and flood/climate exposure remains significant. External trade, resource flows, aid, emissions and cross-border effects cannot be reduced to territorial conditions alone. This category records the external ledger factually and remains unscored under the frozen methodology.

WHO climate and health profile — Guyana

Trott Bailey Family Civilization Target

The end state: life beyond monetary gatekeeping

Trott Bailey Family Civilization treats money as an exchange tool rather than a prerequisite for access to life. The long-run abundance target is that food, water, shelter, care, education, mobility, land access and ordinary public life remain reachable even when a person cannot pay.

This target is an authored civilization standard. The diagnostic evidence score can use all sixteen weighted categories: fourteen domestic plus International Welcome (6%) and External Footprint (6%), when each international category has four verified rail scores and dated source evidence. Unreviewed international rails remain pending, not zero. The five-part Money Gate remains a separate domestic threshold asking whether food, housing/land, healthcare, transportation and water/energy are genuinely reachable without payment before any civilization can cross zero.