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Guatemala: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1980–2024 · 43 observations · unemp

2024
1.90%percent
Change on 2023
−0.4 pointsfrom 2.34%
Average, 2015–2024
2.39%9 years
Record high and low
14.3% (1985)low 1.05% (1992)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20241.90
20232.34
20223.05
20212.17
20192.19
20182.28
20172.46
20162.58
20152.51
20142.72

Sources

  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1980–2017
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1980–2024
  • International Labour Organization2002–2023

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Guatemala documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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