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Employment in services — Guyana

Employment in services in Guyana in 2025 — 56.7%. Ranked 100 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 15 pp.

2025 56.7% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 100of 182
Period maximum 60.6%2021
Period minimum 41.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Guyana, 1991–202540455055606519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 41.7%1992: 42.8%1993: 43.6%1994: 44.6%1995: 45.3%1996: 46.4%1997: 47.4%1998: 47.8%1999: 48.7%2000: 49.5%2001: 50.3%2002: 51%2003: 51.4%2004: 51.9%2005: 51.6%2006: 52.5%2007: 53.4%2008: 53.6%2009: 54.3%2010: 55%2011: 56%2012: 56.7%2013: 57.3%2014: 57.7%2015: 57.9%2016: 58.3%2017: 58.7%2018: 59.1%2019: 60.3%2020: 59.9%2021: 60.6%2022: 59.4%2023: 58.5%2024: 57%2025: 56.7%
Change over the period: +15 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guyana

Guyana 56.7%
World 50.6%
Latin America & Caribbean 66.8%
South America computed 68.9%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 56.7 −0.3 pp
2024 57 −1.5 pp
2023 58.5 −0.9 pp
2022 59.4 −1.2 pp
2021 60.6 +0.7 pp
2020 59.9 −0.4 pp
2019 60.3 +1.1 pp
2018 59.1 +0.4 pp
2017 58.7 +0.4 pp
2016 58.3 +0.4 pp
2015 57.9 +0.2 pp
2014 57.7 +0.3 pp
2013 57.3 +0.6 pp
2012 56.7 +0.7 pp
2011 56 +1 pp
2010 55 +0.7 pp
2009 54.3 +0.7 pp
2008 53.6 +0.2 pp
2007 53.4 +0.9 pp
2006 52.5 +0.9 pp
2005 51.6 −0.2 pp
2004 51.9 +0.5 pp
2003 51.4 +0.4 pp
2002 51 +0.7 pp
2001 50.3 +0.8 pp
2000 49.5 +0.8 pp
1999 48.7 +1 pp
1998 47.8 +0.4 pp
1997 47.4 +1 pp
1996 46.4 +1.1 pp
1995 45.3 +0.7 pp
1994 44.6 +1 pp
1993 43.6 +0.8 pp
1992 42.8 +1.1 pp
1991 41.7 —

South America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

VE Venezuela 74.4 UY Uruguay 73.2 CL Chile 72.4 BR Brazil 72.2 AR Argentina 71.8 SR Suriname 66.9 CO Colombia 65.8 PY Paraguay 65.1 PE Peru 60.1 GY Guyana 56.7 BO Bolivia 55.5 EC Ecuador 50.9
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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Economy Services share of GDP

The contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

Guyana by year Labor Employment in industry

The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Guyana by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Guyana by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Guyana by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

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