Labor force, female in Guyana
Guyana: Labor force, female was 44.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Labor force, female in Guyana, 1990–2025
Source: International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 44.9% for labor force, female in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, female in Guyana peaked at 44.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 30.7%, in 2002.
That places Guyana 102nd out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Labor force, female in Guyana, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 32.1% | — |
| 1991 | 32.5% | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 32.9% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 33.3% | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 33.0% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 32.8% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 32.5% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 32.2% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 31.9% | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 31.6% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 31.3% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 31.0% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 30.7% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 31.2% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 31.8% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 32.4% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 32.9% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 33.5% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 34.1% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 34.7% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 35.3% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 35.9% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 36.6% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 37.5% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 38.3% | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 39.2% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 40.0% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 40.8% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 41.1% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 41.0% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 41.3% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 41.5% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 43.5% | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 44.3% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 44.8% | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 44.9% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.5% | 31.6% | 33.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.4% | 30.7% | 34.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.6% | 35.3% | 41.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.4% | 41.3% | 44.9% | 6 |
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More education data for Guyana
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6,330 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, female in Guyana?
- Labor force, female in Guyana was 44.9% in 2025, according to International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database.
- What is the highest labor force, female recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 44.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, female recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.7% in 2002.
- How does Guyana rank for labor force, female?
- Guyana ranks 102nd out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, female rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database, published as part of Labor force, female (% of total labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.