Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Guyana's youth unemployment rate stands at 24.9% as of 2025-12-31, up from 24.74% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Guyana's youth unemployment rate was 24.9%, up from 24.74% in 2024.
In 2024, Guyana's youth unemployment rate was 24.74%, up from 24.71% in 2023.
In 2023, Guyana's youth unemployment rate was 24.71%, up from 24.57% in 2022.
In 2022, Guyana's youth unemployment rate was 24.57%, down from 29.12% in 2021.
In 2021, Guyana's youth unemployment rate was 29.12%, down from 31% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.9% | +0.154% |
| 2024 | 24.74% | +0.037% |
| 2023 | 24.71% | +0.139% |
| 2022 | 24.57% | -4.56% |
| 2021 | 29.12% | -1.88% |
| 2020 | 31% | +4.69% |
| 2019 | 26.3% | +1.05% |
| 2018 | 25.25% | +0.298% |
| 2017 | 24.96% | +0.358% |
| 2016 | 24.6% | +0.388% |
| 2015 | 24.21% | +0.517% |
| 2014 | 23.69% | +0.435% |
| 2013 | 23.26% | +0.302% |
| 2012 | 22.96% | +0.235% |
| 2011 | 22.72% | +0.185% |
| 2010 | 22.54% | +0.416% |
| 2009 | 22.12% | +0.373% |
| 2008 | 21.75% | +0.217% |
| 2007 | 21.53% | +0.175% |
| 2006 | 21.36% | -0.85% |
| 2005 | 22.21% | -0.521% |
| 2004 | 22.73% | -0.575% |
| 2003 | 23.3% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 23.9% | -0.384% |
| 2001 | 24.29% | -0.592% |
| 2000 | 24.88% | -0.131% |
| 1999 | 25.01% | -0.226% |
| 1998 | 25.23% | -0.153% |
| 1997 | 25.39% | -0.329% |
| 1996 | 25.72% | -0.421% |
| 1995 | 26.14% | -0.317% |
| 1994 | 26.45% | -0.552% |
| 1993 | 27.01% | -0.833% |
| 1992 | 27.84% | +0.002% |
| 1991 | 27.84% | — |
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Guyana's youth unemployment rate is 24.9% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 24.74% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 31% (2020); the lowest is 21.36% (2006), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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