Despite the oil boom, UNDP says Guyana tops the brain drain list ahead of crisis-hit nations

Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The United Nations Development Programme’s 2026 Human Development Report places Guyana at the top of the global brain drain list — ahead of countries currently in active humanitarian or political crisis — even as the country posts the world’s fastest-growing economy. The finding, picked up by Kaieteur News on May 12, lands in the middle of the government’s standing argument that the oil boom is being converted into broad-based national development.

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Despite the oil boom, UNDP says Guyana tops the brain drain list ahead of crisis-hit nations