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Guatemala — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Guatemala, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.60%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +18.5% since 1991
Unemployment for Guatemala was 2.60% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.50% in 2010. The lowest was 2.11% in 1999 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.50% per year.
Guatemala ranks 162 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 87%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Guatemala sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 26% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.60%
First (1991)
2.20%
Change
+18.5%
Highest
3.50%
in 2010
Lowest
2.11%
in 1999
Average
2.56%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.50%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 2.61% |
| 2023 | 2.34% |
| 2022 | 3.05% |
| 2021 | 2.17% |
| 2020 | 2.97% |
| 2019 | 2.19% |
| 2018 | 2.28% |
| 2017 | 2.46% |
| 2016 | 2.58% |
| 2015 | 2.51% |
| 2014 | 2.72% |
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.