Women's labour force participation in Guyana
The ILO estimates that 47.4% of women aged 15 and over in Guyana were in the labour force in 2025.
Guyana, 2025
47.4%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
128th of 181
Women's labour force participation in Guyana over time
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% of women aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Guyana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.4% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 47.4% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 46.5% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 45.1% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 40.8% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 40.3% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 41.3% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 44.3% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 43.5% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 42.9% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 47.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 42.3%, the figure has changed by +5.1 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Guyana has the 128th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
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All statistics for Guyana
Labour force participation
55.0%
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ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
12.0%
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ILO estimate of youth unemployment
24.9%
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Employment-to-population ratio
48.4%
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Employment in agriculture
12.2%
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Employment in industry
31.1%
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