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Unemployment rate in Guyana

How hard is it to have a job there?

Guyana's unemployment rate is 11.96 % — #112 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

11.96%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Guyana over time

15.31 %13.00 %10.70 %15.31 % · 202010.70 % · 20062000: 11.92 %2001: 11.80 %2002: 11.81 %2003: 11.53 %2004: 11.28 %2005: 11.09 %2006: 10.70 %2007: 10.84 %2008: 11.02 %2009: 11.31 %2010: 11.63 %2011: 11.81 %2012: 12.03 %2013: 12.30 %2014: 12.64 %2015: 13.01 %2016: 13.26 %2017: 13.47 %2018: 13.63 %2019: 13.17 %2020: 15.31 %2021: 14.58 %2022: 11.91 %2023: 11.92 %2024: 11.87 %2025: 11.96 %20002012202511.96 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#112 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
10 %
12 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.09 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.35 pp
peak 15.31 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 0.04 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #26 of 27vs median 5.25 %: +6.71 pp (worse)

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 %Guyana: ahead of 10 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentGuyana 11.96 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Guyana is ahead of 10 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Guyana
110 Rwanda11.36 %−0.60 pp
111 Algeria11.63 %−0.33 pp
112 Guyana11.96 %—
113 Georgia12.10 %+0.13 pp
114 Armenia12.87 %+0.91 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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