| Official Name: | Beterverwagting |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Guyana |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guyana |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Guyana |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Demerara-Mahaica |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2,163 |
| Timezone: | UTC-4 |
| Coordinates: | 6.8°N -62°W |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Af |
Beterverwagting, also Betterverwagting or abbreviated to B.V., is a village in Guyana, on the East Coast of the Demerara River.
On 8 May 1840, 62 former slaves pooled their savings together and bought plantation Beterverwagting from Baron van Groningen.[2] In 1842, Triumph was established to the east,[2] Triumph and Beterverwagting have grown together, and are often referred to as Beterverwagting/Triumph.[2] [3] Both villages are under the same local government.[4]
Beterverwagting is located roughly 10 miles from the capital, Georgetown, and is an important feeder village for the sugar estate in La Bonne Intention, a village adjacent to it.[5] The name Beterverwagting comes from the Dutch words "Beter verwachting", literally "better expectation".