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Guinea — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Guinea, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
52.61%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -17.5% since 1990
Labor participation for Guinea was 52.61% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 64.42% in 2002. The lowest was 52.38% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.55% per year.
Guinea ranks 147 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 79%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Guinea sits below it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 18% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
52.61%
First (1990)
63.74%
Change
-17.5%
Highest
64.42%
in 2002
Lowest
52.38%
in 2020
Average
59.47%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.55%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.61% |
| 2024 | 52.79% |
| 2023 | 52.81% |
| 2022 | 52.82% |
| 2021 | 52.62% |
| 2020 | 52.38% |
| 2019 | 52.88% |
| 2018 | 53.58% |
| 2017 | 54.28% |
| 2016 | 54.98% |
| 2015 | 55.67% |
| 2014 | 56.36% |
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.