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Guyana — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Guyana, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
54.99%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -7.5% since 1990
Labor participation for Guyana was 54.99% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 60.06% in 1993. The lowest was 50.74% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.22% per year.
Guyana ranks 140 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 75%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Guyana sits below it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
54.99%
First (1990)
59.45%
Change
-7.5%
Highest
60.06%
in 1993
Lowest
50.74%
in 2020
Average
56.48%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.22%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.99% |
| 2024 | 55.14% |
| 2023 | 54.7% |
| 2022 | 54.02% |
| 2021 | 51.19% |
| 2020 | 50.74% |
| 2019 | 52.07% |
| 2018 | 55.79% |
| 2017 | 55.6% |
| 2016 | 55.67% |
| 2015 | 55.77% |
| 2014 | 55.9% |
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.