World Bank Country Survey 2026

Guyana, 2026

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Reference ID

GUY_2026_WBCS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Country Opinion Survey Program

Collection(s)

The World Bank Group Country Opinion Survey Program (COS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Created on

Oct 01, 2026

Last modified

Oct 01, 2026

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Identification

Survey ID number

GUY_2026_WBCS_v01_M

Title

World Bank Country Survey 2026

Abbreviation or Acronym

WBCS 2026

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Guyana	GUY

Series Information

The World Bank Group Country Opinion Survey Program systematically measures and tracks the perceptions of the World Bank Group's clients, partners, and other stakeholders in client countries across the globe. Country Opinion Surveys provide systematic feedback on stakeholders' familiarity with and perceptions of the World Bank Group, its relevance and effectiveness, its development priorities, instruments, knowledge work, engagement, collaboration, and communications. Nearly all World Bank Group client countries are surveyed within a recurring multi-year cycle.

Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Guyana assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Guyana perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from government institutions, Parliament, bilateral and multilateral agencies, civil society organizations, the private sector, academia and research centers, and the media in Guyana on: 1) their overall views of the WBG, including its relevance, effectiveness, and trustworthiness; 2) the WBG's work on development priorities and WBG-supported projects and initiatives; 3) the WBG's instruments, including its financial support, knowledge work, and advisory role; 4) the WBG's engagement and collaboration with stakeholders; 5) communications and outreach; and 6) the WBG's future role and priorities in Guyana.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Guyana

Version

Version Description

Edited, anonymized dataset for public distribution.

Version Date

2026-07-31

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage, including Georgetown and locations outside Georgetown.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Country Opinion Survey Program	World Bank Group

Producers

Name
World Bank Group

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name
World Bank Group

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

From March to May 2026, 492 stakeholders in Guyana were invited to provide their opinions on the World Bank Group's work by participating in a Country Opinion Survey. The list of potential participants was compiled by the World Bank Group country team and supplemented by the independent fielding agency. Participants were drawn from government institutions, Parliament, bilateral and multilateral agencies, civil society organizations, the private sector, academia and research centers, and the media. A total of 191 stakeholders participated in the survey. Respondents received an email containing a link to the questionnaire and completed the survey online.

Response Rate

The response rate was 39%
The FY26 Country Opinion Survey results were compared with results from the FY21 Country Opinion Survey, which had a response rate of 37% and 111 respondents. Comparisons across Country Opinion Surveys reflect changes in stakeholder attitudes over time, as well as changes in respondent samples, methodology, and the survey instrument. To reduce the influence of changes to the survey instrument, only questions with similar response scales and response options were analyzed.

Compared with FY21, the FY26 survey included a larger proportion of respondents from the offices of Parliamentarians and from academia, and a smaller proportion from civil society and the private sector. These differences in stakeholder composition should be considered when interpreting comparisons between the two survey years.

Not all questions were asked of every respondent in FY26. Some questions, particularly those requiring more in-depth knowledge of World Bank Group projects and operations, were presented only to a subset of stakeholders. Consequently, some FY21 means used for year-to-year comparisons are based only on respondents who received comparable questions in FY26 and may differ from means published in the original FY21 report.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The survey was conducted in English. The English-language questionnaire is provided as related material.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2026-03	2026-05

Data Collection Mode

Internet [int]

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation	Abbreviation
Project Development Consultancy	Independent fielding agency	PDC

Supervision

Name: Country Opinion Survey Program
Affiliation: World Bank Group
Email: countrysurveys@worldbankgroup.org

Data Collection Notes

Respondents received an email containing a link to the questionnaire and completed the survey online.

Access policy

Citation requirements

Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

the Identification of the Primary Investigator
the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
the survey reference number
the source and date of download

Example:
Country Opinion Survey Program (World Bank Group). Guyana - World Bank Country Survey 2026 (WBCS 2026). Ref: GUY_2026_WBCS_v01_M. Downloaded from [uri] on [date].

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_GUY_2026_WBCS_v01_M_WB

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Development Data Group	DECDG	World Bank	Documentation of the study

Date of Metadata Production

2026-10-01

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01 (2026-10-01)

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