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Barbados: Unemployment, total (% of labor force)

6.52percent · 2025-33.4% since 2015

Share of the labor force without work. Annual figures for Barbados from 1991 to 2025.

19912025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20256.524
20246.448
20236.54
20227.261
202111.015
202010.586
20198.41
20188.321
20178.62
20168.247
20159.803
201412.17
201311.55
201211.59
201111.19
201010.69
200910.02
20088.12
20077.41
20068.73
20059.08
20049.57
200311
200210.32
20019.85
20009.35
199910.61
199812.4
199714.61
199614.71
199519.66
199422.98
199324.54
199222.94
199122.41

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World Bank (2026). Unemployment, total (% of labor force). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-unemployment (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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