Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Guatemala

Guatemala: Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems was 88.84 % in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
88.84 %
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
13th
of 39 countries
All-time high
91.94 %
in 2018
All-time low
84.01 %
in 2003
Years of data
17
2002–2023

Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Guatemala, 2002–2023

0204060801002002201220232002: 85.8 %2003: 84 %2004: 87.4 %2006: 89.6 %2010: 91 %2011: 90.6 %2012: 91.6 %2013: 91.8 %2014: 89.1 %2015: 90.8 %2016: 89.9 %2017: 91 %2018: 91.9 %2019: 89.9 %2021: 91 %2022: 87.8 %2023: 88.8 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Guatemala recorded 88.84 % for share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Guatemala peaked at 91.94 % in 2018 and was at its lowest, 84.01 %, in 2003.

That places Guatemala 13th out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Guatemala, year by year

Annual values for Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems in Guatemala, 2002 to 2023.
Year % Change
2002 85.79 %
2003 84.01 % -2.1%
2004 87.38 % +4.0%
2006 89.56 % +2.5%
2010 91.01 % +1.6%
2011 90.64 % -0.4%
2012 91.62 % +1.1%
2013 91.8 % +0.2%
2014 89.12 % -2.9%
2015 90.85 % +1.9%
2016 89.86 % -1.1%
2017 90.95 % +1.2%
2018 91.94 % +1.1%
2019 89.9 % -2.2%
2021 90.97 % +1.2%
2022 87.8 % -3.5%
2023 88.84 % +1.2%

Guatemala compared with similar countries

  • Guatemala's 88.84 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76.47 %, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
  • Guatemala's 88.84 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 78.28 %, 1.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 86.69 % 84.01 % 89.56 % 4
2010s 90.77 % 89.12 % 91.94 % 10
2020s 89.2 % 87.8 % 90.97 % 3

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 10 Zimbabwe 92.7 % compare
  2. 11 Bangladesh 91.33 % compare
  3. 12 Georgia 90.36 % compare
  4. 14 Sri Lanka 88.76 % compare
  5. 15 Peru 86.62 % compare
  6. 16 Ecuador 83.11 % compare

See the full ranking of 42 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Guatemala

All data for Guatemala →

Frequently asked questions

What is share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Guatemala?
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Guatemala was 88.84 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems recorded in Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 91.94 % in 2018.
What is the lowest share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 84.01 % in 2003.
How does Guatemala rank for share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems?
Guatemala ranks 13th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems rising or falling in Guatemala?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Guatemala data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Guatemala. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-informal-employment-by-industry-and-sex-agrifood-systems-value-male-all-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-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-informal-employment-by-industry-and-sex-agrifood-systems-value-male-all-age/guatemala/">Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Guatemala</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
42 places, 511 data points, 2000–2025
Last refreshed

The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.