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Guyana — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Guyana, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
11.96%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -1.1% since 1991
Unemployment for Guyana was 11.96% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 15.31% in 2020. The lowest was 10.70% in 2006 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.03% per year.
Guyana ranks 26 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 14%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Guyana sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 22% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
11.96%
First (1991)
12.09%
Change
-1.1%
Highest
15.31%
in 2020
Lowest
10.70%
in 2006
Average
12.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.03%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.96% |
| 2024 | 11.87% |
| 2023 | 11.92% |
| 2022 | 11.91% |
| 2021 | 14.58% |
| 2020 | 15.31% |
| 2019 | 13.17% |
| 2018 | 13.63% |
| 2017 | 13.47% |
| 2016 | 13.26% |
| 2015 | 13.01% |
| 2014 | 12.64% |
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.