Work & Labour in Guyana 305 indicators covering work & labour for Guyana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share of male vs. female employment in industry 43.8% 2025 up 32.1% 4th Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 16.5% 2025 down 26.2% 94th Share of male vs. female employment in services 39.6% 2025 down 10.7% 149th Employment rate, men vs. women 56.5% 2025 down 9.1% 155th Employment rate 48.4% 2025 down 0.2% 149th Youth unemployment rate 24.9% 2025 up 2.8% 30th Population by labor force status 241,876 people 2025 up 5.3% 160th LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 98.31 2024 down 17.8% 67th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 11.95 Persons 2022 up 23.9% 144th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 22.86 Persons 2022 up 13.1% 136th Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 1.0% 2020 up 14.4% 65th Female labor force by age 3,875 people 2024 up 83.0% 159th Labor force participation rate by age 49.5% 2024 up 0.3% 51st Female labor force participation rate by age 46.2% 2024 up 19.6% 47th Jobs gap 77.18 2024 down 26.5% 59th Jobs gap rate 17.2 2024 down 40.7% 13th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 50.95 2024 down 20.9% 55th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 11.3 2024 down 36.5% 10th Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 24.7% 2024 up 4.4% 32nd NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0003 units per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% 170th Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0001 units per square kilometre 2023 down 29.2% 168th Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 0.0573 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% 182nd Employment by status 68.4% 2024 up 6.6% 94th Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 68.4% 2024 up 6.6% 94th Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.2849 units per square kilometre 2023 up 60.2% 58th Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.2849 units per square kilometre 2023 up 60.2% 57th Employment 254.13 2021 — 137th Cases of fatal occupational injury 1 2000 down 94.1% 115th Annual growth of GDP per employed person 9.7% 2025 up 2,111.4% 2nd SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0.53 2024 unchanged 149th Level of national compliance with labor rights 0.53 score 2024 unchanged 150th 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 Cases of non-fatal occupational injury 2,099 2000 down 37.3% 75th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 32.4% 2021 — 83rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 40.7% 2021 — 70th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 24.5% 2021 — 97th Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) 49.9% 2020 up 6.6% 73rd Incidence of part-time employment 17.77 2024 down 41.7% 81st NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) 78.63 2024 down 6.8% 91st Legislation on sexual harassment in employment, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 31.49 2024 down 25.9% 13th Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Number of strikes and lockouts 177 2007 down 42.0% 14th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 45.83 2024 up 5.9% 11th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 46.52 2024 up 4.4% 16th Youth unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 14.88 2024 down 36.0% 83rd Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts 37.9 1995 down 59.6% 31st Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts 66,299 2007 down 33.4% 25th Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person 45.9 2024 up 0.2% 8th Average weekly hours usually worked per employee 46.62 2024 down 1.1% 11th Days lost due to cases of occupational injury with temporary 46,628 1999 up 17.9% 61st Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 0.53 2024 unchanged 164th Own-account workers, total 25.8% 2016 up 3.6% 91st Public sector employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 97.81 2024 up 82.1% 79th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 13.39 2024 down 47.0% 17th Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 27.14 2024 down 21.5% 67th Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 7.29 2024 down 45.9% 11th Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4.86 2024 down 44.4% 73rd ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →