Guyana Bureau of Statistics and World Bank
E. ETHNIC POVERTY PROFILE
The four ethnic groups in Guyana which
make up almost all of the population are
Africans, Amerindians, East Indians and
Mixed groups. Poverty rates are
similarly below the national average
among Afro-Guyanese (31.6%), Indo-
Guyanese (30.0%) and the mixed
population (33.7%). Comparable
headcount ratios from the previous
World Bank poverty assessment of 1992
were 43%, 33.7% and 44.7%
respectively. This result represents a
convergence in poverty reduction for
these groups. Amerindians continue to
exhibit the highest poverty level
notwithstanding the steady
progress made in reducing
poverty among this group since
1992.