Benin vs Guatemala: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Benin
1.7%
in 2022
Guatemala
1.9%
in 2024
Benin rank
171st
Guatemala rank
168th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Benin
  • Guatemala
012345198020022024

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 1.9% against 1.7% in Benin, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Guatemala ahead.

Benin ranks 171st and Guatemala ranks 168th of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit
%
Source
Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.