Work & Labour in Guyana 305 indicators covering work & labour for Guyana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 16.04 2024 down 35.5% 17th Potential labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 44.93 2024 up 0.9% 61st Informal employment 184.16 2024 up 36.9% 55th Informal employment rate 49.44 2024 down 5.6% 36th Employment outside the formal sector 143.15 2024 up 34.1% 60th Share of employment outside the formal sector 38.43 2024 down 7.5% 37th Youth time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 9.4 2024 down 11.3% 61st Youth time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition) 7.2 2024 down 42.5% 18th Youth discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2.33 2024 down 56.1% 62nd LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (previous ILO) 22.16 2024 down 36.7% 9th Average weekly hours actually worked per person in the public sector 41.35 2024 up 5.5% 21st Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in the public sector 41.39 2024 up 5.5% 19th Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 53.05 2024 up 58.5% 65th Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 372.48 2024 up 45.0% 70th 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 SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 753.62 2024 up 67.7% 18th Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment 38.22 2024 up 16.9% 29th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment 38.21 2024 up 14.7% 30th Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 25.87 2024 up 85.3% 60th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 6.74 2024 down 52.7% 26th Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 6.74 2024 down 52.7% 26th Youth informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 47.87 2024 down 3.8% 38th SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 8.77 2024 down 18.3% 50th Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 26.58 2024 down 35.6% 62nd Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 52.47 2024 up 14.2% 54th Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 367.92 2024 up 48.0% 65th Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 306.65 2024 up 22.2% 63rd Average weekly hours actually worked per person in in a STEM 43.73 2024 up 3.5% 16th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation 43.76 2024 up 1.9% 17th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 31.72 2024 down 28.1% 4th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 50.65 2024 down 20.1% 46th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 16.52 2024 down 37.0% 10th Potential labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 46.22 2024 down 1.9% 43rd LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 13.46 2024 down 47.7% 12th Time-related underemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 26.53 2024 down 20.5% 45th Time-related underemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 7.21 2024 down 46.3% 8th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (current ILO) 22.54 2024 down 37.6% 7th Informal care employment 12.36 2024 up 5.2% 37th Informal care employment rate 23.3 2024 down 33.6% 30th Care employment outside the formal sector 6.04 2024 down 30.5% 36th Share of care employment outside the formal sector 11.39 2024 down 56.2% 34th Informal employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 184.16 2024 up 36.9% 39th Informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 49.44 2024 down 5.6% 31st Employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO definition) 143.15 2024 up 34.1% 39th Share of employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO) 38.43 2024 down 7.5% 32nd Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 24 2021 — 55th Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 2.94 2021 — 7th SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total 48.82 2024 down 3.9% 11th Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 179.62 2024 up 42.3% 26th Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 48.82 2024 down 3.9% 11th Informal employment rate 48.82 2024 down 3.9% 11th Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 138.65 2024 up 40.8% 30th Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 37.69 2024 down 4.9% 10th Informal employment in STEM occupations 4.05 2024 up 89.2% 34th Informal employment rate in STEM occupations 15.66 2024 up 2.1% 26th Employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector 1.66 2024 up 57.9% 34th Share of employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector 6.42 2024 down 14.8% 27th Tourism sector employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 38.05 2024 up 62.6% 28th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in tourism sector 49.79 2024 up 8.6% 10th ← Previous Page 5 of 6 Next →