Guyana’s economy expanded by 7.5 per cent in 2025, with the government signalling that the next phase of development will lean heavily on sustaining and accelerating growth across key productive sectors, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Susan Rodrigues has said.
Rodrigues, outlining priorities under the administration’s five-year agenda, pointed to the 2025 mid-year report as evidence that the country’s expansion is being underpinned by broad-based activity, including tourism, trade and agriculture, even as Guyana’s petroleum sector continues to scale up.
“The economy has expanded by 7.5%, which is exceptional,” Rodrigues said, arguing that the pace of growth reinforces confidence in Guyana’s economic direction and the policy focus now being pursued to deepen diversification and widen participation.
For businesses, Rodrigues said the government’s growth strategy is anchored in building stronger linkages between sectors, improving competitiveness, and ensuring that more local firms and entrepreneurs can capture opportunities created by rising demand, expanding infrastructure and improved market access.
She framed the outlook for the next five years as one centred on keeping economic expansion strong while widening the base of contributors to growth, particularly through trade, manufacturing, tourism investment and small business development, so the benefits of the boom are translated into jobs, enterprise expansion and stronger private sector activity.
Rodrigues said the administration’s overarching objective is to push development in a way that remains inclusive and resilient, with policies designed to keep Guyana’s growth trajectory strong and to position businesses to scale locally and compete regionally.
