Work & Labour in Guyana 63 indicators covering work & labour for Guyana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 46.2% 2025 up 17.7% 47th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 52.5% 2025 down 12.1% 61st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.0% 2025 down 1.4% 139th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 63.3% 2025 down 9.8% 141st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 49.4% 2025 down 0.0% 51st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.7% 2025 up 14.5% 133rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 67.3% 2025 down 8.5% 157th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 59.2% 2025 up 0.5% 147th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 47.4% 2025 up 12.0% 130th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 74.8% 2025 up 24.2% 110th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 68.9% 2025 up 7.0% 91st Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 70.8% 2025 up 10.8% 88th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 67.4% 2025 up 4.2% 93rd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 39.6% 2025 down 10.7% 149th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.2% 2025 down 98.0% 168th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.0% 2025 down 99.0% 186th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.1% 2025 down 98.3% 185th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 15.0% 2025 up 33.6% 48th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 43.8% 2025 up 32.1% 4th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 31.1% 2025 up 25.2% 15th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 78.2% 2025 down 2.0% 86th Employment in services (% of total employment) 56.7% 2025 down 2.1% 102nd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 31.1% 2025 down 12.7% 96th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 32.6% 2025 down 7.7% 94th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 29.2% 2025 down 19.0% 99th Employers, total (% of total employment) 5.8% 2025 down 0.2% 27th Employers, male (% of male employment) 7.2% 2025 down 4.5% 30th Employers, female (% of female employment) 4.0% 2025 up 34.6% 22nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 30.2% 2025 down 4.2% 29th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 20.4% 2025 up 5.3% 40th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 24.9% 2025 up 2.8% 30th GDP per person employed 243,175 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 583.2% 3rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 14.7% 2021 up 37.7% 14th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 12.8% 2021 — 14th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 17.7% 2021 — 16th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 64.3% 2021 — 150th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 39.1% 2021 — 166th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 51.2% 2021 — 168th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.3% 2021 — 60th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 54.6% 2021 — 48th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 60.8% 2021 — 159th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 46.7% 2021 — 56th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 30.7% 2021 — 14th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 25.4% 2021 — 16th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 37.6% 2021 — 12th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 50.2% 2025 down 3.5% 10th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 36.0% 2025 up 7.1% 6th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 43.0% 2025 up 0.2% 7th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 32.2% 2025 up 19.9% 71st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 41.8% 2025 down 13.2% 76th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 37.1% 2025 down 1.0% 77th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 25.3% 2025 down 15.1% 101st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 41.0% 2025 up 14.7% 133rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 56.5% 2025 down 9.1% 155th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 48.4% 2025 down 0.2% 149th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 25.2% 2025 down 23.9% 101st Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 25.4% 2025 down 8.6% 100th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 32.2% 2021 — 154th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 56.1% 2021 — 152nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 43.6% 2021 — 157th Page 1 of 2 Next →