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Guatemala — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Guatemala, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
59.62%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -10.1% since 1990
Labor participation for Guatemala was 59.62% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 67.78% in 2003. The lowest was 58.76% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.30% per year.
Guatemala ranks 107 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Guatemala sits below it. It peaked in 2003 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
59.62%
First (1990)
66.32%
Change
-10.1%
Highest
67.78%
in 2003
Lowest
58.76%
in 2020
Average
63.25%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.30%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.62% |
| 2024 | 59.7% |
| 2023 | 59.59% |
| 2022 | 60.24% |
| 2021 | 62.94% |
| 2020 | 58.76% |
| 2019 | 59.17% |
| 2018 | 60.5% |
| 2017 | 60.94% |
| 2016 | 60.69% |
| 2015 | 60.6% |
| 2014 | 60.73% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. 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.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation 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.