Unemployment Rate rose 13.7% to 15.8% in Guyana in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Guyana reached an all time high of 15.8% in 2020 and an all time low of 10.7% in 2006. When compared to Guyana's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Brazil amounted to 13.7%, 8.65% in Suriname, 6.74% in Trinidad and Tobago and 9.14% in Venezuela in 2020.
Guyana has been ranked 18th within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 18 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Bolivia | % | 3.66% | 3.52% | 3.46% | 5.61% | 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | % | 12.8% | 12.3% | 11.9% | 13.7% | 9.80% | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | 8.87% | 9.11% | 9.96% | 15.4% | 9.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | % | 13.9% | 14.0% | 13.9% | 15.8% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Peru | % | 3.35% | 3.18% | 3.03% | 6.24% | 6.66% | ||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | % | 10.8% | 9.20% | 8.30% | 11.2% | 11.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Suriname | % | 7.08% | 7.00% | 6.94% | 8.65% | 6.70% | ||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | % | 3.30% | 3.40% | 3.46% | 6.74% | 4.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | 7.30% | 7.22% | 7.16% | 9.14% | 41.4% |