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Guam — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Guam, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.57%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +58.7% since 1991
Unemployment for Guam was 5.57% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 15.32% in 2000. The lowest was 3.51% in 1991 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.37% per year.
Guam ranks 84 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 45%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.05%, so Guam sits above it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 64% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 19%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.57%
First (1991)
3.51%
Change
+58.7%
Highest
15.32%
in 2000
Lowest
3.51%
in 1991
Average
8.04%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.37%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.57% |
| 2024 | 5.25% |
| 2023 | 5.26% |
| 2022 | 5.38% |
| 2021 | 6% |
| 2020 | 6.24% |
| 2019 | 5.41% |
| 2018 | 5.45% |
| 2017 | 5.42% |
| 2016 | 5.4% |
| 2015 | 6.9% |
| 2014 | 7.6% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.