War Balance
Is Guyana helping Russia or Ukraine? The net is essentially zero
Guyana's support for Ukraine since 2022: <€1m (<0.01% of one year's GDP: its aid, refugee hosting, private donations and its other parts of support, net of money flowing back). Russia kept <€1m (<0.01% of GDP) more than without the war, mostly Russian crude in fuel bought from refiners elsewhere (€1m; the other parts take €1m off it). The net is <0.01% of a year's GDP toward Russia (likely from 0.02% toward Russia to 0.04% toward Ukraine; essentially zero).
Toward Russia by
<0.01% of a year's GDP since 2022
essentially zero
likely from 0.02% toward Russia to 0.04% toward Ukraine · <€1m · ≈ <0.01%/yr
Supported Ukraine + raised Russia's earnings from trade = <0.01% of GDP toward Russia. Mostly toward Russia (mostly Russian crude in fuel bought from refiners elsewhere).
Chance toward Ukraine: 68%; 10% of the other method choices agree.
Support for Ukraine
Supported Ukraine with
<0.01%
<€1m
about 0 essentially zero
Russia's earnings from trade
Raised Russia's earnings from trade by
<0.01%
<€1m
likely from 0.01% toward Russia to 0.04% toward Ukraine essentially zero
Russia kept <€1m (<0.01% of GDP) more than without the war, mostly Russian crude in fuel bought from refiners elsewhere (€1m; the other parts take €1m off it).
What decides this number
Chance toward Ukraine: 68%; 10% of the other method choices agree. Near zero, and not certain mostly because of how much it would have bought from Russia without the war. Here the size of the net is the finding, not its direction: likely from 0.02% toward Russia to 0.04% toward Ukraine.
What makes up the number
Supported Ukraine with <0.01% · <€1m
Raised Russia's earnings from trade by <0.01% · <€1m
| Russia kept more from its oil bought via other countriesDown estimate | −<0.01% | €1m |
| Russia kept less from fuel and goods sold hereC | +<0.01% | €1m |
+ toward Ukraine, − toward Russia (in support for Ukraine, − is money it earned back or bought less from Ukraine than without the war). Letters: A reported, B measured estimate, C modelled estimate, D rough indication.
By year
The one year with a net amount of note was 2022: −€1m.
| Year | Support for Ukraine | Trade: toward Ukraine (+) / toward Russia (−) | Net | Net since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | −<€1m | −€1m | −€1m | −<0.01% |
| 2023 | −<€1m | +<€1m | +<€1m | −<0.01% |
| 2024 | −<€1m | +<€1m | +<€1m | −<0.01% |
| 2025 | +<€1m | −<€1m | −<€1m | −<0.01% |
| 2026* | +<€1m | +<€1m | +<€1m | −<0.01% |
Each year's amount: + toward Ukraine, − toward Russia. *2026: to August.
Trade with Russia before and after
It bought €1m from Russia in 2021 and <€1m in 2025. It sold <€1m to Russia in 2021 and <€1m in 2025. For Guyana: <€1m paid above no-war prices, most of it in 2022, 71% of it on gas contracts. These are sales values at each year's prices; the totals count what the seller kept on them.
Sanctions on Russia
We found no sanctions of Guyana's own against Russia (checked 27 October 2026). This says nothing about whether firms there follow other countries' sanctions. Russia's list of “unfriendly” states does not name Guyana. Checked 27 October 2026.
Compared with its neighbours and groups
Its direction is essentially zero, so the map's ranking gives it no number.
Neighbours by land
How the number is backed
9 sources back its parts: 1 official statistics, 0 research reports, 0 press reports and 2 of this project's own estimates, plus 6 method inputs. By size, 0% of its parts are reported or measured (A–B), 49% modelled (C) and 51% rough indications (D).
Data coverage
- Aid to Ukraine: estimated no record found: 0, with a small upper bound
- Private donations: estimated national totals or a GDP-based estimate
- Services trade with Russia: estimated Eurostat, OECD-WTO and Bank of Russia data
- Refugee hosting: reported no refugees from Ukraine recorded
- Bought from Russia: reported reported 2021-2025
- Sold to Russia: estimated partly filled: estimated, reported
- Bought from Ukraine: reported reported 2021-2025
- Sold to Ukraine: estimated partly filled: estimated, mirror, reported
- Energy switching cost: estimated modelled per fuel and month
- Company taxes in Russia: reported no companies operating in Russia found
Sources, by part
Russia kept more from its oil bought via other countries D
Russia kept less from fuel and goods sold here C
- official UN Comtrade, IMF trade statistics and Eurostat: goods trade with Russia and Ukraine
- own estimate Small purchases from Russia: the no-war middle value moved up by the measured bias of 'held flat' (back-tests on rolling origins 2005-2016, CEPII BACI)
Every source of its parts (9)
- own estimate Laundered oil: fuel made from Russian crude, assigned to the final buyer (trading hubs pass on what they resell), valued at the Russian crude inside it
- method input Price levels of what was traded with Russia and Ukraine (2019-2021 = 1): each buyer's own customs unit values per fuel and for other goods, benchmark indices (CREA, World Bank, Eurostat), gas contract prices; oil at the Russian port (FOB), outliers screened
- method input Russia's net gain per euro of exports (taxes plus profit above a normal return): Russian Finance Ministry, company reports, IEA, Rosstat
- official UN Comtrade, IMF trade statistics and Eurostat: goods trade with Russia and Ukraine
- method input Expected trade without the war: models back-tested on 2008, 2013 and 2016 against holding 2021 flat (UN Comtrade, World Bank WDI and commodity prices, UN voting)
- method input Ranges of the 2022-2026 total measured on the back-tests' cumulative errors; own bands tested on their own history for Mongolia, Yemen, Tajikistan, Moldova, Türkiye, Kenya, Peru and French Polynesia
- own estimate Small purchases from Russia: the no-war middle value moved up by the measured bias of 'held flat' (back-tests on rolling origins 2005-2016, CEPII BACI)
- method input net-gain shares from official sector profitability (Russia: FNS/Rosstat by OKVED-2 activity; Ukraine: Derzhstat by KVED division), export duties collected and company results
- method input refugee hosting budgets, remittance mirror shares, national donation totals, Hong Kong gold 2026 and OECD ITIC freight margins
Questions
Is Guyana helping Russia?
In money terms the net is −<0.01% of one year's GDP (likely from 0.02% toward Russia to 0.04% toward Ukraine; essentially zero). Chance toward Ukraine: 68%; 10% of the other method choices agree. Russia kept <€1m (<0.01% of GDP) more than without the war, mostly Russian crude in fuel bought from refiners elsewhere (€1m; the other parts take €1m off it). The number counts money: weapons at their money value; votes, diplomacy and intent are not in it.
Why is Guyana's net so small?
Its net is essentially zero: −<0.01% of one year's GDP (likely from 0.02% toward Russia to 0.04% toward Ukraine). Near zero, and not certain mostly because of how much it would have bought from Russia without the war.
How does Guyana compare with its neighbours?
The net as a share of one year's GDP: Suriname +0.21%, Guyana −<0.01%, Venezuela −0.11%, Brazil −0.51%.
Where do the numbers for Guyana come from?
9 sources back its parts, 1 of them official statistics. By part: Russia kept more from its oil bought via other countries: Laundered oil: fuel made from Russian crude, assigned to the final buyer (trading hubs pass on what they resell), valued at the Russian crude inside it; Russia kept less from fuel and goods sold here: UN Comtrade, IMF trade statistics and Eurostat: goods trade with Russia and Ukraine. The map's panel lists every one, with its documents.
Does Guyana have sanctions on Russia?
We found no sanctions of Guyana's own against Russia (checked 27 October 2026). This says nothing about whether firms there follow other countries' sanctions. Russia's list of “unfriendly” states does not name Guyana.
Nearby in the ranking
Essentially zero
- Andorra+<0.01%Essentially zero · +<€1m · 53%
- Kuwait+<0.01%Essentially zero · +€1m · 51%
- Israel+<0.01%Essentially zero · +€1m · 50%
- Guyana−<0.01%Essentially zero · −<€1m · 68%
- Bermuda−<0.01%Essentially zero · −<€1m · 53%
- Niger−<0.01%Essentially zero · −€2m · 58%
- Bangladesh−0.01%Essentially zero · −€61m · 55%
More about Guyana
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Cite as: War Balance, figures to August 2026, https://warbalance.org/country/guyana/