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Unemployment rate in Guatemala

How hard is it to have a job there?

Guatemala's unemployment rate is 2.60 % — #15 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

2.60%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Guatemala over time

3.50 %2.82 %2.14 %3.50 % · 20102.14 % · 20002000: 2.14 %2001: 2.25 %2002: 2.25 %2003: 2.81 %2004: 2.97 %2005: 3.06 %2006: 2.96 %2007: 2.85 %2008: 2.90 %2009: 3.22 %2010: 3.50 %2011: 3.17 %2012: 2.77 %2013: 3.02 %2014: 2.72 %2015: 2.51 %2016: 2.58 %2017: 2.46 %2018: 2.28 %2019: 2.19 %2020: 2.96 %2021: 2.17 %2022: 3.05 %2023: 2.34 %2024: 2.61 %2025: 2.60 %2000201220252.60 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#15 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
88 %
109 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.01 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
0.89 pp
peak 3.50 % in 2010
Full series
▲ 0.46 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #2 of 27vs median 5.25 %: −2.65 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Guatemala: ahead of 88 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentGuatemala 2.60 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Guatemala is ahead of 88 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Guatemala
13 Japan2.45 %−0.15 pp
14 Papua New Guinea2.57 %−0.03 pp
15 Guatemala2.60 %—
16 Mexico2.67 %+0.07 pp
17 South Korea2.68 %+0.08 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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