Unemployment rate: Guyana
11.962% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.962 |
| 2024 | 11.874 |
| 2023 | 11.917 |
| 2022 | 11.907 |
| 2021 | 14.576 |
| 2020 | 15.308 |
| 2019 | 13.172 |
| 2018 | 13.627 |
| 2017 | 13.466 |
| 2016 | 13.263 |
| 2015 | 13.009 |
| 2014 | 12.637 |
| 2013 | 12.296 |
| 2012 | 12.029 |
| 2011 | 11.811 |
| 2010 | 11.632 |
| 2009 | 11.307 |
| 2008 | 11.018 |
| 2007 | 10.84 |
| 2006 | 10.7 |
| 2005 | 11.085 |
| 2004 | 11.281 |
| 2003 | 11.529 |
| 2002 | 11.81 |
| 2001 | 11.796 |
| 2000 | 11.917 |
| 1999 | 11.771 |
| 1998 | 11.687 |
| 1997 | 11.565 |
| 1996 | 11.542 |
| 1995 | 11.566 |
| 1994 | 11.534 |
| 1993 | 11.617 |
| 1992 | 11.9 |
| 1991 | 12.092 |