Guyana - Youth Unemployment 2020
31.00%
+4.69pp from 2019
Guyana's youth unemployment was 31.00% in 2020, increased +4.69pp from 26.30% in 2019. This was the 153rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cambodia | 0.47% | 25.4% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 0.48% | 62.7% |
| 3rd | Niger | 0.74% | -0.9% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 1.49% | 14.4% |
| 5th | Burundi | 1.69% | -3.6% |
| 6th | Chad | 1.88% | 25.6% |
| 7th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.73% | 32.5% |
| 8th | Tanzania | 2.75% | 3.3% |
| 9th | Liberia | 2.91% | 26.4% |
| 10th | Benin | 2.96% | 28.6% |
| 11th | Togo | 3.70% | 20.1% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 3.78% | 0.2% |
| 13th | Moldova | 4.05% | 24.5% |
| 14th | Sierra Leone | 4.08% | 13.9% |
| 15th | Lao PDR | 4.24% | -5.3% |
| 16th | Papua New Guinea | 4.56% | 10.8% |
| 17th | Japan | 4.68% | 18.8% |
| 18th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.69% | 15.9% |
| 19th | Senegal | 4.82% | 19.3% |
| 20th | Myanmar | 4.96% | 277.4% |
| 21st | Guatemala | 5.16% | 15.6% |
| 22nd | Cuba | 5.17% | 21.7% |
| 23rd | Thailand | 5.20% | 24.1% |
| 24th | Uganda | 5.69% | 21.3% |
| 25th | Madagascar | 5.87% | 31.0% |
| 26th | Ghana | 6.32% | 7.6% |
| 27th | Bahrain | 6.39% | 12.9% |
| 28th | Viet Nam | 6.55% | 16.4% |
| 29th | Mali | 6.73% | 44.2% |
| 30th | Timor-Leste | 6.79% | -14.8% |
| 31st | Philippines | 6.99% | 4.3% |
| 32nd | Cameroon | 7.37% | 11.9% |
| 33rd | Macao SAR, China | 7.59% | 53.8% |
| 34th | Israel | 7.65% | 17.2% |
| 35th | Malawi | 7.83% | 15.0% |
| 36th | Germany | 7.86% | 34.2% |
| 37th | Czechia | 7.94% | 41.3% |
| 38th | Burkina Faso | 7.98% | 7.3% |
| 39th | Tonga | 7.99% | 23.5% |
| 40th | Mexico | 8.05% | 12.5% |
| 41st | Guinea | 8.41% | 20.4% |
| 42nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.51% | 11.9% |
| 43rd | Switzerland | 8.60% | 7.6% |
| 44th | Netherlands | 8.88% | 34.4% |
| 45th | São Tomé and Principe | 9.42% | 12.1% |
| 46th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 9.60% | 16.9% |
| 47th | Vanuatu | 9.70% | -21.4% |
| 48th | Mozambique | 9.71% | 14.1% |
| 49th | Iceland | 9.87% | 16.8% |
| 50th | Gambia, The | 10.14% | 29.9% |
| 51st | Korea | 10.14% | 3.2% |
| 52nd | Turkmenistan | 10.16% | 19.7% |
| 53rd | Austria | 10.33% | 17.8% |
| 54th | Comoros | 10.49% | 15.3% |
| 55th | Singapore | 10.56% | 38.4% |
| 56th | Pakistan | 10.74% | 11.9% |
| 57th | Poland | 10.84% | 10.2% |
| 58th | Nigeria | 10.84% | 4.1% |
| 59th | Central African Republic | 10.86% | 12.7% |
| 60th | Zambia | 11.04% | 6.7% |
| 61st | Ecuador | 11.07% | 26.7% |
| 62nd | El Salvador | 11.08% | 15.5% |
| 63rd | Eritrea | 11.10% | 12.7% |
| 64th | Norway | 11.22% | 14.3% |
| 65th | Nicaragua | 11.42% | 13.6% |
| 66th | Malta | 11.54% | 14.6% |
| 67th | Denmark | 11.63% | 15.9% |
| 68th | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.81% | 28.8% |
| 69th | Kyrgyz Republic | 11.86% | -7.5% |
| 70th | Belarus | 12.05% | 18.0% |
| 71st | Malaysia | 12.37% | 10.3% |
| 72nd | New Zealand | 12.44% | 10.2% |
| 73rd | China | 12.65% | 18.4% |
| 74th | Peru | 12.66% | 71.0% |
| 75th | Uzbekistan | 12.84% | 13.9% |
| 76th | Hungary | 12.88% | 12.3% |
| 77th | United Kingdom | 13.37% | 25.0% |
| 78th | Bangladesh | 13.47% | 14.7% |
| 79th | United Arab Emirates | 13.48% | 84.1% |
| 80th | Oman | 13.52% | 50.0% |
| 81st | Kenya | 13.62% | 8.5% |
| 82nd | Australia | 14.14% | 23.5% |
| 83rd | Bulgaria | 14.14% | 61.1% |
| 84th | Slovenia | 14.18% | 74.3% |
| 85th | Zimbabwe | 14.24% | 21.5% |
| 86th | Dominican Republic | 14.77% | -6.8% |
| 87th | Indonesia | 14.77% | 8.8% |
| 88th | Latvia | 14.87% | 19.8% |
| 89th | Mongolia | 14.89% | -29.5% |
| 90th | United States | 14.89% | 77.8% |
| 91st | Azerbaijan | 15.13% | 31.8% |
| 92nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 15.24% | 120.0% |
| 93rd | Ireland | 15.26% | 22.5% |
| 94th | Belgium | 15.33% | 7.7% |
| 95th | Guam | 15.40% | 17.3% |
| 96th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 15.53% | 82.2% |
| 97th | Tajikistan | 15.66% | 10.6% |
| 98th | Channel Islands | 15.86% | 15.3% |
| 99th | Rwanda | 15.95% | -0.7% |
| 100th | Afghanistan | 16.05% | 3.4% |
| 101st | Maldives | 16.15% | 19.7% |
| 102nd | Fiji | 16.75% | 9.6% |
| 103rd | Russian Federation | 16.99% | 11.7% |
| 104th | Honduras | 17.07% | 58.4% |
| 105th | Paraguay | 17.15% | 12.1% |
| 106th | Equatorial Guinea | 17.39% | 14.3% |
| 107th | Romania | 17.58% | 2.6% |
| 108th | Samoa | 17.83% | 2.0% |
| 109th | Estonia | 18.42% | 58.5% |
| 110th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 18.46% | -10.5% |
| 111th | Cyprus | 18.49% | 9.7% |
| 112th | European Union | 19.01% | 12.0% |
| 113th | Kuwait | 19.06% | 25.2% |
| 114th | Ukraine | 19.36% | 25.0% |
| 115th | Slovak Republic | 19.44% | 20.6% |
| 116th | Lithuania | 19.56% | 65.0% |
| 117th | Puerto Rico (US) | 19.57% | 5.5% |
| 118th | Sudan | 19.78% | 2.1% |
| 119th | Jamaica | 20.09% | 25.9% |
| 120th | Canada | 20.13% | 87.3% |
| 121st | France | 20.40% | 2.4% |
| 122nd | Croatia | 20.67% | 23.7% |
| 123rd | Finland | 21.19% | 23.7% |
| 124th | South Sudan | 21.85% | 13.4% |
| 125th | Bhutan | 21.99% | 90.2% |
| 126th | Belize | 22.37% | 12.2% |
| 127th | Portugal | 22.46% | 22.6% |
| 128th | Luxembourg | 23.18% | 36.6% |
| 129th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 23.71% | -8.6% |
| 130th | Sweden | 23.89% | 18.9% |
| 131st | Bahamas, The | 23.94% | 24.5% |
| 132nd | Nepal | 24.07% | 22.3% |
| 133rd | Chile | 24.38% | 28.6% |
| 134th | India | 24.67% | 7.5% |
| 135th | Türkiye | 24.92% | -0.5% |
| 136th | Mauritius | 25.03% | 13.4% |
| 137th | Sri Lanka | 25.45% | 24.6% |
| 138th | Mauritania | 25.52% | 9.2% |
| 139th | Albania | 26.42% | -1.9% |
| 140th | Lebanon | 26.58% | 14.2% |
| 141st | Serbia | 26.61% | -3.2% |
| 142nd | Morocco | 26.80% | 19.2% |
| 143rd | Brunei Darussalam | 26.85% | 33.3% |
| 144th | Colombia | 27.25% | 31.9% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 28.22% | 11.5% |
| 146th | Suriname | 28.84% | 16.9% |
| 147th | Saudi Arabia | 29.63% | 16.3% |
| 148th | Italy | 29.63% | 1.8% |
| 149th | Barbados | 30.03% | 16.5% |
| 150th | Brazil | 30.27% | 11.7% |
| 151st | Argentina | 30.43% | 17.8% |
| 152nd | Georgia | 30.85% | 2.6% |
| 153rd | Guyana | 31.00% | 17.8% |
| 154th | Armenia | 32.08% | -1.6% |
| 155th | Panama | 33.03% | 92.9% |
| 156th | Angola | 33.08% | 3.9% |
| 157th | Greece | 33.74% | -2.9% |
| 158th | Virgin Islands (US) | 34.06% | 28.5% |
| 159th | Uruguay | 34.22% | 20.2% |
| 160th | Iraq | 34.45% | 15.8% |
| 161st | Cabo Verde | 34.47% | 22.7% |
| 162nd | Yemen, Republic of | 34.53% | 6.8% |
| 163rd | North Macedonia | 35.62% | 0.8% |
| 164th | Algeria | 35.77% | 14.6% |
| 165th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 35.91% | 6.1% |
| 166th | Montenegro | 36.22% | 43.1% |
| 167th | Syrian Arab Republic | 36.29% | 13.2% |
| 168th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.92% | 7.5% |
| 169th | Spain | 38.31% | 17.7% |
| 170th | Haiti | 39.53% | 12.2% |
| 171st | Gabon | 39.70% | 8.1% |
| 172nd | Costa Rica | 40.11% | 28.6% |
| 173rd | Botswana | 40.44% | 16.9% |
| 174th | Tunisia | 41.24% | 8.9% |
| 175th | French Polynesia | 41.47% | 13.6% |
| 176th | Namibia | 41.51% | 8.8% |
| 177th | West Bank and Gaza | 42.05% | 4.7% |
| 178th | Jordan | 42.46% | 14.1% |
| 179th | New Caledonia | 46.15% | 42.4% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | 46.71% | 11.1% |
| 181st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.71% | 9.5% |
| 182nd | St. Lucia | 51.64% | 43.9% |
| 183rd | Libya | 53.56% | 5.9% |
| 184th | Eswatini | 58.61% | 14.5% |
| 185th | South Africa | 59.61% | 4.0% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 81.88% | 7.9% |
FAQ
What was Guyana's youth unemployment in 2020?▾
Guyana's youth unemployment in 2020 was 31.00%. This ranked 153rd globally.
How did Guyana's youth unemployment change in 2020?▾
Guyana's youth unemployment increased by 17.8% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2020?▾
Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2020 at 81.88%.
What is the youth unemployment of Guyana in 2020?▾
The youth unemployment of Guyana in 2020 was 31.00%. This ranked 153rd globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Guyana's youth unemployment?▾
Guyana's youth unemployment went from 26.30% in 2019 to 31.00% in 2020, a 17.8% increase.
Related
2019
2021
All years
Full ranking 2020
Unemployment Rate
Labor Force Participation
Female Labor Participation
Agriculture Employment
Industry Employment
Peak: 2020
Lowest: 2006
Youth Unemployment 1990s
Youth Unemployment 2000s
Youth Unemployment 2010s
Youth Unemployment 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Portugal
vs Kuwait
vs Lithuania
vs Bahrain
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Youth Unemployment
Global Ranking