Guyana exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Guyana in South America, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 8.0K | 0.0M | $1.3B | 4.93% | 0.00% | 17.47% |
| IND | 6.1K | 0.0M | $1.1B | 3.76% | 0.00% | 15.25% |
| RES | 149.0K | 0.8M | $4.9B | 91.31% | 100.00% | 67.29% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Guyana.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Guyana.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Guyana.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| East Berbice-Corentyne | 56.8K | 364.9K | $2,354.5M | 34.81% | 43.65% | 32.44% |
| Demerara-Mahaica | 44.2K | 134.1K | $2,190.1M | 27.12% | 16.04% | 30.17% |
| Mahaica-Berbice | 21.5K | 91.2K | $972.4M | 13.20% | 10.91% | 13.40% |
| Essequibo Islands-West Demerara | 9.4K | 52.6K | $487.0M | 5.76% | 6.30% | 6.71% |
| Cuyuni-Mazaruni | 8.0K | 48.5K | $318.2M | 4.91% | 5.81% | 4.38% |
| Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo | 7.2K | 43.3K | $301.0M | 4.41% | 5.18% | 4.15% |
| Barima-Waini | 5.5K | 34.6K | $222.8M | 3.40% | 4.14% | 3.07% |
| Upper Demerara-Berbice | 4.9K | 32.5K | $198.4M | 3.02% | 3.88% | 2.73% |
| Pomeroon-Supenaam | 3.5K | 21.4K | $156.9M | 2.13% | 2.56% | 2.16% |
| Potaro-Siparuni | 2.0K | 12.9K | $57.3M | 1.24% | 1.54% | 0.79% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Guyana.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| W | W+WO/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 107,575 | 611.5K | $2,824.2M | 65.94% | 73.15% | 38.91% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 7,928 | 41.3K | $559.6M | 4.86% | 4.94% | 7.71% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 10,730 | 59.9K | $503.0M | 6.58% | 7.16% | 6.93% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 3,398 | 17.7K | $431.8M | 2.08% | 2.12% | 5.95% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 2,045 | 0.0K | $389.7M | 1.25% | 0.00% | 5.37% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/IND | IND | 1,912 | 0.0K | $388.2M | 1.17% | 0.00% | 5.35% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 9,104 | 41.8K | $318.1M | 5.58% | 5.00% | 4.38% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 1,063 | 0.0K | $246.7M | 0.65% | 0.00% | 3.40% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/COM | COM | 330 | 0.0K | $157.4M | 0.20% | 0.00% | 2.17% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 1,415 | 0.0K | $134.8M | 0.87% | 0.00% | 1.86% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 691 | 0.0K | $115.3M | 0.42% | 0.00% | 1.59% |
| W | W+WO/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 2,092 | 11.4K | $99.9M | 1.28% | 1.37% | 1.38% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 760 | 0.0K | $94.4M | 0.47% | 0.00% | 1.30% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 781 | 0.0K | $74.4M | 0.48% | 0.00% | 1.03% |
| OT | INF/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 5,300 | 34.9K | $69.6M | 3.25% | 4.18% | 0.96% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 268 | 0.0K | $62.2M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 0.86% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 495 | 0.0K | $61.3M | 0.30% | 0.00% | 0.84% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/IND | IND | 296 | 0.0K | $60.0M | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.83% |
| CR+PC/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 499 | 0.0K | $57.9M | 0.31% | 0.00% | 0.80% | |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 309 | 0.0K | $54.8M | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.76% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1-3/IND | IND | 265 | 0.0K | $53.8M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 0.74% |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 423 | 0.0K | $52.6M | 0.26% | 0.00% | 0.72% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 389 | 0.0K | $39.4M | 0.24% | 0.00% | 0.54% | |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/COM | COM | 51 | 0.0K | $38.9M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.54% |
| CR+PC/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 218 | 0.0K | $36.3M | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.50% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 308 | 0.0K | $35.7M | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.49% |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 338 | 0.0K | $34.2M | 0.21% | 0.00% | 0.47% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1-3/COM | COM | 186 | 0.0K | $31.1M | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.43% |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 183 | 0.0K | $30.5M | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.42% | |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 451 | 0.0K | $27.9M | 0.28% | 0.00% | 0.38% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/COM | COM | 48 | 0.0K | $23.0M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.32% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 233 | 1.0K | $19.7M | 0.14% | 0.12% | 0.27% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 112 | 0.0K | $18.7M | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.26% |
| CR+PC/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/IND | IND | 89 | 0.0K | $18.0M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.25% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 325 | 1.8K | $16.1M | 0.20% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| W | W+WBB/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 638 | 4.3K | $15.5M | 0.39% | 0.52% | 0.21% |
| W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 241 | 1.0K | $14.5M | 0.15% | 0.13% | 0.20% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 1,390 | 9.4K | $12.3M | 0.85% | 1.12% | 0.17% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 105 | 0.0K | $12.2M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.17% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 52 | 0.0K | $7.7M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/IND | IND | 29 | 0.0K | $6.3M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 26 | 0.0K | $5.9M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 44 | 0.0K | $5.1M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.07% |