Wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Guatemala

Guatemala: Wage workers, aged 15-64, total was 0.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.7%
Change on year
up 8.2%
World rank
66th
of 107 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2019
All-time low
0.5%
in 2002
Years of data
14
2000–2019

Wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Guatemala, 2000–2019

00.20.40.62000200920192000: 0.513 % of total employed population in working age2002: 0.459 % of total employed population in working age2003: 0.486 % of total employed population in working age2004: 0.496 % of total employed population in working age2006: 0.536 % of total employed population in working age2010: 0.55 % of total employed population in working age2011: 0.595 % of total employed population in working age2013: 0.588 % of total employed population in working age2014: 0.64 % of total employed population in working age2015: 0.631 % of total employed population in working age2016: 0.633 % of total employed population in working age2017: 0.62 % of total employed population in working age2018: 0.616 % of total employed population in working age2019: 0.666 % of total employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total employed population in working age.

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Guatemala is 0.7%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Guatemala peaked at 0.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2002.

Guatemala ranks 66th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Guatemala, year by year

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) in Guatemala, 2000 to 2019.
Year % of total employed population in working age Change
2000 0.5%
2002 0.5% -10.5%
2003 0.5% +5.8%
2004 0.5% +2.1%
2006 0.5% +8.1%
2010 0.5% +2.6%
2011 0.6% +8.3%
2013 0.6% -1.1%
2014 0.6% +8.8%
2015 0.6% -1.5%
2016 0.6% +0.4%
2017 0.6% -2.0%
2018 0.6% -0.8%
2019 0.7% +8.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 5
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 9

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 63 Mongolia 0.7% compare
  2. 64 Brazil 0.7% compare
  3. 65 Belize 0.7%
  4. 67 Philippines 0.7% compare
  5. 68 El Salvador 0.6% compare
  6. 69 Armenia 0.6% compare

See the full ranking of 107 places →

More reference data data for Guatemala

All data for Guatemala →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Guatemala?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Guatemala was 0.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, total recorded in Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, total recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2002.
How does Guatemala rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, total?
Guatemala ranks 66th out of 107 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Guatemala?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guatemala data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Guatemala. Statizoid. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-workers-aged-15-64-total-percent-of-total-employed-population-in-working-age/guatemala/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-workers-aged-15-64-total-percent-of-total-employed-population-in-working-age/guatemala/">Wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Guatemala</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,597 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed